วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 22 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2553

Melbourne Tram


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Of all the different systems and a wide range of transport services in the city of Melbourne in Australia, the tram network is the most interesting of all.

A streetcar is essentially a guide that leads to a railroad or railway lines. These vehicles weigh less and are easier to build than a normal train. The design is basically reduced to mediate between the villages, towns and villages, with athletics in the streets.

There are otherTram networks or in other parts of the world, but that was found in Melbourne's largest network of trams in the world is to be considered. Melbourne claims the title with the tram system in Silesia Inter Urban, who has been in place since 1894.

The history of trams in Melbourne includes these two types of rail vehicles, the horse / cable trams and electric trams. The first forty years, the operation in Melbourne tram train consists of seven horses that wereorganized by different organizations. A horse track, is one that is driven by a horse, offered a comparison easy to ride horse-drawn carriages and carried larger loads. However, let the horse is a trail of excrement and urine manure on their trail. From November 11, 1985 in Melbourne cable tramway system opened its first line of Richmond. Between 1885 and 1891, the councils of Melbourne and ten surrounding communities built cable-hauled tramway, which has been used for more than 5 decades.The cable tram roar "bells and detention, provided the background music on the streets of Melbourne. Even then the cable tram in the world already affected by its construction that international standards to live up to two-track. 46 miles 17 routes served from the city center adjacent to the boundaries. It is also on American cable tram services have walked like that of Chicago, who once claimed the title of world's largest network of trams. passengers then onlyfour minutes for the cable tram, where you could use a good lap wait. Unfortunately, this cable tram network was operational in 1940. Parts or remains of these old public transport can now only part of a private collection since none of them can now be seen in modern streets of Melbourne.

1888 was the year when the first electric tram in Australia at the International Centennial Exhibition was shown. Historically, offered this car pioneer, plus a second maintenance standardsTram transport (Box Hill and Doncaster Station), during which up to 1889 and 1896. The Victorian railway line opened in 1906 and regained electric tram on the road from St Kilda to Brighton. From here, several municipalities have decided to build electric trams in their jurisdiction.

Today, the tram network in Melbourne under a door 245 with 500 and 28 tram routes at regular intervals, a break on 1,813 stations. A total of 178 million passengers a yearride publicly on the trams. It is only in Melbourne which implement that motor vehicles perform a hook turn at several intersections to give way to the passing electric trams. These trams are not only a major part of public transportation in Melbourne but it also contributes to the city's tourism.

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