The Broome Tramway was an
industrial tramway
Tramways are lightly laid railways, sometimes with the wagons or carriages moved without locomotives. Because individual tramway infrastructure is not intended to carry the weight of typical standard-gauge railway equipment, the tramways over w ...
in
Broome, Western Australia
Broome, also known as Rubibi by the Yawuru people, is a coastal pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, north of Perth. In the the population was recorded as 14,660. It is the largest town in the Kimberley reg ...
. A horse-drawn, 2 ft gauge, Tramway was originally completed in 1898 to convey goods from the new Jetty at Mangrove Point into the heart of the small community at Jap' Town. The work on the tramway was started in 1894 to carry
Mother of Pearl Shell from Streeter & Male Jetties to the Goods Shed. The high demand for the shell ensured the success of the tramway and the progress of Broome.
In the new century this was converted to a more stable 3 ft 6in gauge and then to steam driven in 1910.
Latterly, in the 1950s the locomotives used were diesel powered, and the line was finally dismantled with the closure of the old jetty in 1966.
Broome Tramway History
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Closed railway lines in Western Australia
Broome, Western Australia
Railway lines opened in 1898
Railway lines closed in 1966