TROLLEYBUSES OF AUSTRALIASIA  
 TROLLEYBUS ROUTES OF DUNEDIN, New Zealand
 
OPERATOR:   Dunedin City Council Transport and Electricity Department (until 1979)
NUMBER OF ROUTES AT MAXIMUM:   Eighteen
NUMBER OF TROLLEYBUSES AT MAXIMUM:   Seventy Nine (1965-1967)
TOTAL LENGTH:   25 miles 20 chains  (1959-1971)
DATE OPENED:   23 December 1950    DATE CLOSED:   31 March 1982
DEPOT:   McBride Street (1950 to 1972);   Market Reserve (1972-1982)

NAME OF ROUTES:
                 6    Queens Gardens to Gardens    via Castle Street     23 December 1950 to 1 September 1967
                 8    Queens Gardens to Opoho      via Castle Street      23 December 1950 to 1 September 1958
                 1    Queens Gardens to Railway    via Castle Street        1 January 1951 to 1 September 1967
               12    Exchange to Opoho      via George Street              29 September 1951 to 6 July 1979
                                Became Route 8 from 1 September 1967
                 2    Exchange to Normanby                                           29 September 1951 to  6 July 1979
               11    Queens Gardens to Belgrave Crescent                       2 March 1952 to 13 November 1970
               10    Exchange to Bay Cemetery                                     14 December 1952 to 6 October 1972
                 5    Exchange to Shiel Hill                                               7 June 1953 to 1979
                 7    Queens Gardens to Maori Hill                                 22 November 1953 to 13 November 1970
               15    Octagon to Kirkland Hill                                         29 August 1954 to 27 September 1958
               15    Octagon to Halfway Bush    via Kirkland Hill        28 September 1958 to 2 March 1973
                 9    Exchange to Caversham    via South Road             24 April 1955 to 13 July 1973
                               Extension  Lookout Point                                    March 1962,  Not completed
                 4    Exchange to Gardens        via George Street         17 July 1955 to 6 July 1979
                               Extension  to  Pinehill                                          March 1962,  Not completed
               13    Queens Gardens to St Kilda                                     4 April 1956 to 15 January 1971
                 3    Exchange to St Clair                                               23 September 1956 to 6 July 1979
                 9    Queens Gardens to Caversham  via Hillside Rd     23 September 1956 to 13 July 1973
               16    Octagon to Bradford                                              13 October 1957 to 14 November 1969
               17    Octagon to Railway        via Stuart Street               1 December 1957 to 2 March 1973
               14    Queens Gardens to Balaclava                                 16 March 1958 to 15 January 1971
                                Extension  Lookout Point via LOP Rd              April 1962,  Not completed
               19    Octagon to Kirkland Hill    via Wakari                        February 1965  Not completed
                            Buses from Queens Gardens transferred to Exchange area  from 2 September 1967

ROUTE RENUMBERING:
                 5    Exchange to Shiel Hill                                             23 September 1979 to 31 March 1982
                 6    Exchange to Opoho      via George Street              23 September 1979 to 31 March 1982
                 7    Exchange to St Clair                                               23 September 1979 to 31 March 1982
                 8    Exchange to Normanby                                           23 September 1979 to 31 March 1982
 
1977 and 1980 Proposal
 

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