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The first genuine attempt to construct a tramway network was the construction of the Richmond cable tram line by the Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company in 1885. Over the next few years, 16 more cable tram lines were constructed, as well as numerous other horse tramways. [ 2 ]
Melbourne's first cable tram service on 11 November 1885. The first cable tram line opened on 11 November 1885, running from Bourke Street to Hawthorn Bridge, along Spencer Street, Flinders Street, Wellington Parade and Bridge Road, with the last line opening on 27 October 1891. At its height the cable system was one of the largest in the world ...
The Lichterfelde tram in Berlin, 1882 Volks Electric Railway, built in 1883, is still in operation First type of Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tramcars, powered by bipolar overhead line, 1883 Fully restored 1920 Toronto streetcar A Double-decker tram in Blackpool A Box Hill to Doncaster tram in Melbourne, 1890s
A tram car passes the Federal Coffee Palace at the south-west corner of Collins and King Streets, circa 1890. Cable tram dummy and trailer on the St Kilda Line in 1905. The Melbourne cable tramway system was a cable car public transport system, which operated between 1885 and 1940 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) was a government-owned authority that was responsible for the tram network in Melbourne, Australia between 1919 and 1983, when it was merged into the Metropolitan Transit Authority. It had been formed by the merger of a number of smaller tramway trusts and companies that operated throughout the ...
Yarra Trams Z-class tram beside a Melbourne Bus Link Scania bus, with a Metro Trains X'Trapolis 100 passing above Road map of the Melbourne metropolitan area by OpenStreetMap. Transport in Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, consists of several interlinking modes. Melbourne is a hub for intercity, intracity and regional travel.
The design and construction work probably benefited from the knowledge and skills obtained by the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company when building its bridges at Cremorne and Hawthorn in 1860-1. [4] In 1885, the Hawthorn Bridge was the destination of Melbourne's first tram service. [5]
The Melbourne tram network is the longest tram system by route length. The New Orleans streetcar system was one of the first in the world and it is the oldest system still in operation. The following is a list of cities that have current tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars ), or light rail systems as part of their ...