Tram. Four sturdy replica carriages were built incorporating tubular steel, timber cladding and roller bearings. Tracks were laid again and a 364-day service commenced on 14 June 1986. The trams and their Clydesdale horses remain very popular. On most days one tram operates an hourly service; two (half-hourly) at busier times and three at Easter and Christmas – New Year holidays. Tasmania Hobart Hobart had a municipal tram system from 1893 to 1960 with a network of 8 routes throughout the city, the tram network was scaled down and by 1960 was virtually defunct and replaced by a short lived trolleybus system until 1968. Hobart has investigated restoring the tram network, as it is part of its heritage, being one of the first Australian cities to implement a tram system but no such development has occurred. Recent investigation and transport studies have led to plans to instigate a Light Rail system along the existing South Line. Launceston Launceston had a municipal tram system from 1911 to 1952 with 29 trams. The Launceston Tramway Museum Society runs a tramway museum in the Inveresk Precinct. The long-term plan is to have a line from the city centre to the museum and if successful to expand further along the original network. Victoria Ballarat Ballarat once operated an extensive tramway network which began in 1887 with horse-drawn trams; this was electrified between 1905 and 1913. The system was closed in September 1971 and replaced by buses. The Ballarat Tramway Museum operates a small section of the original track at Lake Wendouree as a tourist and museum tramway. There have been several proposals put to the City of Ballarat to return trams to the inner suburbs and extend the line to Ballarat railway station however these plans have been put on hold indefinitely. Bendigo Bendigo in regional Victoria electrified its steam-tram service to the neighbouring Borough of Eaglehawk in 1902, and extended this line from Bendigo railway station to Quarry Hill. At the same time, a new line was constructed from Golden Square to Lake Weeroona (later extended to North Bendigo). These two lines passed over each other at Charing Cross, and it is a section of the latter which has been retained for its historic tourist operation. The famous heritage "talking tram" and "cafe tram" are run by the Bendigo Trust in conjunction with a tramway museum at the original electric tram depot. A