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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.
Engine house and cable winding machinery, Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company, 1898. The MTOC was started by Francis Boardman Clapp, who had come to Australia from the United States in 1853 to search for gold. [1]: 11 In 1869 he set up the Melbourne Omnibus Company which ran horse-drawn omnibuses in the inner suburbs of Melbourne.
A cable tram of the North Carlton line, which closed in 1936; 1937. 7 February: The extension of the Essendon line between Birdwood Street and Gillies Street opens. [9] 13 March: The South Melbourne cable tram line is closed for impending electrification. The Port Melbourne cable tram line is closed, but is replaced by a bus service. [18]
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 first serious electric trams in Melbourne began in 1906, when the North Melbourne Electric Tramway & Lighting Company [3] commenced operating an electric tram line from the terminus of the cable tram to Essendon, the motivation being the selling of electricity to customers along the route.
Adelaide was the last major city to convert its trams to electric operation, in 1908, with the system closing (except for the Glenelg tram line) in 1958. However, Melbourne did not complete its cable tram electrification program until 1956 when today's route 96 opened, having been converted from a diesel bus which had replaced the cable tram.
This is the list of Melbourne tram routes that have been discontinued or replaced. Tram routes that ran short-workings or temporary routes are not included. Routes changed or removed due to the conversion of cable tram lines are also not included.
The Tramway Heritage Centre has a tramway electric supply substation, two running sheds, an exhibition shed/workshop - that was used as part of the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880, various buildings for the storage of un-restored trams, cable tram cars, motor vehicles and a visitors centre. Malcolm Tram from the movie "Malcolm"