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Despite the decision to shut down the network, Brisbane's trams were held with great affection by locals, and one commentator described their removal "one of the most appalling urban planning mistakes in the city’s history". [2] There have been ongoing proposals since the early 1990s to reinstate a functional tram network. [citation needed]
First used as a depot in 1885 when it was the main tram depot for Brisbane's horse tram network. Until 1968, buses shared the depot with trams, the buses being parked along the western (Wickham Street) frontage and north of the tram shed. When the tram shed was demolished, buses were parked where the shed once stood. [citation needed] Milton
Historically Brisbane had a network of trolleybuses and trams, both of which were closed in 1969 in favour of an expanded bus fleet. The Brisbane Tramways Trust experimented with providing bus services in the 1920s but these proved impractical due to mechanical unreliability and Brisbane's poor road surface quality.
With the Brisbane City Council's acquisition of the Brisbane tramway network, the upgrading and extension of the system continued. Large numbers of new trams were built and in 1933-34 the Council's distinctive technique of mass concrete tram tracks were first used extensively in Queen Street. Steel ties were used instead of sleepers, with the ...
The line reopened again in April 1925 but the Brisbane City Council, which had absorbed the Shire, was not interested in running the tramway at a loss and it finally closed in October 1926. [3] 664 metres of the track bed along Old Cleveland Road became part of the Brisbane City Council electric tram route 06 (Valley – Belmont) in 1948. [4
Part of operational Energex Substation. Costello designed Hamilton Substation as a joint tramways substation and normal electricity substation. From 1969, with the closure of the tram network, the tramways substation has been re-used by the Brisbane City Council electricity department and subsequently SEQEB and Energex as an electricity substation.
Brisbane: Queensland Rail Citytrain: Gold Coast, Ipswich, Sunshine Coast: Commuter rail: 150,000 [13] 13: 152: 689 km: 206/km Gold Coast G:link: Light rail 1 19 20 km Adelaide: Adelaide Metro: Commuter rail: 42,880 [14] 6: 81: 126 km: 340/km Glenelg trams: Tram 3 33 15 km Canberra: Canberra Light Rail: Light rail 1 14 12 km
The Brisbane Tram System was operational from 1885 to 1969. Brisbane's tram system ran on standard gauge track. The electric system was originally energised to 500 volts, this was subsequently increased to 600 volts. Most trams operated with a two-person crew – a driver (or motorman) and a conductor, who moved about the tram collecting fares ...