List_of_Melbourne_tram_routes

List of Melbourne tram routes

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This is a list of tram routes on the tram network in Melbourne, Australia, operated by Yarra Trams.

Tram stop sign outside Flinders Street railway station in July 2017.

Discontinued routes

This is the list of Melbourne tram routes that have been discontinued or replaced. Tram routes that ran short-workings or temporary routes are not included. Routes changed or removed due to the conversion of cable tram lines are also not included.

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Route	Terminus A	Terminus B	First service	Last service	Notes
3a	Malvern East	City (Melbourne University)	31 January 2009	29 October 2023	via St Kilda, ran only on weekends, all services diverted to operate via route 3^[1]
4	Carnegie	City (Swanston Street)	24 June 1934	31 October 1970	Replaced by route 67 following route number revision^[2]
4t	Malvern East	City (Swanston Street)	24 June 1934	31 October 1970	Replaced by route 3 following route number revision^[2]
7	Camberwell	City (Swanston Street)	21 November 1929	31 October 1970	Replaced by route 72 following route number revision.^[2]
8	Brunswick tram depot	Toorak	17 October 2004	30 April 2017	Merged into route 58, change associated with the construction of Metro Tunnel^[3]
9	Northcote	City (Collins Street)	1 November 1970	14 March 1993	via Brunswick Street
10	West Preston	South Melbourne and St Kilda Beach	25 June 1937	29 April 1995	Discontinued following elimination of shared depot routes^[2]
13	West Preston	City (Spencer Street)	August 1968	26 June 1989	via La Trobe Street, discontinued following timetable change at East Preston depot
14	East Preston	City (Spencer Street)	1 November 1970	26 June 1989	via La Trobe Street, discontinued following timetable change at East Preston depot
15	Brunswick tram depot	St Kilda Beach	26 April 1936	1 April 1995	Split into routes 16 and 22 following elimination of shared depot routes
22	Brunswick tram depot	Arts Centre	1 November 1970	16 October 2004	Merged into route 8 (see above)^[4]^[5]
23	Mont Albert	City (Spencer Street)	25 September 1972	7 September 2001	via La Trobe Street
24	Balwyn North	City (Spencer Street)	25 September 1972	26 July 2014	via La Trobe Street, discontinued based on the desire to end peak-hour only routes
25	Brunswick tram depot	Domain Road	2 April 1995	6 October 2000	Extension of route 22 that ran only during morning peaks
27	Hawthorn	City (Spencer Street)	6 June 1934	12 February 1965	Discontinued following when route 74/75 diverted via Bridge Road to Flinders Street when Hawthorn depot closed^[2]
31	Hoddle Street	Victoria Harbour	25 September 1972	26 July 2014	Discontinued following network-wide timetable revision
32	Camberwell	City (William Street)	25 September 1972	17 November 1986	Discontinued once through-routing on William Street routes ceased
33	Domain Road	City (William Street)	17 November 1986	1995	Peak hour variant that gradually fell out of use after the closure of South Melbourne depot
34	East Melbourne	City (Spencer Street)	1995	19 September 2003	Route 30 became full-time
35	Malvern	City (William Street)	25 September 1972	17 November 1986	Discontinued once through-routing on William Street routes ceased
36	Glen Iris
37	Carnegie
38	Toorak
42	Mont Albert	City (Collins Street)	6 June 1934	18 December 1993	Merged with route 111 into route 109
55	West Coburg	Domain Interchange	30 April 1995	30 April 2017	Merged into route 58. Change associated with the construction of Metro Tunnel^[3]
56	Brunswick West	Domain Interchange	3 February 1946	29 April 1995	Discontinued to fix route number anomaly with route 55
57	Somerville & Williamstown Rds	Ballarat Rd & Rosamond Rd	6 September 1921	10 March 1962	Discontinued on 10 March 1962, when the Footscray Depot closed and trams ceased operation from there, with only the current Route 82, running out of Essendon Depot, remaining.
58	Barkly & Russell Sts	Footscray Railway Station
59	Somerville & Williamstown Rds	Footscray Railway Station
60	Ballarat & Rosamond Rds	Footscray Railway Station
	Gordon & River Sts (Ammunitions Factory)	Footscray Railway Station	9 November 1941	1 May 1954	Route ran along Gordon St to River St (also known as the Ammunitions Factory route). On 2 May 1954, it was extended to the Ordnance Factory spur line off Raleigh Rd, to create what is now Route 82 to Moonee Ponds Junction.
68	West Coburg	City (Elizabeth Street)	1 November 1970	31 July 2005	Route 55 began seven-day operation
69	Kew	St Kilda Beach	24 June 1934	15 October 2004	Merged into route 16^[6]^[5]
74	Burwood	City (Spencer Street)	9 December 1934	18 July 1978	Replaced by route 75 following East Burwood extension^[2]
77	Prahran	Batman Avenue	9 December 1934	1 November 1986	Discontinued due to low patronage/cost-saving^[2]
79	North Richmond	St Kilda Beach	9 December 1934	26 July 2014	Route 78 became full-time^[7]
88	East Preston	City (Bourke Street)	26 June 1955	17 May 1983	Replaced by route 86 following Bundoora extension^[2]
95	Exhibition Street	Docklands Stadium	26 June 1955	26 July 2014	Discontinued based on the desire to end peak-hour only routes
111	Exhibition Street	Port Melbourne	20 November 1987	18 December 1993	Merged with route 42 into route 109^[2]
112	West Preston	South Melbourne and St Kilda Beach	April 2000	26 July 2014	Split into routes 11 and 12 following network-wide timetable revision^[7]

