Trams operated in Hobart, the capital of the Australian state of Tasmania, between 1893 and 1960. The city had an extensive and popular system that reached...
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cable trams (established in 1885) lingered in Melbourne. In cities and towns that had trams, they were a major part of public transport assets. In the middle...
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further 12 had been delivered. In 1930 three drop centre bogie trams were bodied at the Invermay Road depot. Single-truck tram number 13 has been preserved...
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double-decker tram or double-deck tram is a tram that has two levels or decks. Some double-decker trams have open tops. Double-deck trams were once popular in some...
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systems—electricity in city streets and diesel in more rural environments. Occasionally, trams also carry freight. Some trams, known as tram-trains, may have...
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Hobart (/ˈhoʊbɑːrt/ HOH-bart; (palawa kani: nipaluna) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Located in Tasmania's...
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northern suburbs. Public transport in Hobart has been provided exclusively by buses since 1968. Trams ran in Hobart from 1893 to 1960 and were briefly...
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Karlsruhe Kassel: Kassel RegioTram (2006) Nordhausen: Trams in Nordhausen Saarbrücken: Saarbahn Szeged-Hódmezővásárhely tram-train (2021) Sassari: Metrosassari...
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1935 when a route from the Hobart City Centre to South Hobart commenced replacing a tram. Starting at Hobart Town Hall in Argyle Street it travelled along...
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questions, Hobart's trams were abandoned that year in favour of the Metropolitan Transport Trust's fleet of petrol driven buses. Most of the fleet of trams were...
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The following is a list of tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars), or light rail systems with their track length, track gauge, electrification...
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G. Webster & Son. The Hobart Electric Tram Company utilised land with Campbell Street and Davey Street frontage for their tram depot workshop, commencing...
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offering horse-drawn carriages, trams, trolley-buses and taxis. Commencing operations on 23 September 1893, the Hobart Electric Tram Company's city interchange...
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This is a list of cities and towns in Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere in Oceania that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar)...
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The history of trams, streetcars, or trolleys began in the early nineteenth century. It can be divided up into several discrete periods defined by the...
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Trams have been used since the 19th century, and since then, there have been various uses and designs for trams around the world. This article covers...
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portal Australia portal Transport in Hobart Rail transport in Tasmania Trams in Australia "Hobart's proposed 'Riverline' light rail service to be extended"...
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Western Australia 27 September 1912 Perth Trams The Evening Star 24 July 1912 page 3 Nedlands-Perth Trams Western Argus 3 June 1913 page 41 Osborne Park...
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2008 extended to Hindmarsh and the East End. Trams once operated in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, and Hobart, and a number of major regional cities including...
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steam trams to reconstruct a new Purrey steam tram at the old Canning Street tram depot, in time for the Australian Bicentenary celebrations in 1988....
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horse-drawn trams in Ballarat. After the introduction of electric trams some horse trams were used as trailers and towed behind the electric trams. Tram 1 was...
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Metro Tasmania (category Companies based in Hobart)
Council, who renamed it to Hobart Municipal Tramways (HMT). In 1935, HMT began to use trolleybuses on some networks to replace trams, and petrol buses were...
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time. In the 1930s an additional eight trams were bodied locally by the Kalgoorlie Electric Tramway. Two of the trams from the network have been preserved...
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Newcastle operated 98 L/P-type Trams transferred from Sydney throughout the period of electric service. Some C-type Trams and other cars were retained for...
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– Fremantle Trams. Chalmers 2001, p. 24 Chalmers 2001, p. 59 Chalmers 2001, pp. 23–24 Chalmers 2001, p. 39 Chalmers 2001, pp. 23–24 "Trams to Point Walter"...
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1958, trams operated along the Liverpool Street line. Commencing at the Hobart Railway Station, the line travelled up Liverpool Street through Hobart CBD...
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Alec Campbell (category Burials in Tasmania)
Imperial Force in July 1915. Not even being old enough to shave, Campbell gained the nickname "The Kid" during his training in Hobart. One of his cousins...
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Sullivans Cove (category History of Hobart)
the River Derwent adjacent to the Hobart City Centre in Tasmania. It was the site of initial European settlement in the area, and the location of the...
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Long Beach, Tasmania (category All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English)
Although trams had operated along Sandy Bay Road since 1893, a dedicated Long Beach terminus for the Hobart Municipal Tramway was opened in October 1913...
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electrification of Sydney trams. Electric trams in Sydney Successful trials were made between Botany and Darlinghurst in 1888 of a tram, supplied by contractor Edward...
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