22 Mar - 22 Mar 2026
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the closure of Geelong’s tramway network, the Ballarat Tramway Museum will be showcasing trams from our Geelong collection.
Geelong’s electric tramway system operated from 1912 until 1956, when services were replaced by buses as part of a wider move away from tram transport in many regional cities.
On this special day, Geelong Tram No. 2 will be operating on our tracks, along with several other former Geelong trams from the museum’s fleet.
Featured Trams
Tram No. 2 – Geelong
The tramcar was converted back to the open ended style that lasted until 1935 and is in what the donor of the tram deduced to be the Melbourne Electric Supply Company's colour scheme. The tram is fitted with a former Brussels Tramway's version of a Brill 21E four-wheel truck. Over 400 of these were built in the 1930's for the "Les Tramways Bruxellois" in Belgium. The truck was acquired through the Sydney Tramway Museum. Bendigo Tramways undertook the electrical wiring and air piping on the tram. It was commissioned in Bendigo before the tram was transported to Ballarat where the final touches have been made.
