History
The tram route was introduced on 29 April 1994, requiring a small track extension along Spring Street to enable a complete CBD loop to be formed. The Commonwealth Government's Building Better Cities program funded the $6.4 million capital cost of the track expansion, while the State Government funded the running costs. The original route of the tram included Spencer Street as the western edge until January 2003, when the route was extended west into Docklands. The travel time before this change was 40 minutes.
During early 2006, new Passenger Information Displays (PIDs) were installed with Digital Voice Announcements (DVA) from the series 1 announcements. The information display upgrades were due to the unreliability and the storage capacity problems since the route extension into Docklands.
In April 2008, the service adopted the daylight saving timetable on a permanent basis, operating from 10am to 9pm every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The end of service at other times is 6pm.
On 30 May 2009, the route was altered for a second time, extended from Harbour Esplanade to the NewQuay and Waterfront City precincts via Docklands Drive. This made the route an elongated 'q'.
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