• Paddington tram depot fire occurred on the night of 28 September 1962, and was one of the largest fires in Brisbane's history. As well as the depot,...
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    support for the tram system waned in the 1960s, particularly so after the Paddington tram depot fire on 28 September 1962. 67 trams were destroyed, which...
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    Baroona Road. The services were withdrawn after the disastrous Paddington tram depot fire and replaced by buses. The suburb continues to be served by most...
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    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 fire....
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    Armstrong Terrace and also on the former Paddington Tram Depot on Enoggera Terrace. British settlement in Paddington commenced in the 1850s and the area was...
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    Toowong tram line ran along the entire length of Milton Road until 1962, when the Paddington tram depot fire compelled the closure of several tram lines...
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  • Brisbane Tramway Museum (category Tram transport in Australia)
    depot. These points can be found outside the museum's main depot shed. List of transport museums Brisbane Transport Paddington tram depot fire Trams in...
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    was served by trams running along Milton Road from Toowong. The services were withdrawn after the disastrous Paddington tram depot fire. In June 1887...
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    (see Transport for Brisbane.) The tram line closed in December 1962, after the disastrous Paddington tram depot fire.[citation needed] On 2 November 1902...
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    Paddington, also known as London Paddington, is a London railway station and London Underground station complex, located on Praed Street in the Paddington...
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  • save Menzies government from defeat in federal election. 1962 Paddington tram depot fire. 1963 Gibb Brothers gain deal with Festival Records under the...
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    Streets in Paddington, then Moncur and Queen Streets in Woollahra. Here, a connection to Oxford Street allowed access to Waverley Tram Depot. The line...
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  • people. 28 September – Paddington tram depot fire: One fifth of the Brisbane tram fleet is destroyed when the Paddington tram depot is burnt down in suspicious...
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    fires in Brisbane's history, the Paddington tram depot fire, destroyed 67 trams and the depot which represented about 20% of the fleet. The depot's destruction...
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    was erected on Cook's Hill, along the Paddington Line, on land which was formerly part of the adjacent Ithaca Fire Station. The Brisbane Tramways Company...
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    as London Trams, is a light rail tram system serving Croydon and surrounding areas in South London, England. It is the first operational tram system serving...
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  • the 1962 Paddington tram depot fire, increasing private car ownership, urban sprawl stretching into areas unconnected to the tram system, and lack of...
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    of Brisbane's tram system in April 1969. In September 1962, the Paddington tram depot was burnt to the ground with the loss of 65 trams, or twenty per...
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    December 1962 after the Paddington tram depot was destroyed by fire on 28 September 1962. The reason given for the closure of the tram service was due to the...
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    Newtown Tram Depot (long vacant and now largely derelict) still stands next to the station. The long-abandoned former office buildings of the tram depot (adjacent...
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    Cross fire in 1987. Marylebone has direct connections with just a single Tube line, unlike many other London termini such as Euston and Paddington. There...
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    in West London; commuter services from its London terminus at London Paddington to the Thames Valley region, including parts of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire...
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    Crossrail (section Depots)
    during her Platinum Jubilee. The central section of the line between Paddington and Abbey Wood opened on 24 May 2022, with 12 trains per hour running...
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    call at the station on Sundays. Tram services at Birkbeck are operated by Tramlink. The tram stop is served by trams every 10 minutes between Beckenham...
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    West Croydon is a combined railway, bus station and tram stop in Croydon, south London. It is served by National Rail, London Overground, Tramlink and...
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    the surface where a depot was to be built on the north side of Blomfield Road. The BS&WR also planned a power station at Paddington. The final change to...
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    plain 7. The service ran between Acton tram depot and London Bridge station via East Acton, Ladbroke Grove, Paddington station, Edgware Road, Marble Arch...
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  • for the electric trams was originally drawn from a power station operated by the tramway company adjacent to its Countess Street depot and workshops. As...
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    termini at Paddington, Euston, and King's Cross to the City. The first section was built beneath the New Road using cut-and-cover between Paddington and King's...
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    Elmers End is a railway station and tram terminus in Elmers End, south London, England. It is in the London Borough of Bromley and on the railway it is...
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