West Wallsend Steam Tram Line

The West Wallsend Steam Tram Line in Australia was an extension of the tram line from Newcastle, New South Wales to Wallsend, New South Wales. Construction of the tram line began in April 1909 and opened for passenger services on 19 December 1910. The route from Newcastle to West Wallsend was 25 km (16 mi) long and took about one and a half hours. The line was standard gauge and the tram was powered by a steam motor which hauled two passenger cars or carriages.

History

The tram service went from West Wallsend to Wallsend via Holmesville, Estelville, Edgeworth and Glendale. During the life of the tram line a couple of derailments occurred, in one of which the tram driver was killed. The last tram service ran on 2 November 1930.

References

Significant places and items of interest in the Hunter Region of New South Wales

Commerce and industry

Industry	Cardiff Locomotive Workshops Forgacs Shipyard Hunter Valley Coal Chain Hunter Valley wine Kia-Ora stud Kooragang Island Newcastle Port Corporation Tomago aluminium smelter

Shopping	Charlestown Square Hunter Street Stockland Glendale Stockland Green Hills Westfield Kotara

Other	National Stock Exchange of Australia

Education

Primary	Avondale School Hunter Valley Grammar School Kahibah Public School Newcastle Grammar School

Secondary	All Saints College, St Joseph's Campus Avondale School Callaghan College Waratah Technology Campus Hunter School of the Performing Arts Hunter Valley Grammar School Irrawang High School Lambton High School Maitland Grossmann High School Maitland High School Merewether High School Newcastle Grammar School Newcastle High School Rutherford Technology High School Tomaree High School

Tertiary	Avondale College Hunter TAFE University of Newcastle

Entertainment, sport and culture

Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium Dungog Film Festival Hunter Valley Steamfest Newcastle Civic Theatre Newcastle Entertainment Centre Newcastle International Sports Centre Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground Newcastle Regional Show Newcastle 500

Geography

General	Broughton Island Burning Mountain Cape Hawke Glenrock Lagoon Lake Chichester Lake Macquarie Myall Lakes Mount Royal Range Mount Sugarloaf Port Stephens Stockton Beach Tops to Myall Heritage Trail

National parks and nature reserves	Barrington Tops Black Bulga State Conservation Area Booti Booti Ghin-Doo-Ee Mount Royal Myall Lakes Tomaree Towarri Wallingat Watagans Werakata The Glen

Rivers	Allyn Avon Barrington Bow Bylong Chichester Gloucester Goulburn Hunter Karuah Manning Myall Pages Paterson Wangat Williams Worondi Rivulet

Historical

Air transport

Broadmeadow Aerodrome

Defence

Education

Newcastle Boys' High School

General

Industry

Maritime

Natural disasters

People

Rail

General	3801 steam locomotive Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot Hunter Valley Railway Trust Hunter Valley Steamfest Murulla rail accident Newcastle Flyer Richmond Vale Railway Museum

Railway lines	Belmont Morpeth Fernleigh Track Richmond Vale Railway South Maitland Railway Toronto

Railway stations	Allandale Antiene Belford Blackalls Park Civic Dingadee Farley Grasstree Minimbah Newcastle Nundah Ravensworth Toronto Wickham Whittingham

Trams	Trams in Newcastle West Wallsend Steam Tram Line

Wine making

Lindemans (wine)

World War II

Infrastructure

Transport

Road	Beaumont Street Bus routes in Newcastle, New South Wales Bucketts Way Golden Highway Hunter Expressway New England Highway Newcastle Inner City Bypass Newcastle Link Road Pacific Highway Putty Road Sydney-Newcastle Freeway Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Bridge Thunderbolts Way

Railway lines	Main North Newcastle

Railway stations	Aberdeen Adamstown Awaba Beresfield Booragul Branxton Broadmeadow Cardiff Cockle Creek Dora Creek Dungog East Maitland Fassifern Greta Hamilton Hexham High Street Hilldale Kotara Lochinvar Maitland Martins Creek Metford Mindaribba Morisset Muswellbrook Paterson Sandgate Scone Singleton Tarro Telarah Teralba Thornton Victoria Street Wallarobba Warabrook Waratah Wirragulla Wyee

Bus	Busways Hunter Valley Buses Newcastle Buses & Ferries Port Stephens Coaches Rover Coaches Sid Fogg's

Air	Cessnock Airport Maitland Airport Newcastle Airport Scone Airport

Utilities

Electricity generation	Bayswater Power Station Eraring Power Station Lake Liddell Liddell Power Station Redbank Power Station Teralba Colliery Vales Point Power Station

Water supply	Chichester Dam Glenbawn Dam Grahamstown Dam Lostock Dam Tillegra Dam proposal

Media

KOFM Maitland Mercury NBN Television Newcastle Herald New FM NXFM Port Stephens Examiner 1233 ABC Newcastle 2HD 2NUR

Other

Defence	No. 26 Squadron RAAF RAAF Base Williamtown

General	Cessnock Correctional Centre Christ Church Cathedral

Hospitals	John Hunter Hospital

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West Wallsend Steam Tram Line

History

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