THE Tramway Cafe, which recently opened at the Westside Plaza Shopping Centre, was named as a tribute to Broken Hill’s rail history.

Owner, Charlie Ray said the tramway used to run close by to where the cafe is now, from 1888 before it was decommissioned in 1970.

Mr Ray said he believes the cafe had at one point formerly been called the Tramway Lounge, and that he thought it was important to r...