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Roderick Smith
Mar 6, 2025, 11:12:25 PMMar 6
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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
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
Mal Rowe
Mar 7, 2025, 12:13:33 AMMar 7
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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.
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.
bblun...@yahoo.com
Mar 7, 2025, 3:02:22 AMMar 7
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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
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Andrew Highriser
Mar 7, 2025, 3:03:53 AMMar 7
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It is a nice trip, and short if tourists have limited time, with perhaps a 16 or 96 back to the city. For tourists, a trip on the 58 through Royal Park and a train back to the city from Royal Park Station would not take too long either.
Andrew.
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Mar 7, 2025, 6:35:31 AMMar 7
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G'day Mal,
That's one of my favourites too.
On business trips in the 90's, I always stayed at St Georges Motor Inn on route 12 and I did it late at night in a W with a female driver, who absolutely hammered it from the City to the beach.
As there were only a couple of other passengers, there were minimal stops and the return trip was non-stop to the City, with only me on board.
Loved every minute.
Cheers,
Mick in wet and windy Brisbane
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That's one of my favourites too.
On business trips in the 90's, I always stayed at St Georges Motor Inn on route 12 and I did it late at night in a W with a female driver, who absolutely hammered it from the City to the beach.
As there were only a couple of other passengers, there were minimal stops and the return trip was non-stop to the City, with only me on board.
Loved every minute.
Cheers,
Mick in wet and windy Brisbane
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David Batho
Mar 9, 2025, 4:37:48 AMMar 9
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A couple of itineraries for a future visit to Melbourne!
David
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