Fw: Yesterdays news Today
graeme bennett
Saturday, October 26, 2002 12:10 AM
----- Original Message -----
From: Ronald
Scholten
To: WALTER Bennett
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 9:34 AM
Subject: Yesterdays news Today
October 26 1888
Prahran Cable line Opened
1914
Amending Act 2484 Included City of Melbourne & constituted the
M.B.C.T.T.
(Melbourne Brunswick & Coburg Tramways
Trust)
1930
Electrified Fitzroy line Opened. East & West Preston trams diverted
into Collins St
(later through routed to Sth Melb.)
East
Coburg trams routed to St Kilda Bch via Sth Melb in lieu of East & West
Preston trams
Elsternwick Electric line to Victoria St only in lieu of East
Coburg
1940
Clifton Hill & Nicholson St Cable line Closed
Buses substituted for Cable Trams on Clifton Hill
& Nicholson St lines @ 9:17pm
First Double Decker buses on Bourke St
(ceased Jan 18 - 1954)
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