Did you know that Melbourne’s first electric tram began operation on 14 October 1889 with a 3.6 km line between Box Hill and Doncaster? Yarra Trams took over responsibility for the entire tram network on 1 April 2004. On 4 July, the last Metcard equipment is removed from trams, replaced by the new Myki.
As of June 2011, the network consisted of 250 km of track, 487 trams, 30 routes, and 1,763 tram stops. It is the largest urban tramway network in the world, ahead of the networks in St. Petersburg (240 km), Berlin (190 km), Moscow (181 km) and Vienna (172 km).
Explore Melbourne on a Yarra tram !
ROUTE 16:
Melbourne Uni (Swanston St) → Melbourne Central (CBD)→ Bourke St → City Square → Federation Square→ Arts Precinct ( St Kilda Rd) → Domain →Luna Park → Chapel St → Malvern → Kew
Some general information:
First tram around 5.30am.
Last tram around 11.30am Mon-Thurs. around 1.30am Fri/Sat
Between 7am-7pm tram every 1-4min
Otherwise every 3-7min
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