Trams in Sydney

Sydney tramway network
Sydney tramway network
	Trams on George Street, 1920.
Operation
Locale	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Horsecar era: 1861–1866
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Propulsion system(s)	Horses
Steam era: 1879–1910
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Propulsion system(s)	Steam (and horses/cables)
1945
Electric era: 1898–1961
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Propulsion system(s)	Electric
Electrification	600 Volts DC
Route length	291 km (181 mi) (1923)
1945	405 million

The Sydney tramway network served the inner suburbs of Sydney, Australia, from 1879 until 1961. In its heyday, it was the largest in Australia, the second largest in the Commonwealth of Nations (after London), and one of the largest in the world. The network was heavily worked, with about 1,600 cars in service at any one time at its peak during the 1930s (cf. about 500 trams in Melbourne today). Patronage peaked in 1945 at 405 million passenger journeys. Its maximum street trackage totalled 291 km (181 miles) in 1923.

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