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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Wellington City Scenes - 1963 (includes trams and funicular) - Length: 2:20 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Wellington's Last Tram (1964) - Length: 9:23 mins. |
PHOTOS
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MAP
ABBREVIATION ON THE MAP
| LQ | Lambton Quay |
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ROUTES
TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Wellington City Council
| 1 | Railway Stn. - Wellington Centre - Cuba St.- Wallace St. - Berhampore - Island Bay |
| 2 | Railway Stn. - Wellington Centre - Hataitai |
| 4> | Thorndon - Railway Stn. - Wellington Centre - Cuba St. - Vivian St. - Newtown Zoo |
| 11 | Thorndon - Railway Stn. - Wellington Centre - Cuba St. - Wallace St. - Newtown Zoo |
FUNICULAR (CABLE CAR) ROUTE
Operator: Wellington City Council
| 1 | Lambton Quay - Botanical Garden |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tram lines: ? km.
- Funicular: 628 m.
HISTORY
- Horse tramways: 1882 - 1904.
- Steam tramways : 24 Aug. 1878 - 1882.
- Electric tramways: 30 June 1904 - 2 May 1964.
- Funicular: 22 February 1902 - today.
GAUGE
- Tramways: 1219 mm.
- Funicular: 1000 mm.
TRAM PRESERVATION
The Wellington Tram Museum in Queen Elizabeth Park (Paekakariki) has a collection of old Wellington trams, which it runs on its own tracks.
SOURCES
- Price, J.H. "The Wellington tramways", The Modern Tramway, Oct. 1961 (24:286), p.292-295.
- Stewart, G. Around Wellington by tram in the 20th century. Wellington: Grantham House Publishing, 1999.
- Stewart, G. The end of the penny section: When trams ruled the streets of New Zealand. Wellington: Grantham House Publishing, rev.ed., 1993.
WIKIS
- Public transport in the Wellington Region
- Trams in New Zealand
- Wellington Cable Car
- Wellington Tramway Museum
- Wellington tramway system
WEB SITES
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