Ichigaya Tramlink

Lines

Officially, there are 7 lines.

Routes

There are currently twelve tram routes running on the lines shown above.

 1 

 2 

 3 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 14 

Future

 19  will start as a tramway route, replacing bus route 19 by 2023.

Routes 1-11

600 series (since 1934)

700 series (since 1937)

800 series (since 1939)

1000 series (since 1943)

2000 series (since 1960)

3000 series (since 1977)

4000 series (since 1978)

5000 series (since 1980)

7000 series (since 1998)

8000 series (since 2007)

9000 series (Alstom Citadis, since 2015)

Routes 12 and 14

650 series (since 1935)

6050 series (Gomaco Trolley Company (Replica Birney Tram), since 2016)

9050 series (Urbos, since 2014)

History

The history begins with the horsecar opened in 1902. Electric trams started in 1914. By 1931, it got 23 tram routes:

1, 2, 3, 3^A, 4, 4^A, 5, 5^A, 6, 6^A, 7, 7^A, 8, 9, 9^A, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 15^A, 20, 22

In 1998 the company name, Ichigaya Tramlink Company, took over Ichigaya Corporation Tramways.

Past Routes

The routes U, 4, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7A, 9A, 13, 15, 16 and 19 were no longer in use.

Route U existed from 1991 to 2001.

Route  4  (and 4^A) existed from 1926 to 1943, when the route was destroyed by war.

The A-suffixed routes, 5^A, 6^A, 7^A and 9^A are used for the winter, weekday and holiday service. Introduced in 1904 but later it become discontinued by 1939 due to the war.

Route  13  existed from 1947 to 2007.

Route  15  existed from 1922 but discontinued by 1940 due to World War II content involving Nazis. Route 15 was later for use in heritage tramways, along with route 18 in 2012.

Route  16  existed from 1942 to 2013, when it was replaced by a bus route.

Route 18 was never made because of a bus accident in 1984. So route 15 and 18 are now a heritage tramway routes.

Route  19  existed in:

Owl's Night

Melbourne Cup events but later it was discontinued due to bus accident.