Which capital city of Australia still has trams as a major form of transport?

Melbourne, the most populous city in and capital of Victoria, is home to the largest tram network in the world, and its trams have become part of the city's culture and identity due to their long history.



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Lyon won the gold for being home to the best performing tram system in large cities across the world. With a slew of public transport options available which includes bus routes, metro, and soft transport modes as well as the tram corridor, Lyon has a systematic mode of transport connecting the entire city.

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Today, over 380 cities around the world have purpose-built their tram systems that transport passengers in regular intervals and fixed city lines, enabling the much larger flow of population across large distances without impacting the flow of regular car transport.

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The view has been frequently expressed that the retention of the Melbourne tramway system during this period, is due almost solely to Sir Robert's strong management and his very firmly held (and public) view that tramcars were the most appropriate urban transport vehicle for servicing the inner suburban areas of large ...

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Melbourne has the world's largest tram network, consisting of 250 kilometres (160 mi) of double track, nearly 500 trams on 24 routes, and 1,763 tram stops. It is operated by Yarra Trams. Two partial light rail routes are also part of the network.

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The very first street tramway in Australia was a short lived horse tramway running along Pitt Street in Sydney. This was however a short lived operation, only running for six years between 1861 and 1866.

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Trams were done away with in 1969. The beginning of the end of trams was a fire in 1962 at the Paddington Dept that destroyed the about a quarter of the fleet. Much of Brisbane is hilly with winding streets, and trams took up too much space on the roads due to the need for cars to stop everytime the tram did.

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