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The Glenelg tram line is a tram/light rail line in Adelaide. Apart from a short street-running section in Glenelg , the line has its own reservation , with minimal interference from road traffic. The service is free in the city centre and along the route to the Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Hindmarsh .
A map of part of Adelaide, South Australia, showing road, rail and tram (streetcar) routes to the south-west beachside suburb of Glenelg. Items portrayed in this file depicts
This is a route-map template for the Glenelg tram line, a light rail line in Adelaide, Australia.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Tickets for the games also act as the ticket to travel free on any Adelaide Oval Footy Express bus, train or tram, in order to alleviate overcrowding on regular services. Most services offer early arrival times and some routes will have services that leave an hour after the final siren. [11] The locations in metropolitan Adelaide include:
The tram departed for the City at 12.35 am, leading a long line of noisily tooting motorists, arriving in Victoria Square at 1.35 am and entering the City depot in Angas Street at 1.40. [2]: 48 of ch. 1.33 Only the Glenelg line remained. [55] Except for the Glenelg line's Type H cars, the trams were sold or scrapped.
Forty-nine years after that, in 1958, all street tramlines were closed, leaving only the Glenelg tram line operating. In 2005, major investments in infrastructure and modern trams inaugurated what became a tramways revival, leading to a 50 per cent increase in the route length of the city's tramways.
Trams in Adelaide: Horse 10 July 1878 25 June 1914 Electric 9 March 1909 22 November 1958 ♦ Port Adelaide: Trams in Adelaide: Steam 1879 1882 Horse 1882 2 April 1917 Electric 3 April 1917 27 July 1935 ♦ Glenelg: Trams in Adelaide: Horse ? 1914 ♦♦ Adelaide – Glenelg Trams in Adelaide/Glenelg tram line: Steam 4 August 1873 1929 Electric
H type and Bombardier Flexity Classic trams on Jetty Road in 2008. The suburb is bordered by Anzac Highway, (the road link to the Adelaide city centre), to the north, Brighton Road to the west and Pier Street to the south. Jetty Road is the main shopping strip in the suburb, and runs down the middle.