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Map of Perth suburban tramways in 1939. The initial Perth tramway was operated by an English company, Perth Electric Tramways Limited. [3] Construction started on 30 January 1899, with services commencing on 28 September 1899. The first line ran 4.8 kilometres along Hay Street, from East Perth near the WACA Ground to Thomas Street in West Perth.
The trams came from Perth (11), Melbourne (8), Fremantle (4), Adelaide (2), Kalgoorlie (2), Ballarat (1) and Brisbane (1). [8] The trolleybuses all come from Perth. [8] Because the society's tramway is standard gauge, West Australian trams have had to be regauged from their original narrow gauge when restored for operation. [4]
In November 1981, the association split into two societies; the Bus Museum of Western Australia and the Perth Electric Tramway Society. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Having initially stored its collection in Bellevue , in 1990 all were relocated to Transperth 's Trigg depot before a permanent move to Whiteman Park in April 1993.
Mount Lawley: Perth Electric Tramway Society. ISBN 0646-38447-3 . Culpeffer-Cooke, Tony; Gunzburg, Adrian; Pleydell, Ian Deacon; Brown, David; Perth Electric Tramway Society (2010), Tracks by the Swan: the electric tram and trolley bus era of Perth, Western Australia , Perth Electric Tramway Society, ISBN 978-0-9807577-0-5
Perth's first trams operated for a short period at the end of the nineteenth century, on an unsuccessful horse-car tramway between the GPO and East Perth. [8] The city's first electric trams began operating in 1899 between East Perth and West Perth, along Hay Street in central Perth.
Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel is a hotel in Canada Place near Waterfront Station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [1] It opened on January 8, 1986, to handle the influx of tourists brought to Vancouver by Expo 86. [2]