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Document, Russell Jones, "The Economic History of the M&MTB", 2006

  • "The Economic History of the M&MTB" - front cover

    "The Economic History of the M&MTB" - front cover

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    "The Economic History of the M&MTB" - pdf print

  • "The Economic History of the M&MTB" - front cover

Historical information

Paper written by Russell Jones for the 2006 COTMA Conference held in Melbourne, titled "The Economic History of the M&MTB", with the subtitle "How trams survived in Melbourne". Looks at the history of the MMTB, its finances over the period 1919 to 1983, the cable tram system, the MMTB Act, with graphs showing income, patronage, finances, productivity, payments to the state government, surplus/deficit, and capital expenditures. Finishes with a short biography of each of the five chairmen, and why did Melbourne trams survive.

Significance

Yields information economic history of the MMTB, finances and why did it survive closure attempts.

Physical description

Document - 24 A4 pages unbound.

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