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[nightnetwork-1] Operates overnight on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

[r35-2] City Circle service operates between 9:30 am and 6:00 pm (Sundays to Wednesdays) or 9:00 pm (Thursdays to Saturdays), excluding Good Friday and Christmas Day.

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Melbourne tram timetable changes to boost travel Rail Express 27 September 2023

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"Gunzel". classicaustraliantv.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

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"Say hello to Route 58". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 30 April 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

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"From Toorak to Moreland on Route 8". Yarra Trams. 13 October 2004. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.

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"New improved routes for Melbourne's tram network". Yarra Trams. Archived from the original on 3 November 2004.

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"Route 16 now goes further". Yarra Trams. 8 November 2004. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.

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"Capacity boost for tram passengers". Yarra Trams. 9 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

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	Route	Terminus A	via	Terminus B	Full length	Depot	Fleet
	1	East Coburg	Brunswick East, Carlton, City & South Melbourne	South Melbourne Beach	13.2 km (8.2 mi)	Brunswick	B2, Z3
	3	Melbourne University	City, Balaclava & Caulfield North (weekdays)	Malvern East	14.9 km (9.3 mi)	Glenhuntly	B2, Z3
	5	Melbourne University	City, Windsor & Armadale	Malvern	12.6 km (7.8 mi)	Malvern	D1, Z3
	6	Brunswick tram depot	Brunswick East, Carlton, City, Prahran, Armadale & Malvern	Glen Iris	19.0 km (11.8 mi)	Brunswick & Malvern	D1, D2, B2, Z3
	11	West Preston	Thornbury, Northcote, Fitzroy & City	Victoria Harbour Docklands	13.3 km (8.3 mi)	Preston	E
	12	Victoria Gardens	Richmond, East Melbourne, Citym South Melbourne & Middle Park	St Kilda	11.3 km (7.0 mi)	Southbank	A1, A2
	16	Melbourne University	City, St Kilda, Balaclava, Caulfield North, Malvern & Hawthorn	Kew	20.2 km (12.6 mi)	Malvern	D1, Z3
	19^{[lower-alpha 1]}	North Coburg	Brunswick & Parkville	Flinders Street station	10.2 km (6.3 mi)	Brunswick	D2, B2
	30	St Vincent's Plaza	City	Central Pier & Docklands	2.9 km (1.8 mi)	Southbank	A, E
	35^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Waterfront City Docklands	City	Waterfront City Docklands	7.6 km (4.7 mi)	Southbank	W
	48	Balwyn North	Kew, Richmond, East Melbourne & City	Victoria Harbour Docklands	13.5 km (8.4 mi)	Kew	C1, A2
	57	West Maribyrnong	Ascot Vale, Flemington & North Melbourne	Flinders Street station	11.6 km (7.2 mi)	Essendon	Z3
