Brisbane Tramway Museum is a transport museum which preserves and displays trams and trolley-buses, most of which operated in Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

, Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

Australia

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. The museum also has a collection of vehicles and other equipment used in maintaining Brisbane's electric street transport system

Trams in Brisbane

The Brisbane tramway network once served Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia. It operated between 1885 and 1969 and ran on standard gauge track. The electric system was originally energised to 500 volts, and subsequently increased to 600 volts. All tramcars built in Brisbane up to...

 which operated from 1897 to 1969. The Museum is located at Ferny Grove

Ferny Grove, Queensland

Ferny Grove is a residential suburb in north-west Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It lies entirely within the Brisbane-metropolitan area administered by the Brisbane City Council.-General information:...

, a north-west suburb of Brisbane.

The museum is operated by the Brisbane Tramway Museum Society, a not-for-profit public company.