List of town tramway systems in Oceania
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) systems as part of their public transport system. Other geographic regions:
Australia (by state)
Main article: Trams in Australia
New South Wales
| Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broken Hill | Steam | 15 February 1902 | 31 December 1926 | ||
| Maitland | Steam | 8 February 1909 | 31 December 1926 | . | |
| Newcastle | Steam | 19 July 1887 | 2 November 1930 | ||
| Electric | 15 December 1923 | 10 June 1950 | , . | ||
| Sydney | Horse | 23 December 1861 | 31 December 1866 | Also 16 – 29 September (?) 1879, May (?) - 30 June 1894. | |
| Steam | 30 September 1879 | 1910 | |||
| Cable | 1894 | 14 January 1905 | |||
| Electric | 9 November 1890
8 December 1899 |
20 April 1892
25 February 1961 |
see Trams in Sydney, . | ||
| Light rail in Sydney | Light Rail | 1 September 1997 | - | Trial service opened 11 August 1997. | |
| ♦ Arncliffe - Bexley | Steam | 13 October 1909 | 31 December 1926 | ||
| ♦ Ashfield - Burwood - Concord | Steam | 1891 | 1912 | ||
| ♦ Campbelltown - Camden | Steam | 10 March 1882 | June 1901 | Replaced by railway stock (railway passenger service withdrawn 31 December 1963). | |
| ♦ Enfield | Steam | 23 September 1891 | 1912 | ||
| Electric | 4 February 1912 | 21 August 1948 | |||
| ♦ Kogarah - Sans Souci | Steam | 10 September 1887 | 4 July 1937 | Electrification started, not completed. Replaced by trolleybuses. | |
| ♦ Manly | Steam | 14 February 1903 | 1911 | ||
| Electric | 1 May 1911 | 12 October 1939 | |||
| ♦ North Sydney | Cable | 22 May 1886 | 10 February 1900 | ||
| Electric | 19 September 1893 | 28 June 1958 | Extended over new Sydney Harbour Bridge to underground terminal at Wynyard station, Sydney, 20 March 1932. | ||
| ♦ Parramatta - Castle Hill | Steam | 18 August 1902 | 31 December 1926 | ||
| ♦♦ Parramatta (Wharf) | Steam | 1 October 1883 | 31 March 1943 | Last steam tramway in Sydney area. | |
| ♦ Rockdale - Brighton-le-Sands | Steam | 9 November 1885 | 1900 | ||
| Electric | 27 July 1900 | 3 September 1949 | |||
| ♦ Sutherland - Cronulla | Steam | 12 June 1911 | 3 August 1931 | ||
| Yass | Steam | 1 April 1891 | 1907 | Rebuilt as a railway and operated with railway stock (railway passenger service withdrawn 17 May 1958). | |
Queensland
| Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane | Horse | 10 August 1885 | 1897 | see Trams in Brisbane. | |
| Electric | 1897 | 13 April 1969 | , reintroduction planned. | ||
| G:link | Gold Coast | Electric | 20 July 2014 | operating | |
| Rockhampton | Steam | 16 June 1909 | 24 June 1939 | (photograph). | |
South Australia
| Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | Horse | 10 July 1878 | 25 June 1914 | ||
| Electric | 9 March 1909 | - | see Trams in Adelaide, . | ||
| ♦ Port Adelaide | Steam | 1879 | 1882 | ||
| Horse | 1882 | 2 April 1917 | |||
| Electric | 3 April 1917 | 27 July 1935 | |||
| Glenelg Tram | ♦ Glenelg | Horse | ? | 1914 | |
| ♦♦ Adelaide - Glenelg | Steam | 4 August 1873 | 1929 | ||
| Electric | 14 December 1929 | 22 November 1958 | |||
| ♦ Victor Harbor | Horse | 1894 | 1956 | see Victor Harbor Horse Drawn Tram. | |
Tasmania
| Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Electric | 21 September 1893 | 21 October 1960 | . | |
| Launceston | Electric | 4 August 1911 | 13 December 1952 | ||
Victoria
| Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballarat | Horse | December 1887 | 1905 | ||
| Electric | 1905 | 19 September 1971 | , heritage tram opened in 1974. | ||
| Bendigo | Accumulator (storage battery) | 14 June 1890 | 23 September 1890 | ||
