Fw: Second week in September
WALTER Bennett
Friday, September 6, 2002 11:34 AM
----- Original Message -----
From: Ronald
Scholten
To: WALTER Bennett
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 1:30 PM
Subject: Second week in September
From the MMTB listings :-
Sep 8 1882 (About) Melbourne
Tramway & Omnibus Co amalgamated with the Victorian Tramway Co under the
name of the Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Co Ltd with Head
Office at 100 Bourke St East.
Sep 10 1901 Northcote
cable line leased by Northcote Council to S.L.Dorum for 7 years
Sep 10 1908 Northcote
Council leased Northcote cable line to Meakin & Thomas until June 30
1916
Sep 10 1918 First sod
of St Georges Rd line turned south of Merri Creek by Chaiman
C.Ottery
Sep 12 1854 12:20 pm
First train departed Flinders St Station to Sandridge (now Port
Melbourne)
Sep 12 1995 Budoora
Extension Opened by Minister & making it the longest tram
route in Australia 21km @ $12 mill.
Sep 13 1930 Saturdays
- 1 man trams operated on Russell St Footscray Electric Line
Sep 13 1953 West
Coburg service to Domain Rd only in lieu of St Kilda Bch
South Melb Beach - Sth Melb & St Kilda Bch
services re routed at request of Sth Melb Council to ease congestion at Park
& Claredon Sts Cnr
Sep 14 1892 East
Brunswick horse bus line Opened
Sep 14 1912 High St
Electric line extended from Punt Rd to St Kilda Rd
Car repair shop built at Malvern Depot
Cheltenham - Beaumaris section of Beaumaris Horse
Tramway Closed
Sep 14 1929 Fitzroy
Cable line - Brunswick St to Spencer St via Collins St
Closed
Sep 14 1941 Extension
at Ballarat Rd - Footscray Electric line via Gordon St to River St
Opened
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