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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Trams in Adelaide, Australia 2017 - Length: 11:46 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Trams in Adelaide - 2006 - Length: 20:37 mins. |
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MAP
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TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Adelaide Metro
| 1 | (Adelaide Entertainment Centre - ) Royal Adelaide Hospital - Victoria Square / Tarndanyangga - Goodwood - Morphettville Racecourse - Glenelg (Moseley Square) |
| 2 | Adelaide Entertainment Centre - Royal Adelaide Hospital - Botanic Gardens |
| 3 | Festival Plaza - Victoria Square / Tarndanyangga - Goodwood - Morphettville Racecourse - Glenelg (Moseley Square) [Weekends and events days only] |
Note: Route numbers are of an indicative nature only, and are not used by the operator.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- 17 km.
HISTORY
- Horse tramways (1): 1861 - 1866.
- Horse tramways (2): Dec. 1878 - 1914.
- Electric tramways in Adelaide: 9 March 1909 - today.
- Electric tramways in Port Adelaide: Apr. 1917 - July 1935.
GAUGE
- Tramways: 1435 mm. (with one early exception at 1600 mm., later converted to 1435 mm.)
TRAM PRESERVATION
The Tramway Museum, St Kilda, north of Adelaide, has a large collection of preserved trams, often used for tourist rides on city streets.
SOURCES
- Hammond, I. "Port Adelaide: Light relief for old railway" Tramways & Urban Transit, Apr. 2006 (69: 820), p.158-159.
- Horne, R.T. "Adelaide", letter to the editor (with a map) in Modern Tramway and Light Rail Review, March 1973 (36: 423), p.98.
- Price, J.H. "Adelaide, 1988" Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transit, Oct. 1989 (52: 622), p.337-343.
- "Rethinking Adelaide" Tramways & Urban Transit, Apr. 2018 (81: 964), p.140.
- Taplin, M. & Hammond, I. "Systems Factfile No.64: Adelaide, Australia" Tramways & Urban Transit, Jan. 2013 (76: 901), p.19-22.
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