| Steam | 1 February 1892 | June 1902 | |||
| Electric | 15 April 1903 | 16 April 1972 | Part of system reopened as heritage tramway, 9 December 1972 . | ||
| Geelong | Electric | 10 March 1912 | 23 March 1956 | . | |
| Trams in Melbourne | Melbourne | Horse | 20 December 1884 | November 1923 | |
| Cable | 11 November 1885 | 26 October 1940 | |||
| Electric | 11 October 1906 | Ranked as largest operating tram system in Southern Hemisphere (by system length). | |||
| ♦ Box Hill - Doncaster | Electric | 14 October 1889 | 6 January 1896 | ||
| ♦ St. Kilda - Brighton Beach (Victorian Railways) | Electric | 7 May 1906 | 28 February 1959 | ||
| ♦ Sandringham - Black Rock (Victorian Railways) | Electric | 10 March 1919 | 5 November 1956 | ||
| ♦ Footscray | Electric | 6 September 1921 | 10 March 1962 | Connection with Melbourne tramway system opened 2 May 1954, service by Melbourne system continues. | |
Western Australia
| Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalgoorlie | Electric | 10 May 1902 | 10 March 1952 | . | |
| Leonora | Steam | 1901 | 1908 | ||
| Electric | November 1908 | 25 June 1914 | Fleet: one car. | ||
| Petrol (gasoline) | 1915 | 1921 | Fleet: one car , . | ||
| Perth | Electric | 28 September 1899 | 19 July 1958 | , heritage tram opened in 1980. see Trams in Perth, Western Australia. | |
| Fremantle Municipal Tramways | ♦ Fremantle | Electric | 30 October 1905 | 8 November 1952 | . see Trams in Fremantle, Western Australia. |
Fiji
| Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levuka | Horse | 1884 | ? | see Rail transport in Fiji | |
| Suva | Horse | 1880s | ? | see Rail transport in Fiji | |
New Zealand
North Island
| Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland | Horse | 11 August 1884 | 1903 | ||
| Electric | 24 November 1902 | 29 December 1956 | |||
| ♦ Devonport (North Shore) | Horse | September 1886 | 1888 | ||
| ♦ Takapuna | Steam | 22 December 1910 | 26 April 1927 | ||
| Gisborne | Accumulator (storage battery) | 13 April 1913 | 8 July 1929 | ||
| Napier | Electric | 8 September 1913 | 3 February 1931 | Closed because of earthquake damage (see 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake). | |
| New Plymouth | Electric | 10 March 1916 | 23 July 1954 | . | |
| Thames | Steam | 2 December 1871 | November 1874 | ||
| Wanganui | Electric | 11 December 1908 | 24 September 1950 | ||
| Wellington | Steam | August 1878 | 1882 | ||
| Horse | August 1878 | 1904 | |||
| Electric | 30 June 1904 | 2 May 1964 | see Wellington tramway system, ). | ||
South Island
| Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christchurch | Steam | March 1880 | by 1914 | ||
| Horse | 1882 | by 1914 | |||
| Electric | 6 June 1905
4 February 1995 |
11 September 1954 | see Christchurch tramway system, 1995 Heritage tramway . | ||
| Dunedin | Steam | July 1879 | 1884 | ||
| Horse | July 1879 | 1905 | |||
| Cable | 24 February 1881 | 2 March 1957 | see Dunedin cable tramway system. | ||
| Electric | 24 December 1903 | 29 March 1956 | . | ||
| ♦ Maori Hill | Horse | 1882 | 1900 | ||
| Electric | 23 October 1900 | 1 July 1936 | First electric tramway in New Zealand. | ||
| Invercargill | Horse | 3 December 1881 | 15 March 1908 | ||
| Electric | 26 March 1912 | 10 September 1952 | World's southernmost electric town tramway. | ||
| Nelson | Horse | 7 May 1862 | 1901 | ||
United States (by state )
Hawaii
See List of town tramway systems in the United States (Hawaii section)
References
See also
- List of town tramway systems
- List of light-rail transit systems
- List of rapid transit systems
- List of trolleybus systems
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