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 systems as part of their public transport system. Other geographic regions:
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- Central America
- South America
[Australia] (by state">States and territories of Australia">state)
[Australian Capital Territory]
Location | Name of system | Traction type | Date | Date | Notes |
Canberra | Light rail in Canberra | Electric | 20 April 2019 | Light rail |
[New South Wales]
Location | Name of system | Traction type | Date | Date | Notes |
Broken Hill | Steam | 15 February 1902 | 31 December 1926 | ||
Maitland | Steam | 8 February 1909 | 31 December 1926 | ||
Newcastle | Trams in Newcastle | Steam | 19 July 1887 | 2 November 1930 | |
Newcastle | Trams in Newcastle | Electric | 15 December 1923 | 10 June 1950 | , |
Newcastle | Newcastle Light Rail | Electric | 17 February 2019 | Light rail | |
Sydney | Trams in Sydney | Horse | 23 December 1861 | 31 December 1866 | Also 16 – 29 September 1879, May - 30 June 1894. |
Sydney | Trams in Sydney | Steam | 30 September 1879 | 1910 | |
Sydney | Trams in Sydney | Cable | 1894 | 14 January 1905 | |
Sydney | Trams in Sydney | Electric | 9 November 1890 8 December 1899 | 20 April 1892 25 February 1961 | |
Sydney | Light rail in Sydney | Electric | 1 September 1997 | Light rail | |
♦ 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. | |
♦ Enfield | Steam | 23 September 1891 | 1912 | ||
♦ Enfield | 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 | ||
♦ Manly | Electric | 1 May 1911 | 12 October 1939 | ||
♦ North Sydney | Cable | 22 May 1886 | 10 February 1900 | ||
♦ North Sydney | 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 | Steam | 1 October 1883 | 31 March 1943 | Last steam tramway in Sydney area. | |
♦ Rockdale - Brighton-le-Sands | Steam | 9 November 1885 | 1900 | ||
♦ Rockdale - Brighton-le-Sands | 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. |
[Queensland]
Location | Name of system | Traction type | Date | Date | Notes |
Brisbane | Trams in Brisbane | Horse | 1885 | 1899 | |
Brisbane | Trams in Brisbane | Electric | 1897 | 1969 | |
Gold Coast | Electric | 2014 | |||
Rockhampton | Trams in Rockhampton | Steam | 1909 | 1939 | Restored heritage route from 1988. |
[South Australia]
Location | Name of system | Traction type | Date | Date | Notes |
Adelaide | Trams in Adelaide | Horse | 10 July 1878 | 25 June 1914 | |
Adelaide | Trams in Adelaide | Electric | 9 March 1909 | 22 November 1958 | |
♦ Port Adelaide | Trams in Adelaide | Steam | 1879 | 1882 | |
♦ Port Adelaide | Trams in Adelaide | Horse | 1882 | 2 April 1917 | |
♦ Port Adelaide | Trams in Adelaide | Electric | 3 April 1917 | 27 July 1935 | |
♦ Glenelg | Trams in Adelaide | Horse | ? | 1914 | |
♦♦ Adelaide - Glenelg | Trams in Adelaide/Glenelg tram line | Steam | 4 August 1873 | 1929 | |
♦♦ Adelaide - Glenelg | Trams in Adelaide/Glenelg tram line | Electric | 14 December 1929 | Light rail | |
Victor Harbor | Victor Harbor Horse Drawn Tram | Horse | 1894 | 1956 | |
Victor Harbor | Victor Harbor Horse Drawn Tram | Horse | 14 June 1986 | Replica tram cars |
[Tasmania]
Location | Name of system | Traction type | Date | Date | Notes |
Hobart | Trams in Hobart | Electric | 21 September 1893 | 21 October 1960 | |
Launceston | Trams in Launceston | Electric | 4 August 1911 | 13 December 1952 |
Victoria">Victoria (Australia)">Victoria
Location | Name of system | Traction type | Date | Date | Notes |
