Trams In Australia
In Australia, tram networks were developed to provide public transport in many of the country's cities and towns in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As the twentieth century wore on, trams fell out of favour and most networks closed or were severely cut back. A revival in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries has seen trams return to some of the larger cities and existing networks extended.
The only city where the tram network forms an extensive part of the public transport system is Melbourne. Single lines operate in Adelaide and Sydney. A line is under construction on the Gold Coast. Plans have been announced to construct a line in Perth and a second line in Sydney. Several tourist lines also exist.
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