centre-aisle trams, 65 trams in this class built between 1908 and 1925. These trams could carry 90 passengers. The last 21, which were built for the Brisbane Tramways...
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suburbs. Trams in Brisbane were a popular mode of public transport until the network was closed in 1969, in part the result of the Paddington tram depot...
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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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2015. "Monument to the Blockade Tram MC-29". www.visit-petersburg.ru. Retrieved 28 December 2019. "150 years of trams in Berlin – International Association...
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The Brisbane Tramway Museum is an Australian transport museum that has preserved a collection of trams and trolleybuses most of which operated in Brisbane...
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established a service in Brisbane under franchise from the Queensland Government with 18 horse trams. The tram system remained in private hands until January...
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influence of the Brisbane tramway system and Joseph Badger on the spread of suburban development. Passenger trams began operating in Brisbane after the Tramways...
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redevelopment of Lang Park. Brisbane Tramway Museum History of Brisbane Trams in Brisbane Transport in Brisbane Withdrawn Bus Models Brisbane Transport Info Deskins...
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Powerhouse was built in 1927–28 as part of the growing need for electricity to supply the Brisbane Trams. The powerhouse began operations in 1928, and was decommissioned...
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Windsor Town Quarry Park and Tramways Substation No. 6 (redirect from Brisbane Tramways Substation No. 6)
operated horse-drawn trams in Brisbane from August 1885. The first public supply of electricity in Brisbane was from a generator in Edison Lane, which supplied...
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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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of Brisbane City Council Tramways architect Roy Rusden Ogg around 1935 during a period of tramways expansion. Horse-drawn trams operated in Brisbane from...
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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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efficiently. Brisbane City Council maintained this electricity network from 1927 until 1969, when the decision was made not to have Trams in Brisbane, and the...
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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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The W-class trams are a family of electric trams built by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) between 1923 and 1956. Over the 33 years of...
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Victoria Bridge is a bus and pedestrian bridge over the Brisbane River. The current bridge, opened in 1969, is the third permanent crossing erected at this...
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of the old trams, other parts were sourced from elsewhere including the steam engine unit from the Antique Machinery Society in Brisbane, and a Purrey...
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Paddington, Queensland (redirect from Paddington, Brisbane)
by-pass in 1990. The Brisbane Tramways Company, a private enterprise formed in 1895, introduced the first electric trams to Brisbane in mid-1897. Following...
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private enterprise formed in 1895, introduced the first electric trams to Brisbane in 1897 after purchasing the early horse car system, converting it to...
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Heritage streetcar (redirect from Heritage Trams)
2012 double decker tram and single decker tram. Trams in Johannesburg were double-decker trams: one of the last trams that were in use in Johannesburg, South...
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three major freeways. In 1962, one of the largest fires in Brisbane's history, the Paddington tram depot fire, destroyed 67 trams and the depot which represented...
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Grahame Garner (category All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English)
huge collection of photographs of subjects ranging from his dogs, trams in Brisbane and political marches during the 1960s. He submitted photographs to...
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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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Paddington Tramways Substation (category Trams in Brisbane)
Fire Station. The Brisbane Tramways Company, a private enterprise formed in 1895, introduced the first electric trams to Brisbane in mid-1897. Following...
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G:link (redirect from Trams in Gold Coast, Queensland)
seating for 80. Fourteen trams were ordered to serve the original section of the line. Four additional trams were ordered in November 2015 to service...
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Woolloongabba (redirect from Woolloongabba, Brisbane)
horse-drawn trams from 1885 to 1897, which were replaced by electric trams, which in turn ceased operation on 13 April 1969. All but one of Brisbane's trolleybus...
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Coorparoo Substation No. 210 (category Trams in Brisbane)
in 1897, with Rockhampton in 1898, and Toowoomba in 1905. By 1914, six towns outside Brisbane had electricity. Brisbane's first electric trams ran in...
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New Farm, Queensland (redirect from New Farm, Brisbane)
Barker Street.[citation needed] In 1897, the horse trams were replaced with electric trams and the line was extended, with trams ultimately running as far as...
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Coorparoo, Queensland (redirect from Coorparoo, Brisbane)
Coorparoo (/ˌkuːpəˈruː/ KOO-pə-ROO) is a suburb in the inner City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Coorparoo had a population of...
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