On my occasional long weekend visits to Melbourne, I have been managing to get around as much of the tram system as possible.
While PT> does produce separate useful maps of the tram and train networks, they are not clear as the interaction between the two.
Accordingly, I made my own hybrid version which enables better connections between lines.
It may be of use to prospective TDU visitors.
Brian
On Friday 7 March 2025 at 04:13:34 pm AEDT, Mal Rowe <mal.rowe@gmail.com> wrote:
Nice trip.
I would have tried to include my favourite Melbourne tram ride - route 1
to South Melbourne Beach.
It's one of the few routes that twist and turn through heritage
streetscapes.
Mal Rowe, attaching evidence.
On 07/03/2025 15:10, 'Roderick Smith' via TramsDownUnder wrote:
> Two Melbourne friends shared the responsibility for guiding a UK visitor around Melbourne's trams on Tuesday. He was staying in Ferntree Gully.
> Here is how we did it.
> Mr Morning selected south-east, so I chose a complementary coverage for the afternoon.
> Ferntree Gully - Box Hill train.
> - Glenferrie Rd on route 109, C tram.
> - Luna Park on route 16, with stopovers at Kooyong level crossing, Malvern Depot, the grand union.
> - Swanston St on route 96, with a stopover at Southbank.
> - La Trobe St, then walk to Flagstaff, photographing assorted trams.
> Afternoon with me:
> - Route 58 to Union Square with stopovers in Royal Park and at the zoo stop.
> - late lunch break at an authentic Greek fish & chip shop, then back to the zoo stop.
> - train to Moreland station to photograph the new, remains of the old and the tram depot.
> - route 19 to La Trobe St, with a stopover in Royal Pde to photograph one of Melbourne's grand boulevards.
> - long wait, then the last city circle W of the day to Flinders St at Russell St.
> - long wait for a route 70, which was a packed A and we couldn't board. We should have taken a preceding 75 to Camberwell Depot, but got the next 70 (a B) to Riversdale to photograph the tram-train crossing.
> - train to Burwood, then route 75 (a B) to Burvale Hotel for dinner.
> - split: 732 bus to Ferntree Gully / Springvale Rd bus to Nunawading and train home.
> AFAIK all classes except an A were experienced. One subsidiary aim was to cover a variety of streetscapes from the 1870s through plush red-brick 1920s and 30s to 1970/80s.
>
> Roderick Smith
>
>
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I would have tried to include my favourite Melbourne tram ride - route 1
to South Melbourne Beach.
It's one of the few routes that twist and turn through heritage
streetscapes.
Mal Rowe, attaching evidence.
On 07/03/2025 15:10, 'Roderick Smith' via TramsDownUnder wrote:
> Two Melbourne friends shared the responsibility for guiding a UK visitor around Melbourne's trams on Tuesday. He was staying in Ferntree Gully.
> Here is how we did it.
> Mr Morning selected south-east, so I chose a complementary coverage for the afternoon.
> Ferntree Gully - Box Hill train.
> - Glenferrie Rd on route 109, C tram.
> - Luna Park on route 16, with stopovers at Kooyong level crossing, Malvern Depot, the grand union.
> - Swanston St on route 96, with a stopover at Southbank.
> - La Trobe St, then walk to Flagstaff, photographing assorted trams.
> Afternoon with me:
> - Route 58 to Union Square with stopovers in Royal Park and at the zoo stop.
> - late lunch break at an authentic Greek fish & chip shop, then back to the zoo stop.
> - train to Moreland station to photograph the new, remains of the old and the tram depot.
> - route 19 to La Trobe St, with a stopover in Royal Pde to photograph one of Melbourne's grand boulevards.
> - long wait, then the last city circle W of the day to Flinders St at Russell St.
> - long wait for a route 70, which was a packed A and we couldn't board. We should have taken a preceding 75 to Camberwell Depot, but got the next 70 (a B) to Riversdale to photograph the tram-train crossing.
> - train to Burwood, then route 75 (a B) to Burvale Hotel for dinner.
> - split: 732 bus to Ferntree Gully / Springvale Rd bus to Nunawading and train home.
> AFAIK all classes except an A were experienced. One subsidiary aim was to cover a variety of streetscapes from the 1870s through plush red-brick 1920s and 30s to 1970/80s.
>
> Roderick Smith
>
>
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