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Tramway map of The Newcastle Tram System, covering Metropolitan Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The Newcastle Tram System was an extensive network that operated between Newcastle and the outer suburb of Wallsend from 1887 to 1950. At its peak the line extended from the city to Speers Point and West Wallsend. The service was rarely ...
Newcastle first had trams from 1887 until 1950, when the final line, the Waratah line, was replaced by buses. [2] At its peak, the system ran to Speers Point and West Wallsend . It was mostly served by trams of the LP design and rebuilds of the F-class trams from Sydney.
The name was changed in 1915 to Newcastle Corporation Transport and Electricity Undertaking. Progress was limited during the First World War but the tramway eventually reached Forest Hall, Westmoor, and Gosforth Park in 1921. In 1925 it reached Westerhope and in 1926 it went to Denton Burn. [7] By 1928 there were 300 trams in service.
In 1938, the line south of the River Tyne between Newcastle and South Shields was also electrified. [ 13 ] Under British Rail in the 1960s, the decision was made to de-electrify the Tyneside Electrics network and convert it to diesel operation, owing to falling passenger numbers and the cost of renewing end-of-life electrical infrastructure and ...
Newcastle Interchange is a transport interchange serving the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.It serves as the terminus for Central Coast & Newcastle Line and Hunter Line train services, Newcastle Light Rail services and Newcastle Transport bus routes.
[7] [8] In the same year, Newcastle Transport began trialling an on-demand bus service [9] within the Lake Macquarie area, servicing the suburbs of Dudley, Mount Hutton and Warners Bay. [10] Newcastle Transport commenced operations with a fleet of 172 MAN, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo buses. [11] Buses are operated out of depots in Belmont and Hamilton.
The West Wallsend Steam Tram Line in Australia was an extension of the tram line from Newcastle, New South Wales to Wallsend, New South Wales. Construction of the tram line began in April 1909 and opened for passenger services on 19 December 1910. The route from Newcastle to West Wallsend was 25 km (16 mi) long [1] and
The Wallsend branch railway line is a closed branch railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It was standard gauge and 6.1 kilometres (3.8 mi) in length. The line was privately owned and built by the Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company in the early 1860s to service their collieries, and was enabled by the passage of the Newcastle Wallsend Coal ...