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The Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) was formed in July 1919 to take control of Melbourne's cable tram network, six of the seven electric tramway companies, and the last horse tram. By 1940, all cable and horse tram lines had been abandoned or converted to either electric tram or bus operation.
Tram stop sign outside Flinders Street railway station in July 2017. This is a list of tram routes on the tram network in Melbourne , Australia, operated by Yarra Trams . Current routes
0–9. Melbourne tram route 1; Melbourne tram route 3; Melbourne tram route 5; Melbourne tram route 6; Melbourne tram route 8; Melbourne tram route 11; Melbourne tram route 12
M-Tram; Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board; Melbourne Art Trams; Melbourne cable tramway system; Melbourne tram classification; Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company; Melbourne, Brunswick & Coburg Tramways Trust; Metropolitan Transit Authority (Victoria)
Melbourne has the world's largest tram network, consisting of 250 kilometres (160 mi) of double track, nearly 500 trams on 24 routes, and 1,763 tram stops. It is operated by Yarra Trams . Two partial light rail routes are also part of the network.
Establishment of a state-run corporation to operate Melbourne's tram network occurred in 1983. In 1997, the tram network was split into two and later privatized. Since 2004, Yarra Trams has been the sole operator of the Melbourne Tram Network. [7] This timeline lists all of the openings, extensions and closures of all lines, as well as other ...
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 ...
The B-class Melbourne tram is a class of two-section, three-bogie articulated class trams that operate on the Melbourne tram network. Following the introduction of two B1-class prototype trams in 1984 and 1985, a total of 130 B2-class trams were built by Comeng (later ABB ), Dandenong .