The operation of the tramway was leased back to the former company.
On 4 November 1898 the operating company changed its name to the New St Helens and District Tramways.
The Corporation undertook a modernisation and electrification programme and the first electric services started on 20 July 1899.
and the Liverpool and Prescot Light Railway, at Brooks Bridge.
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