Cape Town tramway networks | |
Locale: | Cape Town, South Africa |
Era1 Name: | Urban horsecar |
Era1 State: | show |
Era1 Status: | Closed |
Era1 Gauge: | [1] [2] |
Era1 Propulsion System: | Horses |
Era2 Name: | Urban electric tram |
Era2 State: | show |
Era2 Status: | Closed |
Era2 Propulsion System: | Electricity |
Era3 Name: | Camps Bay tramway |
Era3 State: | show |
Era3 Status: | Closed |
Era3 Operator: | Camps Bay Tramways Company Ltd |
Era3 Propulsion System: | Electricity |
Cape Town, South Africa, has had two tramway networks forming part of its public transport arrangements. Both networks are now long closed.
The first of the two networks to be established was a horsecar network, which was opened on . In around 1896, it was converted to electrical operation. From, it was gradually replaced by trolleybuses, which were always referred to by English-speaking locals as "Trackless trams". It was finally closed on .
The other network, opened in, was an interurban tramway linking Burnside Road in Cape Town with Camps Bay and Sea Point. It was powered by electricity, and was in operation until .