NEWCASTLE

VIDEOS

Above: YouTubeCA video - Newcastle Trains & Trams, Before & After! - Length: 60:00 mins.	Above: YouTubeCA video - Newcastle Light Rail: Newcastle Interchange to Newcastle Beach - Length: 12:33 mins.

PHOTO

MAP

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LIGHT RAIL (TRAM) ROUTE

Operator: Newcastle Transport

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

• Light Rail (Tram) line: 2.7 km.

HISTORY

• Steam trams: 6 July 1887 - 1 Nov. 1930
• Electric trams (1st generation): Oct. 1923 - 11 June 1950
• Light rail: 18 Feb. 2019 - today.

GAUGE

• 1st generation steam and electric tramways: ?
• LRT: 1435 mm.

SOURCES

PRINT

• "NSW's Newcastle tramway opens ahead of schedule" Tramways & Urban Transit, Apr. 2019 (82: 976), p.125.
• "Sun, sand and light rail" Tramways & Urban Transit, Apr. 2018 (81: 964), p.138-139.

WIKIS

• Newcastle light rail
• Newcastle Transport
• Trams in Newcastle, New South Wales

WEB SITES

• Newcastle Transport

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