Municipal Tramways Trust

Municipal Tramways Trust,
Adelaide
Company typeBody corporate, independent of direct government control
IndustryPublic transportation
Predecessors11 private horse tram companies
FoundedDecember 1906; 117 years ago (1906-12)
DefunctDecember 1975
FateDissolved, 1975
Successors
Headquarters
Hackney, Adelaide (34°55′03″S 138°36′47″E / 34.917611°S 138.613100°E / -34.917611; 138.613100)
,
South Australia
Area served
Metropolitan Adelaide
Key people
  • J.J. Bodley (general manager, 1907)
  • William G.T. Goodman (Chief Engineer and general manager conjointly, 1907–1950)
  • J. N. Keynes (general manager, 1950–[?])

The Municipal Tramways Trust (MTT) was established by the Government of South Australia in December 1906 to purchase all of the horse-drawn tramways in Adelaide, South Australia. The Trust subsequently also ran petrol and diesel buses and electric trolleybuses. It ceased to exist on 8 December 1975, when its functions were transferred to the State Transport Authority, which also operated Adelaide's suburban train services.