Re: Wellington Tram Tunnels

--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "roy winslow" <roy.winslow@a...> wrote:

Although anything NZ is on the nose here in Oz at the moment, I

though I may enquire as to the use of tunnels on Wellington's former
tram system.

That's alright, you'll find all the answers in Oz when all the
hysteria is over. But yes it's so much easier to blame someone else.

On the Wellington Tramway Museum website, I noticed there are

photos of a single track and double track tunnel, is this to mean
that there was two tunnels?

There were 4 tunnels on the tram system, one on the Kelburne cable
car line and whole bunch up the Johnsonville suburban rail line. The

Also, what are there status today?

The longest (Hataitai) was single track so is used only by buses
today. The other three (Seatoun, Karori and Northland) are in use for
normal traffic. The cable car still runs as does the Johnsonville
rail line - but for how much longer?

Rail and tram tunnels have alway interested me, which is a little

stange as Western Australia is not known for its tunnels. We only
ever had one (railway) tunnel of traditional design until the advent
of new metro lines and grade separation in the 1990's.

Roy Winslow

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