new plymouth had an electric tram service from 10 march 1916 to 23 july 1954, operated by the new plymouth corporation tramways and reputedly the smallest municipality in the world to operate trams on the overhead electricity system. there were two main routes, through the town centre from the port to fitzroy, and from the town centre to david street, westown. in 1924 a short line was built to pukekura park (this closed in 1937) and proposals were also made for lines to vogletown and frankleigh park.