[1] The tramway is one of the ancestors of the current Reading Buses, the town's municipally owned bus operator.

The corporation purchased the assets of the horse drawn services of the Reading Tramways Company and took ownership from 1901.

[2] The electric tram services were originally operated by 30 four-wheeled double decked cars supplied by Dick, Kerr & Co.

Eventually it was decided that the tramways should be abandoned and replaced by trolleybuses, operating over extended routes.

A cast-iron urinal, which was formerly sited at the Erleigh Road terminus of the tramway and intended for use by the tram crews, has been preserved and restored.