Re: Balloon loops on Australian tramways

[hij@iinet.net.au (Steve Hidden)]

On Mon, 01 Mar 1999 20:17:13 +1100, Chris Brownbill <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au> wrote:

>Nobody has mentioned the extensive tram terminal loops in Victoria
>Square in Adelaide.  IIRC there were four - one in each quadrant of the
>square, and the last one remained in use for the Glenelg line until the
>mid 1960s when the road layout was modified to favour rubber-tyred
>traffic and the current stub tram terminal with scissors crossover
>constructed in the centre of the square.
>
>And I believe that in Melbourne - to this day, some peak hour and early
>morning services from Kew depot run into town via LaTrobe or Collins
>Street and back out via Flinders Street thus creating a giant terminal
>loop around downtown.
>
>What about Perth?  I think the No 8 terminal Hay St East at the WACA
>ground and Gloucester Park trots was a loop.
>
The No 8 never returned, it was a one way service which terminated outside the now closed Causeway depot.


>David McLoughlin wrote:
>> 
>> There was a thread a while back about Australian tramways that had
>> balloon loops rather than shunts at the ends of the lines. I'm not sure
>> whether it was in aus.rail or mtut.
>>