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Light Rail - Trams
Conductors once cried "Tickets Please" in Melbourne, home of the tram! Back in 1855 there were horse-drawn trams, followed by cable-driven trams [1885], then electrified tram network [1906*] + the world's first Tramcar Restaurant in 1983.
* 1889 First Electric Tram Route - Doncaster - Box Hill.
* 1889 First Electric Tram Route - Doncaster - Box Hill.
Australia's First Electric TramMost people would have thought the first electric tram route would have run down a Melbourne CBD street and are surprised to find that it actually ran between Box Hill and Doncaster.
First Electric Tram Route
From October 1889 until January 1896, Read more..
Ballarat Vintage Tramway & MuseumThe Ballarat Vintage Tramway is operated by the Ballarat Tramway Museum Inc., formed to keep alive the tramway experience that has otherwise disappeared from the streets of Ballarat.
The Museum's members are volunteers from all walks of life. They Read more..
Bendigo TramwaysThe Talking Tram Tour runs over a 4.2 kilometre route - 8.4 kms round trip - every day (except Christmas Day) to a regular timetable with the tour commencing at the Central Deborah Gold Mine. You can also join the Talking Tram Tour at any one of the Read more..
Catching A Tram for DummiesCatching a tram in Melbourne is as simple as..
1. Get on board (best through a door)
2. Purchase a ticket from the ticket machine*
3. Validate the ticket in one of the validating machines
4. Sit down (if there is a vacant seat) and then take in Read more..
City Circle Tram (Free Tourist Tram)The City Circle Tram service provides a free and convenient way to get around central Melbourne. Tourists, shoppers, office workers and families can use the City Circle Tram to travel to major attractions, shops and city events.
The City Circle Read more..
City Circle Tram Free - Karachi Style The Melbourne tram decorated Karachi style for the Commonwealth Games will run free on the Melbourne City Circle tram route indefinetly.
Vehicles of transport have long been celebrated in the Indus valley, adorned with elaborate decoration to keep Read more..
Colonial Tramcar RestaurantDining in Melbourne can be a fabulous experience. Especially aboard the converted 1927 tram that has become The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant.
The glossy, burgundy restaurant on wheels is the first travelling tramcar restaurant in the world, and a del Read more..
Day Trips by TramSome of Melbourne's best day trips are found at the end of the line...
All good things must come to an end, as the saying goes, and even Melbourne’s
much-loved trams run out of track eventually. But that needn’t be the end of the
journey. Near Read more..
Melbourne Cable TramsMelbourne established cable trams in 1885, and the system grew to 75 km of double track and 1200 cars and trailers, the fourth largest cable system in the world. There is some difficulty in comparing the sizes of American cable systems, and it is pos Read more..
Metlink | Public TransportMetlink is the face of Melbourne's public transport network and your guide to public transport in Melbourne and Victoria.
Timetables Stations Stops Fares & Tickets!
Metlink was formed by Melbourne's train, tram and bus operators in 2002, bringi Read more..
Railfan ShopThe Railfan Shop is your one stop shop for all things rail, train and tram in Melbourne.
BOOKS | MAGAZINES | DVD | SALES LISTS | MODELS Read more..
Return of Tram Conductors"Fares Please" might be heard again with much talk about the possibility of conductors returning to work on Melbourne's trams.
Tram conductors were custodians of Melbourne's soul, replaced by ticket machines which have proved both unpopular and i Read more..
Tram TrackerNow you can find out when your tram is coming – via the phone.
tramTRACKER is now available for users across the entire Yarra Trams network.
How to use tramTRACKER
First you need to know your Tracker Stop ID. We’ve given every tram stop on al Read more..
Trams - Marvellous MelbourneThe first cable tram in Victoria operated along Flinders Street to Richmond in 1885. Within five years, trams were ferrying people between the city and inner suburbs along 65 kilometres of tram tracks. The driving power for the underground cables cam Read More..
TRAMTACTICTRAMTACTIC is an organic non-organisation of people who come together with artist Mick Douglas to undertake art projects in the public domain departing from the potential of tramways.
Projects
W-11 TRAM: an art of journeys
a collaborative art p Read more..
Tramtastic Tours Take an eco friendly Tramtastic Tour on your first day and get a great introduction to Melbourne... by tram!
We take you out of the city, where the real action is! Besides seeing great shops, cafes and hearing about other fun stuff to see and do Read more..
Tramway and Trolleybus ImagesSadly this was one of the web pages at GeoCities that is no longer available.
It showed images taken since the late 1960's. They show on several pages the evolution of trams in Melbourne, Victoria, including W2 series trams, later W series trams, Read more..
Tramway Cable Power Houses Long before electric trams, Melbourne's trams were powered by underground cables powered from 12 power houses.
The lengths of the cables varied from 17,000 feet to 30,000 feet weighing up to 35 tons.
The Melbourne Tramway Cable System power hou Read more..
Tramway Museum Society of VictoriaThe tramway museum is located in the State of Victoria, at 330 Union Lane, Bylands, just off the Northern Highway, approximately 53 kilometres north of Melbourne (Melway edition 27 map 510 L10).
At Bylands, you can:
ride a heritage electric Read more..
Yarra TramsMelbourne’s tram network is one of the world’s largest operational tram networks, with more than 178 million passenger trips taken across the network every year.
The network is operated by Yarra Trams with nearly 500 trams from eight depots servi Read more..
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