List of town tramway systems in Oceania

This is a list of cities and towns in Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere in Oceania that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar) systems as part of their public transport system. Other geographic regions:

• Africa
• Asia
• Europe
• North America
• Central America
• South America

Australia (by state)

Main article: Trams in Australia

New South Wales

Name of system	Location	Traction type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Broken Hill	Steam	15 February 1902	31 December 1926
	Maitland	Steam	8 February 1909	31 December 1926	[1].
	Newcastle	Steam	19 July 1887	2 November 1930
		Electric	15 December 1923	10 June 1950	[2], [3].
	Sydney	Horse	23 December 1861	31 December 1866	Also 16 – 29 September (?) 1879, May (?) - 30 June 1894.
		Steam	30 September 1879	1910
		Cable	1894	14 January 1905
		Electric	9 November 1890 8 December 1899	20 April 1892 25 February 1961	see Trams in Sydney, [4].
Light rail in Sydney		Light Rail	1 September 1997	-	Trial service opened 11 August 1997.
	♦ Arncliffe - Bexley	Steam	13 October 1909	31 December 1926
	♦ Ashfield - Burwood - Concord	Steam	1891	1912
	♦ Campbelltown - Camden	Steam	10 March 1882	June 1901	Replaced by railway stock (railway passenger service withdrawn 31 December 1963).
	♦ Enfield	Steam	23 September 1891	1912
		Electric	4 February 1912	21 August 1948
	♦ Kogarah - Sans Souci	Steam	10 September 1887	4 July 1937	Electrification started, not completed. Replaced by trolleybuses.
	♦ Manly	Steam	14 February 1903	1911
		Electric	1 May 1911	12 October 1939
	♦ North Sydney	Cable	22 May 1886	10 February 1900
		Electric	19 September 1893	28 June 1958	Extended over new Sydney Harbour Bridge to underground terminal at Wynyard station, Sydney, 20 March 1932.
	♦ Parramatta - Castle Hill	Steam	18 August 1902	31 December 1926
	♦♦ Parramatta (Wharf)	Steam	1 October 1883	31 March 1943	Last steam tramway in Sydney area.
	♦ Rockdale - Brighton-le-Sands	Steam	9 November 1885	1900
		Electric	27 July 1900	3 September 1949
	♦ Sutherland - Cronulla	Steam	12 June 1911	3 August 1931
	Yass	Steam	1 April 1891	1907	Rebuilt as a railway and operated with railway stock (railway passenger service withdrawn 17 May 1958).

Queensland

Name of system	Location	Traction type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Brisbane	Horse	10 August 1885	1897	see Trams in Brisbane.
		Electric	1897	13 April 1969	[5], reintroduction planned.
G:link	Gold Coast	Electric	20 July 2014	operating
	Rockhampton	Steam	16 June 1909	24 June 1939	[6] (photograph).

South Australia

Name of system	Location	Traction type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Adelaide	Horse	10 July 1878	25 June 1914
		Electric	9 March 1909	-	see Trams in Adelaide, [7].
	♦ Port Adelaide	Steam	1879	1882
		Horse	1882	2 April 1917
		Electric	3 April 1917	27 July 1935
Glenelg Tram	♦ Glenelg	Horse	?	1914
	♦♦ Adelaide - Glenelg	Steam	4 August 1873	1929
		Electric	14 December 1929	22 November 1958
	♦ Victor Harbor	Horse	1894	1956	see Victor Harbor Horse Drawn Tram.

Tasmania

Name of system	Location	Traction type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Hobart	Electric	21 September 1893	21 October 1960	[8].
	Launceston	Electric	4 August 1911	13 December 1952

Victoria

Name of system	Location	Traction type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Ballarat	Horse	December 1887	1905
		Electric	1905	19 September 1971	[9], heritage tram opened in 1974.
	Bendigo	Accumulator (storage battery)	14 June 1890	23 September 1890
		Steam	1 February 1892	June 1902
		Electric	15 April 1903	16 April 1972	Part of system reopened as heritage tramway, 9 December 1972 [10].
	Geelong	Electric	10 March 1912	23 March 1956	[11].
Trams in Melbourne	Melbourne	Horse	20 December 1884	November 1923
		Cable	11 November 1885	26 October 1940
		Electric	11 October 1906		Ranked as largest operating tram system in Southern Hemisphere (by system length).
	♦ Box Hill - Doncaster	Electric	14 October 1889	6 January 1896
	♦ St. Kilda - Brighton Beach (Victorian Railways)	Electric	7 May 1906	28 February 1959
	♦ Sandringham - Black Rock (Victorian Railways)	Electric	10 March 1919	5 November 1956
	♦ Footscray	Electric	6 September 1921	10 March 1962	Connection with Melbourne tramway system opened 2 May 1954, service by Melbourne system continues.

Western Australia

Name of system	Location	Traction type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Kalgoorlie	Electric	10 May 1902	10 March 1952	[12].
	Leonora	Steam	1901	1908
		Electric	November 1908	25 June 1914	Fleet: one car.
		Petrol (gasoline)	1915	1921	Fleet: one car [13], [14].
	Perth	Electric	28 September 1899	19 July 1958	[15], heritage tram opened in 1980. see Trams in Perth, Western Australia.
Fremantle Municipal Tramways	♦ Fremantle	Electric	30 October 1905	8 November 1952	[16]. see Trams in Fremantle, Western Australia.

Fiji

Name of system	Location	Traction type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Levuka	Horse	1884	?	see Rail transport in Fiji
	Suva	Horse	1880s	?	see Rail transport in Fiji

New Zealand

North Island

Name of system	Location	Traction type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Auckland	Horse	11 August 1884	1903
		Electric	24 November 1902	29 December 1956
	♦ Devonport (North Shore)	Horse	September 1886	1888
	♦ Takapuna	Steam	22 December 1910	26 April 1927
	Gisborne	Accumulator (storage battery)	13 April 1913	8 July 1929
	Napier	Electric	8 September 1913	3 February 1931	Closed because of earthquake damage (see 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake).
	New Plymouth	Electric	10 March 1916	23 July 1954	[17].
	Thames	Steam	2 December 1871	November 1874
	Wanganui	Electric	11 December 1908	24 September 1950
	Wellington	Steam	August 1878	1882
		Horse	August 1878	1904
		Electric	30 June 1904	2 May 1964	see Wellington tramway system, [18]).

South Island

Name of system	Location	Traction type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Christchurch	Steam	March 1880	by 1914
		Horse	1882	by 1914
		Electric	6 June 1905 4 February 1995	11 September 1954	see Christchurch tramway system, 1995 Heritage tramway [19].
	Dunedin	Steam	July 1879	1884
		Horse	July 1879	1905
		Cable	24 February 1881	2 March 1957	see Dunedin cable tramway system.
		Electric	24 December 1903	29 March 1956	[20].
	♦ Maori Hill	Horse	1882	1900
		Electric	23 October 1900	1 July 1936	First electric tramway in New Zealand.
	Invercargill	Horse	3 December 1881	15 March 1908
		Electric	26 March 1912	10 September 1952	World's southernmost electric town tramway.
	Nelson	Horse	7 May 1862	1901

United States (by state )

Hawaii

See List of town tramway systems in the United States (Hawaii section)

References

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See also

• List of town tramway systems
• List of light-rail transit systems
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of trolleybus systemsde:Liste der ehemaligen Straßenbahnen