Search Results: MMTB


Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board
Minggu, 2026-08-09 04:58:45

The Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) was a government-owned authority that was responsible for the tram network in Melbourne, Australia between...

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Trams in Melbourne
Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:34:16

Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), however it was destroyed by fire during the 1923 police strike; the MMTB took the decision not to reopen it...

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Z-class Melbourne tram
Senin, 2026-08-03 14:09:10

trams remaining in service. When Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) staff were sent to Europe in 1965 to investigate other tramway operations...

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R-class Melbourne tram
Senin, 2026-08-03 14:08:57

Tramways Board (MMTB). The Fitzroy, Northcote & Preston Tramways Trust (FNPTT) placed five trams in service in 1920. All passed to the MMTB on 2 February...

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W-class Melbourne tram
Rabu, 2026-08-05 13:30:13

Board (MMTB) between 1923 and 1956. Over the 33 years of production, 752 vehicles spanning 12 sub-classes were constructed, the majority at the MMTB's Preston...

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L-class Melbourne tram
Senin, 2026-08-03 14:08:50

PMTT had been taken over by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB). In 1934 they were modified with the four narrow doors replaced with two...

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Timeline of trams in Melbourne
Minggu, 2026-08-09 12:09:08

took control of all lines except for the two Victorian Railways lines. The MMTB continued the expansion of the electric tramways and began the process of...

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S-class Melbourne tram
Senin, 2026-08-03 14:08:58

numbered 1 to 12. All passed to the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) on 2 February 1920 when it took over the MBCTT, becoming the S-class and...

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Hector Hercules Bell
Rabu, 2026-04-29 18:51:54

Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) in 1919, and became the MMTB's second chairman in 1936, a position he held until 1949. Under Bell, the MMTB converted the remaining...

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Melbourne tram classification
Senin, 2026-08-10 08:12:39

MMTB Tram Classification and Number Image Class Description Fleet numbers A class Single truck, drop end, open California combination, built by Duncan...

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Q-class Melbourne tram
Senin, 2026-08-03 14:08:55

built by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB). They were built as part of the MMTB's plan to quickly increase the size of its fleet at its...

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Hawthorn tram depot
Sabtu, 2026-08-08 19:52:55

lines. It was taken over by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) in 1920. In 1925, the depot was used as a school to teach tram drivers and...

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Alexander Cameron (tramways administrator)
Jumat, 2026-01-30 01:21:58

transferred to the MMTB on 21 December 1922, bringing all Melbourne's tram systems, except the Victorian Railways' trams, under the control of the MMTB. These disparate...

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Melbourne tram route 58
Senin, 2026-05-11 17:56:09

This section was extended by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) to Glenferrie Road (Stop 139) on 8 May 1927. Meanwhile, the line between...

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Melbourne tram route 67
Minggu, 2025-12-07 06:17:56

was electrified in stages by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB). The section between Domain Interchange (Stop 20) and St Kilda Junction...

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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Sabtu, 2026-03-28 11:02:07

7) Number 8: built 1934 for the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB). Used as a track cleaner, brought to Ballarat in 1999. It still in use to...

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Melbourne tram route 86
Senin, 2026-08-10 02:05:39

their system, vesting them into the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) on 1 November 1919, which then absorbed all the municipal systems, including...

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Melbourne tram route 109
Sabtu, 2026-07-25 19:49:12

30 September 1916. In 1929 the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) started converting the Collins Street cable lines to electric traction,...

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Melbourne tram route 112
Sabtu, 2024-06-01 10:42:48

taken over by the newly formed Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) before the first services ran, opening on 1 April 1920. This network was...

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Melbourne tram route 64
Sabtu, 2025-07-26 12:20:00

was electrified in stages by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB). The section between Domain Interchange (Stop 20) and St Kilda Junction...

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Francis Kirby
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 01:50:58

(MMTB). He became the MMTB's fourth Chairman in 1970, taking over from Robert Risson, and was succeeded by Dudley Snell, the last Chairman of the MMTB...

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Ministry of Transport (Victoria)
Minggu, 2026-08-09 12:02:53

the Victorian Railways (VR), Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) and Country Roads Board (CRB) were established independently from the Board...

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Dudley Snell
Senin, 2026-03-09 22:10:08

Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) in 1953, being appointed the MMTB's fifth and last Chairman in 1976. Following the dissolving of the MMTB into the Metropolitan...

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Melbourne tram route 75
Sabtu, 2026-07-25 19:20:49

Norwood Road (now Toorak Road). The Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) converted the Bourke Street to Hawthorn Bridge cable line to electric traction...

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Melbourne tram route 96
Sabtu, 2026-07-25 17:12:00

Tramways Board (MMTB) in favour of double decker buses. The Bourke Street cable lines were the last cable trams to operate in Melbourne. The MMTB, unhappy with...

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Melbourne cable tramway system
Sabtu, 2026-06-13 04:39:12

passed to the government-owned Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) on 1 November 1919. Although the first electric tram service was introduced...

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Metropolitan Transit Authority (Victoria)
Minggu, 2026-08-09 05:00:12

Authority State-owned corporation overview Formed 1 July 1983 Preceding agencies MMTB VicRail MURLA Dissolved 30 June 1989 Superseding State-owned corporation...

