From a single line along Hay Street, the network expanded north as far as Osborne Park, east as far as Welshpool, south as far as Como, and west as far as Claremont.

According to one source,[1] the central city terminus of the short lived horse tramway was the General Post Office, which was then located within the Treasury Building, at the corner of St Georges Terrace and Barrack Street.

[2] Rather, there was – it is believed – a horse tramway which ran from quarries just north of the city to the construction site of Government House situated in St Georges Terrace.

For how long the horse tramway survived is not known, nor its exact route, as information has not yet been found, although research continues.

However the state government took ownership of the network by passing the Tramways Purchase Act 1912, which cancelled the reversionary rights held by the council.

[5] In the early 1940s, the final extensions opened: Over a ten-year period beginning in 1948, all of the lines were gradually replaced by buses.