Editing Trams in Melbourne (section)

===Horse trams===
Melbourne's first tram was a [[horse tram]] from [[Fairfield railway station, Melbourne|Fairfield railway station]] to a real estate development in [[Thornbury, Victoria|Thornbury]]; it opened on 20 December 1884, and was closed by 1890. Seven horse tramlines operated in Melbourne, three were built by the [[Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company]] (MTOC), while the other four were built by different private companies.<ref name="Hooves and iron: Melbourne's horse trams">{{cite web |url=http://www.hawthorntramdepot.org.au/papers/horse.htm |title=Hooves and iron: Melbourne's horse trams |author=Russell Jones |year=2003 |work=Friends of Hawthorn Tram Depot |access-date=16 January 2012 |archive-date=1 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150301111617/http://hawthorntramdepot.org.au/papers/horse.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

The MTOC's three lines fed their cable tram system: [[Victoria Bridge, Melbourne|Victoria Bridge]] cable tram terminus to Kew ([[Boroondara Cemetery]]), opened in 1887 and closed in 1915 after its sale to [[City of Kew|Kew Council]] for conversion to a [[Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust]] electric line; [[Hawthorn Bridge]] cable tram terminus to Auburn Road, via Burwood Road, Power Street and Riversdale Road, opened in 1890 and closed on 31 January 1916 after being sold to the [[Hawthorn Tramways Trust]] for conversion to electric traction; and the Zoo line, from the [[Royal Parade, Melbourne|Royal Parade]] cable line to [[Melbourne Zoo|Melbourne Zoological Gardens]], opened on 10 March 1890 and closed in November 1923. The Zoo line was Melbourne's last horse tram and the only line still in operation at the formation of the [[Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board]] (MMTB), however it was destroyed by fire during the [[1923 Victorian Police strike|1923 police strike]]; the MMTB took the decision not to reopen it, thus ending Melbourne's horse tram era.<ref name="Hooves and iron: Melbourne's horse trams"/>