{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2013}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox museum | name = Tramway Heritage Centre | native_name = | native_name_lang = | logo = | logo_upright = | logo_caption = | image = | caption = | map_type = | map_relief = | map_size = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|-37.353541|144.966356|display=inline,title|type:landmark}} | former_name = | established = 1962 | dissolved = | location = Bylands, Victoria, Australia | type = Tramway museum | accreditation = | key_holdings = | collections = | collection_size = 53 | visitors = | founder = | director = | president = | chairperson = | curator = | historian = | owner = | public_transit = | parking = | network = | website = [http://www.tramway.org.au www.tramway.org.au] | embedded = }}

The '''Tramway Museum Society of Victoria Incorporated''' ('''TMSV''') owns a large collection of trams from Melbourne, Ballarat, Geelong, Adelaide, and Sydney as well as preserved buses and other work vehicles.

==History==

The TMSV was founded in 1962 with the aim of establishing an operational tramway museum. It was believed at this time that Melbourne would follow the other tram systems in Australia and abandon its tram system, which was one of the main reasons for founding the museum. In 1970, the former Station Masters residence on the now closed Bylands railway station situated on the Heathcote Junction to Bendigo railway line, was purchased. The surrounding railway precinct was leased the following year to with the goal to establish a "transport museum". The lease was purchased outright in the mid-1980s.

The museum has {{convert|1|km|0|abbr=on}} of electric track, which was previously a part of the Heathcote Junction to Bendigo railway line. The museum initially operated a horse tramway, utilising restored and recreated horse tramway carriages. Electric tram services commenced in June 1982<ref>{{cite journal |date= August 1982|title= POWER ON AT BYLANDS |journal= Running Journal |volume= 23|issue= 4|edition= 201|page=27|publisher= South Pacific Electric Railway Cooperative Society, Limited}}</ref> and operated until 2009. The '''Tramway Heritage Centre''' currently operates as a static museum.

The Tramway Heritage Centre has a tramway electric supply substation, two running sheds, an exhibition shed/workshop - that was used as part of the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880, various buildings for the storage of un-restored trams, cable tram cars, motor vehicles and a visitors centre. thumb|Malcolm Tram from the movie "Malcolm"

==List of trams== '''MMTB Trams'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tramway.org.au/collections_mmtb.html|title=TMSV :: Our Collection :: M&MTB Trams|access-date=27 May 2023|archive-date=27 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327162222/http://www.tramway.org.au/collections_mmtb.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

L 101, W 220, W1 427, W2 509, W2 568, W2 643, SW2 644, W2 646, W2 650, W3 667, W4 673, SW5 739, W5 782, W5 795, SW5 840, SW6 887, SW6 902, W6 996, W7 1001, X1 467, X2 680, Y 612, Z1 5, PCC 980, Malcolm tram from the movie Malcolm

'''MMTB works trams'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tramway.org.au/collection_mmtbworks.html|title=TMSV :: Our Collection :: M&MTB Works Trams|access-date=27 May 2023|archive-date=27 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327162222/http://www.tramway.org.au/collection_mmtbworks.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Grinder 1, Bogie tank car 7, Scrubber car 10 (Ex Sydney K 763), Sleeper transport car 15 (Ex Q class 198), Ballast trailer 24

'''Other Victorian Trams'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tramway.org.au/collection_othertrams.html|title=TMSV :: Our Collection :: Other Trams|access-date=27 May 2023|archive-date=27 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327162222/http://www.tramway.org.au/collection_othertrams.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Prahran & Malvern No. 46, Victorian Railways No.34, Victorian Railways No.52, Ballarat 17, Ballarat 23, Ballarat 36, Geelong 9, Geelong 22, Geelong 40

'''Interstate trams'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tramway.org.au/collection_othertrams.html|title=TMSV :: Our Collection :: Other Trams|access-date=27 May 2023|archive-date=27 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327162222/http://www.tramway.org.au/collection_othertrams.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Adelaide H 368, Adelaide H 373, Sydney R 1845,

==Publications== The Tramway Museum Society of Victoria publishes a quarterly newsletter, ''Running Journal''.<ref>[http://www.tramway.org.au/news.html Running Journal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728142922/http://www.tramway.org.au/news.html |date=28 July 2018 }} Tramway Museum Society of Victoria</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{wikivoyage|Trams in Melbourne}} *[http://www.tramway.org.au Tramway Museum Society of Victoria website]

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