[2] The main contractor for construction was the parent company, Edmundson's Electricity Corporation, and the general layout of the system was to the design of Mr. Swinton, with Mr. Waler as consultant engineer.

The tramways were laid with 6 inch grooved 45 foot girder rails weighing 90 pounds per yard, supplied by the North Eastern Steel Company of Middlesbrough, with points and crossings manufactured by Hadfields Limited of Sheffield.

The contract for the overhead work was awarded to Robert W. Blackwell & Company of London.

After an inspection by Colonel Pelham von Donop on 4 May 1904, the system was opened to the public on 6 May 1904.

The remaining cars were numbered 23 – 25 After a rationalisation in 1906, the company operated 6 routes as follows:[5] The system was bought by Scarborough Corporation and closed on 30 September 1931, to be replaced by omnibuses.