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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Johannesburg And South African Gold Mining, 1950s (includes trams) - Length: 1:35 mins. |
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INSET: CENTRAL JOHANNESBURG
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TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Johannesburg Transport Department
| A1 | Twist St. | City Hall - Market St. - Eloff St. - Plein St. - Twist St. - Hillbrow |
| B1 | Yeoville | City Hall - Market St. - Eloff St. - Plein St. - Twist St. - Kotze St. - Raleigh St. - Yeoville |
| B2 | Observatory | City Hall - Market St. - Eloff St. - Plein St. - Twist St. - Kotze St. - Raleigh St. - Observatory |
| C1 | Judith's Paarl | City Hall - Market St. - Eloff St. - Plein St. - Twist St. - Beit St. - Judith's Paarl |
| D1 | Marlborough House | City Hall - Market St. - Seimert Rd. - Doornfontein |
| D2 | Bertrams | City Hall - Market St. - Seimert Rd. - Beit St. - Bertrams |
| F1 | Kensington | City Hall - Main St. - Roberts Ave. - Langerman Dr. - Kensington |
| G1 | Malvern | City Hall - Main St. - Jules St. - Malvern East |
| H1 | Turffontein | Library Gardens - Market St. - Sauer St. - Booysens Rd. - Ophirton - Booysens - Turffontein - Rosettenville - La Rochelle - Springfield - Eloff St. - Market St. - Library Gardens [Circular route, both directions] |
| O1 | Bezuidenhout Valley | City Hall - Main St. - Kitchener Ave. - Bezuidenhoutsvallei |
| I1 | Mayfair | Library Gardens - Market St. - Central Ave. - Mayfair |
| I3 | Crown Mines | Library Gardens - Market St. - Hanover St. - Crown Mines |
| J1 | Malvern | City Hall - Harrison St. - Bree St. - Caroline St. - Main Rd. - Newlands (Shortmarket St.) |
| K1 | Melville | City Hall - Harrison St. - Braamfontein - Vrededorp - Auckland Park - Melville |
| L1 | Parktown North | City Hall - Harrison St. - Braamfontein - Parktown - Forest Town - Jan Smuts Ave. - Zoo Lake - Parktown North - Rosebank |
| L2 | Zoo Lake | City Hall - Harrison St. - Braamfontein - Parktown - Forest Town - Jan Smuts Ave. - Zoo Lake |
| X1 | Rosettenville | City Hall - Market St. - Eloff St. - Springfield - La Rochelle - Rosettenville - Townsview |
| X2 | Regents Park | City Hall - Market St. - Eloff St. - Springfield - La Rochelle - Rosettenville - Regents Park |
| X3 | Forest Hill | City Hall - Market St. - Eloff St. - Springfield - Turffontein Rd. - Turffontein - Forest Hill |
Note: The line designations X1, X2 and X3 are for the convenience of readers of this site only. I have not been able to determine the actual line designations used by the Johannesburg Transport Department for these routes.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tram lines: ? km.
HISTORY
- Horse tramways: 2 Feb. 1891 - 14 July 1906
- Electric tramways: 14 Feb. 1906 - 18 March 1961.
GAUGE
- All tramways: 1435 mm.
TRAM PRESERVATION
The James Hall Museum of Transport has one preserved double-decker tram in its collection.
SOURCES
- Spit, T. (with additional material by Patton, B.) Johannesburg tramways. London: Light Railway Transport League, 1976.
- Williams, D.E. "Johannesburg Municipal Tramways", The Modern Tramway, Feb. 1954 (17:194), p.27-37.
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