Wellington Tramway Museum
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The Wellington Tramway Museum is at Queen Elizabeth Park
in New Zealand
, near the overbridge at MacKays Crossing between Paekakariki
and Paraparaumu
, and has been operating trams there since 1965. The museum is 45 km from Wellington.
The museum has nearly 4 km of track in Queen Elizabeth Park, and four operational trams from the closed Wellington system
, two double-saloons and two single-saloon Fiducias. There are also one tram being restored and four in storage, plus a Brisbane tram and some trolley-buses and tram bodies.
The museum is open every Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 4.30pm, and on public holidays except for Christmas Day. After Christmas the museum opens daily from Boxing Day (26 December) to Wellington Anniversary Day in late January (see website).
Queen Elizabeth Park, New Zealand
Queen Elizabeth Park is a Wellington Regional Park located on the Kapiti Coast in New Zealand. The park contains the last area of natural dunes on the Kapiti Coast. The park is steeped in history including pa sites at Whareroa Beach and Wainui Beach....
in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, near the overbridge at MacKays Crossing between Paekakariki
Paekakariki
Paekakariki is a town in the Kapiti Coast District in the south-western North Island of New Zealand. It is 22 km north of Porirua and 45 km north-east of Wellington, the nation's capital city....
and Paraparaumu
Paraparaumu
Paraparaumu is a town in the south-western North Island of New Zealand. It lies in the Kapiti Coast, 50 kilometres north of the nation's capital city, Wellington....
, and has been operating trams there since 1965. The museum is 45 km from Wellington.
The museum has nearly 4 km of track in Queen Elizabeth Park, and four operational trams from the closed Wellington system
Wellington tramway system
The Wellington tramway system operated in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. The tramways were originally owned by a private company, but were purchased by the city and formed a major part of the city's transport system.-Trams:...
, two double-saloons and two single-saloon Fiducias. There are also one tram being restored and four in storage, plus a Brisbane tram and some trolley-buses and tram bodies.
The museum is open every Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 4.30pm, and on public holidays except for Christmas Day. After Christmas the museum opens daily from Boxing Day (26 December) to Wellington Anniversary Day in late January (see website).