Ballarat | Trams in Ballarat | Horse | December 1887 | 1905 | |
Ballarat | Trams in Ballarat | Electric | 1905 | 19 September 1971 | |
Ballarat | Ballarat Tramway Museum | Electric | 1 February 1975 | , heritage tram, a company founded in 1971, from 1971 to 1975 the construction of the track | |
Bendigo | Trams in Bendigo | Accumulator | 14 June 1890 | 23 September 1890 | |
Bendigo | Trams in Bendigo | Steam | 1 February 1892 | June 1902 | |
Bendigo | Trams in Bendigo | Electric | 15 April 1903 | 16 April 1972 | |
Bendigo | Bendigo Tramways | Electric | 9 December 1972 | Part of system reopened as heritage/tourist tramway. | |
Geelong | Trams in Geelong | Electric | 10 March 1912 | 23 March 1956 | |
Melbourne | Trams in Melbourne | Horse | 20 December 1884 | November 1923 | |
Melbourne | Trams in Melbourne | Cable | 11 November 1885 | 26 October 1940 | |
Melbourne | Trams in Melbourne | Electric | 11 October 1906 | Ranked as largest operating tram system in world. | |
♦ Box Hill - Doncaster | Electric | 14 October 1889 | 6 January 1896 | ||
♦ St Kilda - Brighton Beach | Electric | 7 May 1906 | 28 February 1959 | ||
♦ Sandringham - Black Rock | 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. | |
Portland | Cable/ombustion engine | ? | old vintage Melbourne cable trams | ||
Sorrento | Steam tram | 1889 | 1921 |
[Western Australia]
[Fiji]
Location | Name of system | Traction type | Date | Date | Notes |
Levuka | Horse | 1884 | ? | see Rail transport in Fiji | |
Suva | Horse | 1880s | ? | see Rail transport in Fiji |
[New Zealand]
[North Island]
Location | Name of system | Traction type | Date | Date | Notes |
Auckland | Horse | 11 August 1884 | 1903 | ||
Auckland | Electric | 24 November 1902 | 29 December 1956 | Official opening 17 November 1902. Public service commenced on 24 November | |
♦ Devonport | Horse | September 1886 | 1888 | ||
♦ Bayswater to Milford via Takapuna | Steam | 22 December 1910 | 26 April 1927 | ||
Gisborne | Accumulator | 13 April 1913 | 8 July 1929 | ||
Napier | Electric | 8 September 1913 | 3 February 1931 | Closed because of earthquake damage. | |
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 | Wellington tramway system | Steam | August 1878 | 1882 | |
Wellington | Wellington tramway system | Horse | August 1878 | 1904 | |
Wellington | Wellington tramway system | Electric | 30 June 1904 | 2 May 1964 |
[South Island]
Location | Name of system | Traction type | Date | Date | Notes |
Christchurch | Christchurch tramway system | Steam | March 1880 | by 1914 | |
Christchurch | Christchurch tramway system | Horse | 1882 | by 1914 | |
Christchurch | Christchurch tramway system | Electric | 6 June 1905 | 11 September 1954 | |
Christchurch | Horse, Steam, Electric | 6 January 1968 | Heritage tramway | ||
Christchurch | Electric | 4 February 1995 | Heritage tramway | ||
Dunedin | Steam | July 1879 | 1884 | ||
Dunedin | Horse | July 1879 | 1905 | ||
Dunedin | Cable | 24 February 1881 | 2 March 1957 | see Dunedin cable tramway system. | |
Dunedin | Electric | 24 December 1903 | 29 March 1956 | . | |
♦ Maori Hill | Horse | 1882 | 1900 | ||
♦ Maori Hill | Electric | 23 October 1900 | 1 July 1936 | First electric tramway in New Zealand. | |
Invercargill | Horse | 3 December 1881 | 15 March 1908 | ||
Invercargill | Electric | 26 March 1912 | 10 September 1952 | World's southernmost electric town tramway. | |
Nelson | Horse | 7 May 1862 | 1901 |