Re: Re: Geelong
Bill Bolton
Tuesday, October 30, 2001 9:36 PM
On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 05:46:23 -0800, Peter wrote:
Geelong is a major provincial/regional city in Victoria, and a
significant seaport, to the West of Melbourne (someone else will have
to tell you the distance but its between 100 and 200 miles if I recall
correctly).
In 1956.
The Geelong system came under the control of the State Electricity
Commission of Victoria (SECV), along with those in Ballarat and
Bendigo, when the SECV took over the local electricity generating
companies in those cities in the 1930s. The Geelong system was in
much better physical shape than the other two at take over and so did
not have the same investment made in it. So, Geelong was the first of
the three provincial tram systems to reach a stage where massive
physical investment in new track would have been required to keep it
going, so it was abandoned instead.
The Bendigo and Ballarat systems had benefited from significant
investment in renewal of physical plant at the time of the SECV
takeover and so were able to continue into the mid '70s (and to
partial preservation in both cases). To a certain extent that was due
to the transfer of rolling stock from Geelong.
Cheers,
Bill
Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia
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Where was Geelong in relation to Melbourne
Geelong is a major provincial/regional city in Victoria, and a
significant seaport, to the West of Melbourne (someone else will have
to tell you the distance but its between 100 and 200 miles if I recall
correctly).
and when did the system close?
In 1956.
The Geelong system came under the control of the State Electricity
Commission of Victoria (SECV), along with those in Ballarat and
Bendigo, when the SECV took over the local electricity generating
companies in those cities in the 1930s. The Geelong system was in
much better physical shape than the other two at take over and so did
not have the same investment made in it. So, Geelong was the first of
the three provincial tram systems to reach a stage where massive
physical investment in new track would have been required to keep it
going, so it was abandoned instead.
The Bendigo and Ballarat systems had benefited from significant
investment in renewal of physical plant at the time of the SECV
takeover and so were able to continue into the mid '70s (and to
partial preservation in both cases). To a certain extent that was due
to the transfer of rolling stock from Geelong.
Cheers,
Bill
Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia
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