page_title: Sydney Tramway Museum
section_title: Operations
hierarchical_section_title: Sydney Tramway Museum / Operations
caption_attribution_description: English: NSWDRTT R1-class Tram 1979 Controller
context_page_description: The Sydney Tramway Museum is Australia's oldest tramway museum and the largest in the southern hemisphere. It is located at Loftus in the southern suburbs of Sydney.
context_section_description: The museum has an extensive collection of trams from Sydney and other cities in Australia, as well as from other places around the world. There are two tram lines radiating from the museum that are used to run tram rides for museum visitors.
  One line runs 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) north towards Sutherland, paralleling Rawson Avenue in the way that parts of Sydney's tram system operated.
  The second runs 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) to the south and utilises the Royal National Park branch railway line that was constructed in 1886 and closed to suburban trains in June 1991.
  In 1993 the museum converted the line to tramway standards and connected it to the then existing Sutherland line to establish what is now a popular means of access to the world's second oldest national park. The line terminates at Royal National Park railway station.
  The Museum opens and operates trams on Wednesdays, Sundays, public holidays (except Christmas Day) and on selected weekdays during school holidays.
  Charter operations, wedding and commercial photography shoots can be arranged for other days by contacting the booking officer.
  The Sydney Tramway Museum is run entirely by volunteers and self funds its day-to-day activities, restorations, maintenance and construction programs from gate takings and donations from the generous public.
caption: R1-class Tram 1979 Controller
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