TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Auckland Transport Board
I do not have exact data on the actual routes used by Auckland trams. The table below shows the most likely route outlines, with no exact indication of the downtown streets used by each. Route indications
are of an indicative nature only, they were not used by the Auckland Transport Board
| A |
Queen Street - Eden Terrace - Mount Albert - Avondale |
| FF |
Farmer's Trading Co. - Hobson St. - Pitt St. |
| GH |
Manukau - Greenlane Hospital [shuttle] |
| GL |
Queen St. - Ponsonby - Grey Lynn |
| GS |
Queen St. - Symonds St. - Newmarket - Great South Rd. |
| HB |
Queen St. - Herne Bay |
| MB |
Queen St. - Parnell - Remuera - Meadowbank |
| MR |
Queen St. - Eden Terrace - Balmoral - Mount Roskill |
| OH |
Queen St. - Newmarket - Manukau - Onehunga |
| OR |
Queen St. - Eden Terrace - Owairaka |
| P |
Queen St. - Ponsonby (Three Lamps) |
| PC |
Queen St. - Great North Rd. - Point Chevalier |
| R |
Queen St. - Parnell - Remuera |
| RW |
Railway Station - Queen St. - Town Hall |
| TK |
Queen St. - Mount Eden - Three Kings |
| V |
Queen St. - Symonds St. - Remuera - Victoria Av. |
| W |
Queen St. - Great North Rd. - Westmere |
| Z |
Queen St. - Great North Rd. - Zoo |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
HISTORY
- Horse tramways: 1884 - ?
- Steam tramways (in Takapuna, on Auckland's North Shore): 22 Dec. 1910 - 26 Apr. 1927
- Electric tramways: 24 Nov. 1902 - 29 Dec. 1956.
GAUGE
TRAM PRESERVATION
The Museum of Transport & Technology in Western Springs, one of Auckland's western suburbs,
runs old trams along 1.7 km. of track.
SOURCES
PRINT
- Stewart, G. Around Auckland by tram in the 1950s. Wellington: Grantham House Publishing, rev.ed., 2002.
- Stewart, G. The end of the penny section: When trams ruled the streets of New Zealand Wellington: Grantham House Publishing, rev.ed., 1993.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
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