"Citizen Tram" (1960s MMTB Film) 

And the longest tram rail system in the world 🖒

melbourne's rulers didn't understand the problem of congestion. they tried bloody hard to get rid of every last one of them. the public protests were so noisy the authorities had no choice but to reverse their objectives.

Sydney has a lot more sht narrow winding roads. Melbourne’s saviour we’re often wide and fairly straight roads that allowed trams and cars to co-exist to some degree although not in all areas.

@@andyrob3259 trams are more suitable for the narrow streets of Sydney than buses have been, and the tram system of Sydney had some interesting operating features which had a 'psychological' effects on patronage, which overseas transport experts didn't understand. Sydney's typical tram was a high capacity cross bench vehicle, usually capable of operating in pairs for heavy loads, with crush loading capacity per vehicle of approximately 120 people per tram , or 240 for a coupled set, 'there was almost always room for one more'.When the buses came, they were slow, noisy, uncomfortable, bumpy D/D vehicles, slower to load in peak hour than the tram and usually full after a few stop for passengers.This sent patronage down, the bus capacity being less than the tram.Lower passenger capacity meant more buses, and some potential passengers chose to buy cars instead of bus travel, increasing traffic congestion, therefore making the tram to bus conversion self defeating, despite the 'flexibility' of the motor bus. Had Sydney modernised the tram system, or gone to trolley buses, which carry more per vehicle than motor buses, the story would have been different

relax, mate. it was green smoke.

@@vsvnrg3263 The sand box was under one of the seat and some sand was on the floor when it was filled at the deport. The sand worked to create friction for braking between the metal tracks and the metal wheels. A simple solutions that worked on the W Class trams like in this film. I am a 5th generation Melburnian WASP (White Anglo Saxon Person).

No. His name is Telford Jackson and yes, Telford was a stalewart in many Crawford shows episodes.

Yes it’s my Dad, Telford Jackson he was in a lot of the early Australian dramas like Homocide division 4, bellbird, Matlock police, prisoner etc. I’m so grateful someone sent this to me as I hadn’t seen it before. I run a Facebook page on him and was contacted there

@@rodmyob But the trams are still running.

Probably a Roman Catholic school.

@@adrianjackson2696 No, I was thinking of "the midwives cuckoos".... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--AUBlW5EWnI.html

yes. hr holdens abound.

@@vsvnrg3263 Also Decimal currency being used in the film...

I’m thinking 1967 or 1968

@@GlowingTube Looking at the cars you are probably right...

I’m guessing 1966. In one of the scenes of night time Melb one of the movies being shown on a cinema entrance in lights was the ‘Sound of Music’. That came out in 1965. I don’t reckon it would have still be being shown two-three years later.

J's started around mid to late 1962. JBM 1962, JHN 1965, JSG 1967.

My father had a '69 XT Falcon. And the number plates started with JZD.

@@alpottle ,errr, later than 62. my eh was hyk 083.(her name was judith. i know, naming cars is so childish) i think the j series started around the time of the hd holdens.

@@ozlass7778 ,you might be a year out. my neighbour got a premier in 68 and the rego started with k.

@@ozlass7778 , you might be a year out. my neighbour got a premier in 68 and the rego started with a k.

However Risson saved the trams which is the main issue. He was an army engineer officer in North Africa during WW2 and was the head of the freemasons in Victoria later.

On a power trip. Knew how to keep his power. Always a gullible herd to swallow his stories not that he would use the trams. Most tram lines not worth saving.

@@johnd8892 Do you own a bus company? The trams to the CBD works well. Just catch a tram or train instead of driving to work. I am a car owner too.

@@adrianjackson2696 Bus companies are another net drain on public money. So just an insult from you. You may be one of the tiny numbers taking a tram to the CBD but at what congestion and safety cost to other road users. You are not even paying the tram operating costs let alone capital costs. A better solution is working from home or locally but you want lower paid taxpayers, the vast majority of whom have their travel origins and destinations no where near a tram line , to subsidise your travel. Less of an argument from me if you pay fares about four times higher.

John D Well how about we extend trams to help you? I’ve got no problem with improved public transport.

I've read your comment three times and still have no idea what you're banging on about

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