Last Update was on 26/6/08

	Take a tram ride or two (or more) on one of our restored trams to the St. Kilda adventure playground and return Admission to the Museum covers unlimited tram rides on the day Our tram line is almost 2 kilometres long.  A return journey takes about 25 minutes Stay at the playground for a while or explore the St. Kilda beach and mangroves and catch another tram back Skip a tram ride at the Museum end and explore our extensive museum displays Normally we run 4 or 5 different trams on an operating day – big ones, small ones, red ones, green ones
	The tram museum has over 20 preserved electric trams. Many of these trams are on display in our two tram display buildings, or are in use on the museum tramway. Most trams on display can be accessed (excepting the driver’s compartments). Adelaide trams which may be displayed include: • Combination tram No. 1 – Adelaide’s first electric tram which opened the service in 1909. • Open Crossbench (Toastrack) tram 42 of 1909. • Bogie Saloon tram 111 (rebuilt in 1936 from the Bogie Open Combination style of 1910). • Bogie Closed Combination tram 192 of 1912. • Desert Gold Combination tram of 1918-19. • Dropcentre trams 264 and 282 – the most common trams on the streets of Adelaide between the 1920s and 1958. • Birney Safety tram 303 – a one man car from the isolated Port Adelaide system. • Glenelg trams 360, 362 and 364 built specifically for the Glenelg interurban line in 1929. • Prototype tram 381, the only tram built from a projected order of new trams in 1952, the order was cancelled in favour of diesel buses. • Restaurant tram 378 – a Glenelg tram converted for an ill-feted restaurant service in the 1990s. There are also trams from Ballarat, Melbourne and Sydney which may be displayed. Many of the trams are displayed in our purpose built Electric Tram Depot which has been specifically designed with wide aisles to view the trams and associated interpretive displays.  Kids will love to put their foot down hard on the tram gong and play with the controls of the demonstration driver cabin. Electric trams are also displayed in our Horse Tram Depot which also has a wide aisle for easy viewing. In addition to the trams you can see our associated tramway street furniture which includes a waiting shelter, a signal cabin, a time clock and a safety beacon.
	Adelaide had an extensive trolley bus system (rubber tyred trams) from 1937 to 1963. Our trolley bus depot displays four trolley buses and one diesel bus. On display is Australia’s first trolley bus – The Green Goddess, which ran on an experimental line between 1932 and 1934. There is also a double deck trolley bus from 1937, a trolley bus built on a chassis which was originally meant for China and diverted to Adelaide during the Second World War and a 1950s trolley bus. Diesel bus 623 is also displayed as it represents the type of vehicle that replaced Adelaide’s trams in the 1950s. There are also a number of interesting interpretive displays on Adelaide’s trolley buses and early fuel buses.
	Adelaide had an extensive horse tram system which commenced in 1878 before being replaced by the electric trams from 1909. The Museum has two horse trams on display – Adelaide & Suburban tram 18 of 1878 and Adelaide, Unley & Mitcham horse tram 15 of the 1880s.  They provide an interesting ‘before and after’ display as car 18 has been restored whereas car 15 is ‘as received’. There is an excellent interpretive display depicting the horse tram era.

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