Services from East Ham started on 22 June 1901, and they were taken over by the London Passenger Transport Board on 1 July 1933. The cost of maintaining the tramways and the increasing popularity of trolley and motor buses, resulted in trams ceasing to run from here around 1940.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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