Wellington Tramway Museum - Wellington Tramway Museum Whareroa Road
About Wellington Tramway Museum
The Wellington Tramway Museum society, which owns the Tramway, was incorporated in 1964 as a non-profit organisation to preserve tramcars and other items of tramway interest, to establish and operate a working tramcar museum and to foster an interest in tramways generally.
Seven Wellington trams were transported from the Newtown tram sheds in Wellington a few weeks after the closure of Wellington's last tram route on 2 May 1964. After a period of temporary storage all had arrived at Oueen Elizabeth Park by mid-1965.
First tram operation, which was over a very short track length, was in February 1965 and the official opening of the first 200 metres of route was on 19 December 1965. The rails had been obtained from contractors who were ripping them out of Wellington's streets as scrap. They were repaired and laid by Museum members who also erected the overhead wires and installed a 500 volt direct current power supply- initially a generator in a diesel bus.
The Museum site is leased from the Wellington Regional Council. Tram operations have helped provide funds for installation of a permanent (mercury-arc) power supply (1970), the main tram barn (1978) the large storage building at the rear of the leased property (1982), together with track extensions in 1985 and to the Beach picnic area (1988).
Contact Wellington Tramway Museum
| Address : | Wellington Tramway Museum Whareroa Road, Paraparaumu 5034, New Zealand |
| Phone : | 📞 +98 |
| Postal code : | 5034 |
| Website : | http://www.wellingtontrams.org.nz/ |
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| Description : | Family-friendly attraction featuring vintage-era, electric tram rides through parks & beaches. |
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Sam Jones on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A fantastic destination for an interesting day out. Take a ride on the 100 year old trams that have been beautifully restored after being left for scrap. Visit the tram museum, a shed full of memories of Wellington in the 1900's. Talk to the engineers and hear their enthusiasm and enjoy their stories. Bring a picnic and explore the beach! Our family's happy place!
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Michael Frith on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great ride on the tram. Great family outing, bring a picnic.
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Leah Cameron on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Low key little museum, run by lovely volunteers who are passionate about the trams and their history. Gorgeous, well-restored trams, and a nice little ride down to the beach and back.
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Aditya Joshi on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It's a great experience. Operated by some lovely people who are very kind. Don't forget to check the exhibits. Highly recommended.
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Jo-Anne Walker on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The trams are from the 1920s and 1930s and were used in Wellington. Now they restored and cared for by volunteer members of the Wellington Tramway Museum. As it's a not-for-profit incorporated society there are donation box if you wish to contribute.
The museum includes more trams, old trams that need restoring, history of the trams and lots more to look around. They have a video running that explores the history which also includes black and white video footage. Open on Saturdays and Sundays, it's worth the time to visit. They have trams that run from the museum down to the beach and back - what a great idea.
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Chris Fox on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Very interesting museum. Great fun taking the tram to the beach and back again.
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Ruth Cullen on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great place to visit looking at all the saved history of trams. Tram ride was enjoyable traveling out to beach
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Qi Hong Wong on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great place to visit if you're at all interested in the history of trams in New Zealand.
Beautifully restored trams run a 10 minute journey to the nearby coastal walk. And you can ride the trams as much as you'd like (rather scenic I might add).
Good fun for the kids if they enjoy trains/trams.
Also a neat little museum at the site.
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