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Trams in Australia
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 07:29:18

Moore Melbourne – B (for PMTT), K (for PMTT/MMTB), L (for PMTT), R (for FNPTT), W (for MMTB), W2 (for MMTB) James Morrison Sydney – B (formerly C2) (steam...

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D type Adelaide tram
Minggu, 2022-03-13 11:15:32

numbers 21 to 24. All passed to the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) on 2 February 1920 when it took over the HTT, being renumbered 127 to 130...

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Tramway Museum Society of Victoria
Jumat, 2026-07-10 09:24:34

un-restored trams, cable tram cars, motor vehicles and a visitors centre. MMTB Trams L 101, W 220, W1 427, W2 509, W2 568, W2 643, SW2 644, W2 646, W2 650...

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Melbourne tram route 5
Selasa, 2026-03-03 14:54:05

was electrified in stages by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB). The section between Domain Interchange (Stop 20) and St Kilda Junction...

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Georgia State Railroad Museum
Minggu, 2026-06-07 07:36:34

November 26, 2003 Central of Georgia Railway Museum The roundhouse in 2015 Ex MMTB W5 756 being housed at the Central of Georgia RR Museum. National Register...

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SmartBus
Rabu, 2026-08-05 10:35:07

via the Victorian Railways and Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) respectively – buses in Melbourne were mostly operated by smaller, private...

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Preston Workshops
Minggu, 2026-07-26 12:55:26

Preston Workshops were erected by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) in 1924-26, to provide manufacturing and maintenance facilities for Melbourne's...

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Melbourne, Brunswick & Coburg Tramways Trust
Sabtu, 2025-02-15 03:40:48

The MBCTT was taken over by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) on 2 February 1920. Although much altered, the MBCTT lines remain open today...

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Robert Risson
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 06:33:18

Risson was announced as the incoming MMTB chairman in June 1949, assuming the role on 1 October, and becoming the MMTB's third chairman. He was initially...

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List of airports in Mexico
Selasa, 2026-02-24 09:59:46

Force Station Tuxpan Veracruz Tuxpan Naval Air Base Tuxtla Gutiérrez Chiapas MMTB TGM Terán Air Force Base Zapopan Jalisco MMZP Zapopan Air Force Base Defunct...

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Elwood, Victoria
Senin, 2026-07-20 19:03:56

route 11 tram between East Malvern and Point Ormond which was operated by MMTB. The St Kilda to Brighton route ran north-south through Elwood, via Mitford...

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Victorian Railways
Kamis, 2026-08-06 04:03:58

years ago (1983-07-01) Fate Split into MTA and STA, then MTA was merged into MMTB to form The Met. Successor Metropolitan Transit Authority V/Line Headquarters...

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PCC streetcar
Minggu, 2026-06-28 04:12:59

Board (MMTB) in Australia was keen to build two new tram routes after World War II, and these routes would be served by PCC Streetcars. The MMTB decided...

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Gertrude Street
Sabtu, 2025-09-06 18:03:28

allowed Aboriginal Australians to drink there in the 1960s to 1980s The MMTB building, on the corner of Gertrude and Nicholson Streets The Rob Roy Hotel...

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Energy in Victoria
Rabu, 2026-04-29 09:03:25

Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) was formed in 1919 and took over all cable and electric trams in Melbourne. The MMTB extended the electric lines, and...

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List of Melbourne tram routes
Sabtu, 2026-07-25 20:44:22

Preston depot. First use of the numeral 3 in a route number (prior to this the MMTB didn't use the numeral 3 due to potential confusion with the numeral 8) 14...

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Buses in Melbourne
Senin, 2026-06-22 19:18:14

largely unregulated free market by private companies. During the 1960s, the MMTB took over services in the north-eastern suburbs, after the bankruptcy of...

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Camberwell tram substation
Sabtu, 2026-07-18 23:55:00

building with a gabled corrugated iron roof. It has a rendered parapet with 'MMTB' inscribed above the front entrance, and rendered dressings around the openings...

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Camberwell tram depot
Senin, 2026-08-03 11:09:50

for £31,990 to construct the depot was accepted on 1 November 1928 by the MMTB, with the depot opening in December 1929. It was designed by the Board's...

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Sydney Tramway Museum
Rabu, 2026-06-17 22:17:19

Single truck 1920 4.27 6.10 1971 OOS Operable, converted to current design by MMTB in 1958. Loaned to MOTAT despatched from STM May 2011, overhauled and shipped...

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List of airports by ICAO code: M
Kamis, 2026-06-25 06:06:37

(Defunct) MMTA – Atlangatepec Air Force Station – Atlangatepec, Tlaxcala MMTB (TGM) – Tuxtla Gutiérrez Air Force Base (formerly Francisco Sarabia National...

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Wattle Park, Melbourne
Minggu, 2026-07-05 23:02:30

needed] With the rise of popularity of motor cars in the 1960s and 1970s, the MMTB and from June 1983, the Metropolitan Transit Authority, focused its attention...

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Ascot Vale tram substation
Sabtu, 2026-07-18 11:32:08

The roof is topped by three large square ridge ventilators. The letters MMTB are inscribed in the render above the front entrance. Architecture portal...

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Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust
Selasa, 2026-02-10 07:37:57

single truck, known as an open California combination car. This became MMTB J class tram No. 65. It was bought by the Melbourne Electric Supply Company...

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