MELBOURNE

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INSET: DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE

TRAM ROUTES

Operator: Yarra Trams

1	East Coburg - Lygon St. - Melbourne University - Swanston St. - Flinders St. Station - St. Kilda Rd. - Sturt St. - Park St. - South Melbourne Beach
3	Melbourne University - Swanston St. - Flinders St. Station - St. Kilda Rd. - Balaclava Rd. - East Malvern
5	Melbourne University - Swanston St. - Flinders St. Station - St. Kilda Rd. - Dandenong Rd. - Malvern
6	Melbourne University - Swanston St. - Flinders St. Station - St. Kilda Rd. - High St. - Glen Iris
8	Moreland - Lygon St. - Melbourne University - Swanston St. - Flinders St. Station - St. Kilda Rd. - Domain Rd. - Toorak Rd. - Toorak
11	West Preston - Gilbert Rd. - St. Georges Rd. - Brunswick St. - Collins St. - Victoria Harbour
16	Melbourne University - Swanston St. - Flinders St. Station - St. Kilda Rd. - St. Kilda Beach - Balaclava Rd. - Glenferrie Rd. - Kew
19	North Coburg - Royal Parade - Elizabeth St. - City
24	North Balwyn - High St. - Victoria St. - Victoria Parade - La Trobe St. - West End (Spencer St.)
30	St Vincents Plaza - Victoria Parade - La Trobe St. - Harbour Esplanade
31	Hoddle St. - Victoria St. - Victoria Parade - Collins St. - Victoria Harbour [Weekday day service]
35	Flinders St. Station - Flinders St. - Harbour Esplanade - La Trobe St. - Spring St. - Flinders St. - Flinders St. Station [City Circle (tourist line); Circular route, both directions]
42	Box Hill - Whitehorse Rd. - Cotham Rd. - Victoria St. - Victoria Parade - Collins St. - Victoria Harbour
48	North Balwyn - High St. - Bridge Rd. - Wellington Parade - Spring St. - Collins St. - Victoria Harbour
55	West Coburg - Melville Rd. - Flemmington Rd. - Peel St. - Wiiliam St. - Queens Bridge St. - Kings Way - Park St. - Domain Interchange
57	West Maribyrnong - Maribyrnong Rd. - Newmarket - Abbotsford St. - Victoria St. - Elizabeth St. - City
59	Airport West - Essendon - Mooney Ponds - Flemmington Rd. - Elizabeth St. - City
64	Melbourne University - Swanston St. - Flinders St. Station - St. Kilda Rd. - Dandenong Rd. - Hawthorn Rd. - East Brighton
67	Melbourne University - Swanston St. - Flinders St. Station - St. Kilda Rd. - Brighton Rd. - Glenhuntly - Carnegie
70	Wattle Park - Riversdale Rd. - Swan St. - Richmond - Melbourne Park - Flinders St. - Harbour Esplanade - Docklands Dr. - Waterfront City
71	Simpson St. - Wellington Parade - Flinders St. - Harbour Esplanade - Docklands (Bourke St.) [Weekdays lunchtime only]
72	Melbourne University - Swanston St. - Flinders St. Station - St. Kilda Rd. - Malvern Rd. - Burke Rd. - Camberwell
75	Vermont South - Burwood Highway - Toorak Rd. - Camberwell Rd. - Riversdale Rd. - Bridge Rd. - Wellington Parade - Flinders St. - Spencer St. - West End (Spencer St.)
78	North Richmond - Church St. - Chapel St. - Prahran [Operates until 19:00 only]
79	North Richmond - Church St. - Chapel St. - St. Kilda [Operates from 19:00 only]
82	Footscray - West Maribyrnong - Maribyrnong Rd. - Moonee Ponds
86	Bundoora RMIT - Kingsbury - Thornbury - Northcote - Westgarth - Smith St. - Gertrude St. - Nicholson St. - Bourke St. - Spencer St. - La Trobe St. - Docklands Dr. - Waterfront City
95	Melbourne Museum - Nicholson St. - Bourke St. - West End (Bourke St.)
96	East Brunswick - Nicholson St. - Bourke St. - Spencer St. - Ferrars St. - Canterbury Rd. - St. Kilda Beach
109	Box Hill - Whitehorse Rd. - Cotham Rd. - Victoria St. - Victoria Parade - Collins St. - Spencer St. - Port Melbourne
112	West Preston - Gilbert Rd. - St. Georges Rd. - Brunswick St. - Collins St. - Spencer St. - Clarendon St. - Park St. - St. Kilda

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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

• Tram lines: 256 km.



HISTORY

• Cable tramways: 1885 - 26 Oct. 1940.
• Electric tramways (Doncaster): 1889 - 1896.
• Electric tramways (Melbourne): 7 May 1906 - today.
• Suburban light railway (Port Melbourne line): 13 Apr. 1854 - 10 Oct. 1987 (converted to electric tramway).
• Suburban light railway (St Kilda line): 13 May 1857 - 1 July 1987 (converted to electric tramway).

GAUGE

• Cable trams & Trams: 1435 mm.
• Suburban light railways (Port Melbourne & St.Kilda lines): 1600 mm.

TRAM PRESERVATION

The Melbourne Tram Museum @ Hawthorn Depot houses a large collection of old trams, both from Melbourne and elsewhere.

There is also the Colonial Tramcar Restaurant service, which actually offers lunch and dinner on three heritage SW3 tramcars running on city tram tracks.

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SOURCES

PRINT

• Keenan, D.R. Melbourne tramways. Sans Souci (N.S.W.): Transit Press, 1985
• Marshall-Wood, L. "The development of the Melbourne tramways", The Modern Tramway, March 1948 (11:123), p.22,24.
• Russell, M. "Melbourne's tramways - moving with the times", Tramways & Urban Transit, Sept. 2010 (73: 873), p.334-338.
• Wilson, R. & Budd D.. The Melbourne tram book. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, rev.ed., 2005.

WIKIS

• Melbourne cable tramway system
• List of Melbourne tram routes
• Port Melbourne railway line, Melbourne
• Railways in Melbourne
• St Kilda railway line, Melbourne
• Trams in Melbourne
• Yarra Trams

WEB SITES

• Cable Tramways in Australia and New Zealand [by Joe Thompson]
• Metlink
• Yarra Trams

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