Transport
Tramways
The Rotherham Corporation Act of 1900 gave the Corporation power to operate tramways and the first two lines were opened in 1903. Four more lines were added later and connections were made with Sheffield and Mexborough and Swinton Tramways. In 1912 the tram route to Broom Road was extended to Maltby with trolleybuses.
Buses
Motor buses were first introduced in 1913. Four tram routes were replaced by trolleybuses in 1929-31 and a fifth by motor buses in 1934. In 1933 the tram route to Sheffield was reconstructed and trams continued to run on this route until 1949. The last trolley buses were withdrawn in 1965. In 1974 the Corporation Transport Dept was absorbed into the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
The Mexborough and Swinton Tramways Company
The company began business after the Mexborough and Swinton Tramways Acts and Orders were passed between 1902 and 1947. They provided the Urban Districts of Rawmarsh, Swinton, Mexborough, Conisbrough and part of Wath-upon-Dearne with electronic trolley vehicle services.In 1929, the company changed its name to the Mexborough and Swinton Traction Company and became a limited company in 1953. By 1959 the provision of trolley vehicles, however, was not economically viable and the company chose to replace them with motor omnibuses.
