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A steam tram and several carriages stand on tracks next to a brick depot building with a person standing near the entrance.

Upwell Tram Depot c.1910

Upwell Tram Depot

History of the Wisbech Steam Tram

1900 Ordnance Survey map section showing the Upwell Tram Depôt with multiple rail tracks, buildings, and field boundaries.

Upwell Tram Depot, OS map 1900

The Wisbech Steam Tram ran from the 1880s to the 1950s from Upwell through Outwell to Wisbech. This tramway is documented in:

The Wisbech & Upwell Tramway Centenary Album, Andrew C Ingram, pub 1983.

A black and white line map showing the route of the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway, including stations, landmarks, and a key.

Map of Wisbech & Upwell Tramway by C V Awdry from Centenary Album

Two men stand in the doorways of a tram engine numbered 132, which is coupled to a third-class railway carriage in a yard.

Driver Ernie Brooks and foreman Steve Cully at Upwell, March 1923

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