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The Glenelg tram line is a tram/light rail line in Adelaide. Apart from a short street-running section in Glenelg , the line has its own reservation , with minimal interference from road traffic. The service is free in the city centre and along the route to the Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Hindmarsh .
Adelaide's first experiment with electric powered trams was a demonstration run on the Adelaide and Hindmarsh Tramway company's line. A battery powered tram fitted with Julien's Patent Electric Traction [ 19 ] [ 20 ] ran in 1889 to Henley Beach.
After the closure of all Adelaide street tram services, the sole surviving route was the 10.8 km (6.7 mi) Glenelg tram line (also known colloquially as the "Bay line"), extending south-west from Adelaide's centre to the beachside suburb of Glenelg.
Tickets for the games also act as the ticket to travel free on any Adelaide Oval Footy Express bus, train or tram, in order to alleviate overcrowding on regular services. Most services offer early arrival times and some routes will have services that leave an hour after the final siren. [11] The locations in metropolitan Adelaide include:
To the travelling public the trams became known by their destination as "Glenelg" and "Bay" trams (after Holdfast Bay, on which Glenelg is located). They were very popular from the beginning; a journey on a "Bay" tram gave the traveller a comfortable experience of 1920s technology that with the passing of the years became more memorable.
Adelaide's tram history is preserved by the volunteer-run Tramway Museum, St Kilda [2] and the continuing use of 1929 H type trams on the remaining Glenelg tram line. The Glenelg line was extended to Adelaide railway station in 2007 and to Adelaide Entertainment Centre in 2010.
[10] [11] Other Free services in Adelaide include the City Loop, operating under callsigns 99C and 99A, formerly known as 99C only. The 99B, the Beeline, was another free service which ran until 2007, when the Glenelg tram line extension was finally inaugurated. 97A and 97C are new services which started when the new Royal Adelaide Hospital ...
Adelaide Metro is the public transport system of the Adelaide area, around the capital city of South Australia.It is an intermodal system offering an integrated network of bus, tram, and train services throughout the metropolitan area.