SYDNEY ABOLISHING TRAMS
melbourne building more i Received Sundav, 7 p.m. MELBOURNE, July 7. i While the New South Wales Govern- ! ment is abolishing Sydney trams, more j trams are being built to lielp solve Xlelbourne's traffic problenis. The Tramways Board is spending nearly £1,000,000 in the next three years in the ' development and reconstruction of the ; tramwqy system. Tliree lce'y men are being. sent to America to study latest developments iu tram design. The Board claims trams are eheaper than buses to run and carry mofe pas-' seugers and sliift crowds quicker. The annual revenue of a tram is about £12,000 a mile compared witli £5000 a mile for a bus. The New South Wales Government has ealled tCnders for an additional 200 double-decker buses for the Sydney metropolitan area, making a total of 445 now on order.
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 July 1946, Page 5
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