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The Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust was a former tram operator in Melbourne, Australia. The trust was formed in 1907, with its first line operating in 1910. Its functions were taken over by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board in 1920. ==History== The Tramways Trust was formed under the ''Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust Act 1907'' to construct and operate electric trams in the municipalities of Prahran and Malvern. The original members of the trust were Alexander Cameron (Chairman), W. O. Strangward (Secretary), H.S. Dix (Manager and Engineer), S. Bangs, William Knox MLC, Walter Lewis and Thomas Luxton. The first rail was laid along High Street on 20 October 1909. The Malvern tram depot was opened on 30 May 1910〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=100 Years of Electric Trams in Melbourne: 1900–1910 )〕 as were the first lines: along High Street from Charles Street, Prahran to Tooronga Road and the other along Glenferrie and Wattletree Roads from High Street to Burke Road. In 1910, the Trust was reconstituted to include representatives of the cities of St Kilda and Caulfield. The Trust consisted of five members, one each from the four constituent councils and the Chairman. The first tram service began along High Street on 30 May 1910 with a 6¾ mile track. On 11 July 1911, the Trust was authorized to construct a tramway along Dandenong Road from Glenferrie Road to Chapel Street, Windsor.〔 The route was extended to Caulfield and St Kilda in 1911, and to Melbourne in 1912. The extension of the electric tram service along Glenhuntly Road, Elsternwick, took place in 1914.〔 In 1913, the municipalities of Kew and Hawthorn joined the Trust, with the route being extended to those suburbs in that year. In 1915, Camberwell also joined,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust )〕 and the route extended to Camberwell in 1916. The Trust was dissolved on 29 February 1920 and its assets passed to the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board.〔 By this time the Trust had 90 trams on of tramway route,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Malvern Historical Society )〕 which were mainly located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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