Brisbane public transport map, 1968

3 March 2015
3 March 2015

Brisbane public transport map, 1968. This map shows the transport into and out of Brisbane city, red denotes public transport and black shows private transport. The total figures show 10,780 travelling by public and 14,506 by private, significantly more than one third of the private traffic travelled over the Story Bridge. This map appeared in the follow up report to the Brisbane transportation study which was found to have conducted an inadequate study of public transport. From Wilbur Smith and Associates, The southeast Queensland-Brisbane region public transport study, Queensland Department of Transport, 1970, p.30. Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Brisbane, railways, tram and bus routes, 1947

3 March 2015
3 March 2015

Collection of the National Library of Australia

Brisbane, railways, tram and bus routes, 1947. Drawn by the Australian Survey Corps for the Australian Army, this map shows in dashed red lines the tram routes in Brisbane. Noticeably there are also many bus routes linking with the tram routes and extending further out across Brisbane. World War II saw a major increase in tram usage and revenue. Although this map was intended for practical use on the reverse side is an advertisement to ‘Join the Australian regular army’, giving the weekly rates of pay and the location of places where people can join up. Collection of the National Library of Australia 

Brisbane Electric Tramways System, 1931

3 March 2015
3 March 2015

Collection of the Brisbane City Archives

Brisbane Electric Tramways System, 1931. This map appeared in the Brisbane City Council Department of Transport Annual Reports between 1927 and 1931. This map is water and mud damaged because the Brisbane City Council Department of Transport held their archive material in the basement of their Coronation Drive offices which were flooded in 1974. The records were recovered and cleaned by volunteers of the Brisbane tramways museum. Collection of the Brisbane City Archives

The great tram revival, c1988. After Expo88 it was envisaged that a new tourist tram could run through Southbank and into the city.

Collection of the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Tram protest, c1969. This image appeared in W.G. Fox’s protest pamphlet on Brisbane’s Trams ‘urging a response from residents’. Collection of the Fryer Library, The University of Queensland

Collection of the Fryer Library, The University of Queensland

Tram tickets, various. Collection of the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland 

Collection of the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland 

Tram trips, c1950. In the 1950s the Brisbane City Council promoted trams to tourists as a nice way to see the city.

Collection of the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Take the right track, 1964. A big issue in the 1964 council elections was the public transport system. The C.M.O.

Brisbane bus, 1961. When this image appeared in the Brisbane City annual reports in 1961-62 the caption read, ‘Part of the City’s modern bus fleet’. Collection of the Brisbane City Archive

Collection of the Brisbane City Archive

Buried tram tracks West End, 2010. These tram tracks, in the foreground, were uncovered when Brisbane City Council workers were digging out a new transport hub at the West End ferry stop in 2010.

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