Operation
The museum has an extensive collection of trams from Sydney and cities in Australia and around the world. There are two tram lines from the museum used to run tram rides for museum visitors. One line runs 1.5 km north almost to Sutherland railway station, paralleling Rawson Avenue in the way Sydney's tram system operated. The second utilises a former railway branch off CityRail's Illawarra railway line that 2 km into the Royal National Park that flanks Sydney's southern boundary. A number of Sydney's suburban electric train services used to terminate at Royal National Park before the line closed in June 1991.
In February 1992 the State Rail Authority advised the museum that it had been successful in its application to operate over the line. The line reopened in May 1993.
The Sydney Tramway Museum is run entirely by volunteers and self funds its day to day activities, restorations and construction programs from gate takings and donations from the public.
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