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The Melbourne cable tramway system was a cable pulled tram public transport system in Melbourne, Australia, which operated between 1885 and 1940. The first line, from Spencer Street to the end of Bridge Road Richmond via Flinders Street, was opened on 11 November 1885, and all planned lines were built by 1891, the last being the short Windsor ...
Originally constituted as The Brunswick & Coburg Tramway Trust (BCTT) by act of Parliament in February 1914. This authorised the municipalities of Brunswick and Coburg to build and operate an electric tramway from the terminus of the North Carlton (Rathdowne Street) cable tram in Park Street, through the mentioned municipalities, and convert the Sydney Road horse tramway to electric traction.
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.
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 ...
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]
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"
Melbourne's cable tram system has its origins in the MTOC, started by Francis Boardman Clapp in 1877, with a view to operate a Melbourne tram system. After some initial resistance, he successfully lobbied the government who passed the Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company Act 1883 on 10 October 1883, granting the company the right to operate a ...
In Australia: the Melbourne cable tramway system operated from 1885 to 1940 and was one of the most extensive in the world with 1200 trams and trailers operating over 15 routes with 103 km (64 miles) of track; while Sydney had two cable tram routes - Milsons Point to North Sydney (1886-1905) and King Street Wharf to Edgecliff (1894-1905). [9]