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Electric tram

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Electric tram

An electric tram travels along Colombo Street, Christchurch, in the 1920s. By the 1950s tram services had been replaced by buses in every New Zealand city except Wellington.

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Adrian Humphris, Public transport – Electric trams, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22514/electric-tram (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Adrian Humphris, published 12 April 2010.