Timeline of trams in Melbourne

[3] The next attempt at an electric tramway was Victorian Railways' St Kilda to Brighton line, which opened in 1906.

[4] Later that year, the North Melbourne Electric Tramway & Lighting Company opened lines to Essendon and Maribyrnong.

However, by this time, the increasing popularity of the motor vehicle and the anti-tram Bolte government prevented any expansion in the following years, and overall patronage began to decline.

The decades following the late 1970s saw the expansion of tram lines to outer suburbs such as Bundoora, Vermont South, Airport West, and Box Hill.

[7] This timeline lists all of the openings, extensions and closures of all lines, as well as other significant events of the Melbourne Tram Network.

The opening of the Richmond cable line on 11 November 1885
Tram on the Box Hill to Doncaster line
Two Victorian Railways trams on the St Kilda to Brighton line, c.1906
Opening of the NMETL lines on 11 October 1906
The PMTT opened the Dandenong Road line on 16 December 1911
The Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board took over all tramways between by 1922
A 1923 W Class tram at Hawthorn, 1942
Intersection of Flinders Street and Swanston Street, 1927
A cable tram of the North Carlton line, which closed in 1936
W7 Class tram built in 1956, operating the City Circle line in 2013
Reconstructed St Kilda Junction
B1 Class prototype tram on Collins Street , June 2006
A B2 class tram runs of the St Kilda light rail, converted in 1987.
City Circle tram , which commenced in 1994
A B2 Class tram in an M>Tram livery
An E Class tram in North Balwyn, May 2014