	58	West Coburg	Brunswick West, Parkville, City, Southbank & South Yarra	Toorak	18.2 km (11.3 mi)	Essendon & Southbank	Z3, B2, E
	59	Airport West	Essendon, Moonee Ponds Junction, Travancore & Parkville	Flinders Street station	14.7 km (9.1 mi)	Essendon	Z3, B2
	64	Melbourne University	City, Windsor, Armadale & Caulfield	Brighton East	16.1 km (10.0 mi)	Glenhuntly	B2, Z3
	67^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Melbourne University	City, Balaclava, Elwood, Elsternwick, Caulfield & Glen Huntly	Carnegie	12.7 km (7.9 mi)	Glenhuntly	B2, Z3
	70	Wattle Park, Surrey Hills	Camberwell, Hawthorn, Richmond & City	Waterfront City Docklands	16.5 km (10.3 mi)	Camberwell	A, B2
	72	Melbourne University	City, Prahran, Toorak, Glen Iris & Camberwell	Camberwell	16.8 km (10.4 mi)	Malvern	D1, Z3
	75^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Vermont South Shopping Centre	Burwood, Camberwell, Hawthorn, Richmond & City	Central Pier, Docklands	22.8 km (14.2 mi)	Camberwell	B2, A
	78	North Richmond	South Yarra, Prahran & Windsor	Balaclava	6.5 km (4.0 mi)	Kew	A2
	82	Footscray	Maidstone, Maribyrnong & Ascot Vale	Moonee Ponds Junction	9.2 km (5.7 mi)	Essendon	Z3
	86^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Bundoora RMIT	Preston, Thornbury, Northcote & City	Waterfront City Docklands	22.2 km (13.8 mi)	Preston	E
	96^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Brunswick East	Carlton, City, South Melbourne, Albert Park & St Kilda	St Kilda Beach	13.9 km (8.6 mi)	Southbank	E, C2
	109^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Box Hill Central	Balwyn, Kew, Richmond, East Melbourne & City	Port Melbourne	19.2 km (11.9 mi)	Kew	A2, C1
Operates overnight on Saturday and Sunday mornings. City Circle service operates between 9:30 am and 6:00 pm (Sundays to Wednesdays) or 9:00 pm (Thursdays to Saturdays), excluding Good Friday and Christmas Day.

Route	Terminus A	Terminus B	For events at
3a	St Kilda Junction	Dandenong & Derby Roads, Caulfield East	Caulfield Racecourse
30a	Melbourne Central station	Central Pier	Docklands Stadium
57a	Flinders Street station	Sandown & Epsom Roads, Flemington	Melbourne Showgrounds
59a	Flinders Street station	Moonee Ponds Junction	Moonee Valley horse race time
70a	Rod Laver Arena	Flinders Street West	Rod Laver Arena
	Melbourne Cricket Ground		Melbourne Cricket Ground, John Cain Arena
	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium		Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
75a	Simpsons Street & Wellington Parade, East Melbourne	Flinders Street West	Melbourne Cricket Ground
75a	Flinders Street station	Harbour Town Shopping Centre	Victoria Harbour
86a	Russell & Bourke Streets, City	Central Pier	Docklands Stadium
86a	Russell & Bourke Streets, City	Harbour Town Shopping Centre	Victoria Harbour

List_of_Melbourne_tram_routes

List of Melbourne tram routes

Current routes

Special event services

Discontinued routes

References

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