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A brief history of Brisbane's |
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| 1885 | Horse drawn tram services were introduced in Brisbane by the Metropolitan Tramway and Investment Company. | |
| 1897 | Electric tram services commenced by the Brisbane Tramways Company. with the electrification of the Victoria Bridge to Woolloongabba and the New Farm Wharf horse lines.
Paddington, Petrie Tce, Red Hill (Corner of Enoggera Tce and Waterworks Rd line opened. |
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| 1898 | Last horse drawn tram ends with the electrification of the Breakfast Creek, West End, Exhibition, Bulimba Ferry and Logan Road horse lines.
West End to Dornock Tce. and Exhibition to Bowen Bridge extensions opened. |
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| 1899 | Ascot (Racecourse Road) extension opened. | |
| 1900/1 | Kelvin Grove, Clayfield and Gladstone Road (Vulture St)extensions opened. | |
| 1902/3 | Norman Bridge (East Brisbane), Gregory Tce to the Gardens and Wharf St lines opened. | |
| 1904/5 | Paddington extension to MacGregor St, Toowong, Rosalie, Albion Park siding (Amy St), St Paul's Tce., North Quay loop, Ann St (Valley to Light St depot) and Red Hill extension to Kennedy Tce. lines opened. | |
| 1908 | Dutton Park extension (Lang St depot)opened. | |
| 1912 | The Great Tramway Strike triggered by a management decree banning the wearing of Union Badges. Rules preventing the wearing of any badges remained in force until the 1980s | |
| 1914 | New Farm via Moray St. and Kedron Bridge extension opened. | |
| 1915 | Paddington Depot opened Red Hill extension to Paddington Depot, Cracknell Rd extension (Ipswich Rd), Greenslopes extension and Coorparoo lines opened. |
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| 1916 | Ascot Doomben extension (Magdala St) and Exhibition via St Pauls Tce. opened. | |
| 1917 | Adelaide St., Grey St. South Brisbane and Ann St. (Petrie Bight to Valley) lines opened. | |
| 1917/23 | Paddington to Jubilee Tce., Ipswich Road to Aubigney St extensions opened. | |
| 1923 | 1st January, Brisbane Tramway Trust took over from the Brisbane Tramways Company. Exhibition via Gregory Tce. line opened. |
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| 1924 | Ashgrove open to Oleander Drive. Red Hill service reduced. |
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| 1925 | Camp Hill, Balmoral Cemetery, Cavendish Rd., Lutwyche, Balmoral to Barton Rd., West End, Ascot (Oriel Park) extensions open. Wharf St - Adelaide St connecting curve installed. Warner St Valley (loop) open. The first "Drop-centre" class tram entered service on the 15th January. The Greater Brisbane City Council was formed on the 1st of July and took over tramway operations from the Brisbane Tramway Trust on the 1st of December. |
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| 1926 | New Farm Park opens and Holland Park extension opens. | |
| 1927 | Ipswich Road depot opens. Barry Pde, Albion Park siding loop and Davies Park loop open. | |
| 1938 | Prototype "FM" tram, 400, entered service on 12th January. | |
| 1939 | Dutton Park terminus extended Last "Drop-centre" class tram was built |
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| 1940 | Stafford line opens and Red Hill regular service is withdrawn | |
| 1941 | Salisbury extension opened. | |
| 1943 | Last four-wheel tram built in Australia. Baby Centre-Aisle 99. | |
| 1946 | Woolloongabba sidings enlarged (Trafalgar St)and Ann St single track relief line opens. | |
| 1947 | The very steep Edward St line closed. Chermside line opens and Connecting curves installed at St Paul's Tce and Brunswick St. Thirty Sunbeam trolley bus chassis ordered from England but materials shortages delayed delivery until 1950. |
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| 1948 | Wharf St - Queen St connecting curve installed and Belmont extension opens. | |
| 1949 | New entrance to Light St Depot in Ann St and Enoggera extension opens. | |
| 1951 | Mt Gravatt extension opens. First trolley bus route opened from Gardens to Gregory Terrace 12th August. |
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| 1952 | New junctions installed at Countess St / Roma St and Leichhardt St / Wharf St for depot working from Paddington to Wharf St. New trolley bus route opened from Prospect Terrace to Stanley Bridge. |
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| 1954 | Trolley bus extensions to Carina and Seven Hills opened, including a one-way link from Kemp Place through the city and South Brisbane to Woolloongabba. | |
| 1955 | A trolley bus extension from Stanley Bridge along Cavendish Road to Lade Street replaced the Cavendish Road tram service. | |
| 1956 | Cavendish Road trolley bus extended to Elgar Street. Six new trolley buses ordered but didn't enter service until 1960. |
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| 1957 | The Greenslopes line (Chatsworth Rd) was closed | |
| 1960 | Gardens trolley bus route altered to include Alice, Albert and Turbot Streets when several city streets became one-way. Carina trolley bus route extended almost 1km. |
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| 1961 | Last new line constructed in O'Keefe St. | |
| 1962 | Paddington Depot destroyed by fire. 65 trams lost. The Rainworth, Toowong, Bulimba Ferry and Kalinga tram services withdrawn and replaced with buses. |
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| 1963 | The Rainworth, Toowong, Bulimba Ferry and Kalinga tram lines closed
Line to Milton Tennis Courts remains open. Construction commenced on eight new trams. |
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| 1964 | Milton Tennis Courts line cut back to Milton Workshops and the Red Hill special work (Ashgrove line) removed. Last new tram constructed. The "Phoenix class" No 554. |
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| 1966 | Belmont terminus shortened to clear nearby intersection. | |
| 1968 | Ashgrove, Grange, Bardon, Stafford, Enogerra, Chermside, Barry Pde and Exhibition tram lines closed and trams replaced with buses. (All Adelaide St. services) Wickham Tce / Leichhardt St connection closed and Light St depot closed. Ipswich Road Depot roads 1,2,3 removed. Last use of "Drop-centre" trams. Gardens - Gregory Terrace and Prospect Terrace - Stanley Bridge trolley bus services ceased. |
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| 1969 | Remaining trolley bus services ceased 13th March. Clayfield, Ascot, New Farm, West End, Dutton Park, Salisbury, Balmoral, Belmont and Mt Gravatt services closed. (All Queen St tram services) and trams replaced by diesel buses thus completing the closure of the Brisbane tram network on the 13th April. |
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| 1980 | Trams commenced running at the Brisbane Tramway Museum. | |
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