 Tramway Road, the western boundary of Fairview, was shown as a proposed tramway on an 1865 map.It seems to have been of double width to accommodate a tramway to Cambridge and to have first been discussed by Kirikiriroa Road Board in 1872, though clearing and gravelling didn't start until 1891 and metalling was continuing in 1925.Hamilton Libraries say it was a crown grant and named c. 1890 - 1900 by civic leaders, surveyors and citizens, because there was a tramway in the vicinity.