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Sydney's first tram was horse-drawn, running from the old Sydney railway station to Circular Quay along Pitt Street. [1] Built in 1861, the design was compromised by the desire to haul railway freight wagons along the line to supply city businesses and return cargo from the docks at Circular Quay with passenger traffic as an afterthought.
Sydney Toast Track Tram, 1953. The source of this image is the City of Sydney Archives. {{PD-Australia-CC}} You cannot overwrite this file. File usage.
One of the trams was R1 class 1995, the last tram to operate on Sydney's original tram network, entering Randwick Tramway Workshops in February 1961 on the last day of operations. [10] [11] In 1995 and 1996, the adjacent Harold Park Paceway was reconstructed and expanded over Johnstons Creek and the original tram depot access road. A new access ...
Trams to the point opposite the Spit (via Steyne Junction and the beachfront) branched from trams to Brookvale. Other trams toward the Spit went via Belgrave Street. [2] [55] Steyne Junction and track along the beachfront were closed in December 1914. [56] Manly tram services ceased altogether in 1939. (Name is no longer used) White Bay Junction
Former Railway Square tram stop re-erected at the Sydney Tramway Museum in July 2016 Royal National Park line in April 2020 'Construction of the museum at its original site on the edge of the Royal National Park commenced in August 1956. [1] It was officially opened in March 1965 by NSW Deputy Premier Pat Hills. The facilities were basic ...
A prototype (806) was built at Randwick Tramway Workshops in 1907, before the Meadowbank Manufacturing Company built a further 625 between 1908 and 1914. They were nicknamed Dreadnoughts, after a powerful British warship of the day, the Sydney press referred to them as Toastracks as all the seats were transverse or crossbench.
One tram, 1691, had a narrow corridor cut through the cross bench bulkheads, and was then the sole member of the PR class. Four (1517 & 1573 at Randwick Tramway Workshops and 1562 & 1582 Eveleigh Railway Workshops ) were refitted with the same windows, centre door and internal layout as the R1 class , and were known as the PR1 class or P/R1 class.
The interior of vandalised tram 1995. Ten have been preserved: 1933, 1951, 1979, 2001 and 2044 at the Sydney Tramway Museum [3] 1971 on loan from the Sydney Tramway Museum to the Tramway Museum, St Kilda [3] 1995 the last tram to run in Sydney, statically displayed Tramsheds in the old Rozelle Tram Depot [4]