The work involved lowering the roadway under seven railway bridges by up to 2 feet (0.61 m) The track was relayed with rails from Hadfield’s Steel Foundry of 110 lbs per yard on the straight sections with the steepest gradient being 1 in 16, and the sharpest curve having a radius of 37 feet (11 m).

The track was paved with granite setts from local quarries except in the centre of town where Jarrah and Karri hard wood blocks were used.

[4] The power station was erected on Belgrave Road by the canal which along with a tramway laid along Painter Street into the site, provided two options for the delivery of fuel.

From the 1920s the Corporation Transport department had run a motor bus service, and these started to replace trams in 1933.

[12] In 1950, twenty of the trams were sold and shipped from Birkenhead to Calcutta for service on the tramways there.

[13] In April 2018, the Conservatives announced a policy proposal to revive the tram system should they win control of the city council at the 2019 local elections, similar to the nearby Nottingham Express Transit system, with work proposed to start in 2020.