List of Melbourne tram routes explained

See main article: Trams in Melbourne.

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

Current routes

Services that deviate from the regular routes below (by diversion or early-termination) are suffixed with the letter 'a', while services diverting to and/or terminating at the depot are suffixed with 'd'.

	Route	Terminus A	via	Terminus B	Full length	Depot	Fleet
	data-sort-value="1"	1	East Coburg	Brunswick East, Carlton, City & South Melbourne	South Melbourne Beach	13.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Brunswick	B2, Z3
	data-sort-value="3"	3	Melbourne University	City, Balaclava & Caulfield North (weekdays)	Malvern East	14.9abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Glenhuntly	B2, Z3
	data-sort-value="5"	5	Melbourne University	City, Windsor & Armadale	Malvern	12.6abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Malvern	D1, Z3
	6	Brunswick tram depot	Brunswick East, Carlton, City, Prahran, Armadale & Malvern	Glen Iris	19abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Brunswick & Malvern	D1, D2, B2, Z3
	data-sort-value="11"	11	West Preston	Thornbury, Northcote, Fitzroy & City	Victoria Harbour Docklands	13.3abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Preston	E
	data-sort-value="12"	12	Victoria Gardens	Richmond, East Melbourne, Citym South Melbourne & Middle Park	St Kilda	11.3abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Southbank	A1, A2
	data-sort-value="16"	16	Melbourne University	City, St Kilda, Balaclava, Caulfield North, Malvern & Hawthorn	Kew	20.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Malvern	D1, Z3
	data-sort-value="19"	19	North Coburg	Brunswick & Parkville	Flinders Street station	10.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Brunswick	D2, B2
	data-sort-value="30"	30	St Vincent's Plaza	City	Central Pier & Docklands	2.9abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Southbank	A, E
	data-sort-value="35"	35	Waterfront City Docklands	City	Waterfront City Docklands	7.6abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Southbank	W
	data-sort-value="48"	48	Balwyn North	Kew, Richmond, East Melbourne & City	Victoria Harbour Docklands	13.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Kew	C1, A2
	data-sort-value="57"	57	West Maribyrnong	Ascot Vale, Flemington & North Melbourne	Flinders Street station	11.6abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Essendon	Z3
	data-sort-value="58"	58	West Coburg	Brunswick West, Parkville, City, Southbank & South Yarra	Toorak	18.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Essendon & Southbank	Z3, B2, E
	data-sort-value="59"	59	Airport West	Essendon, Moonee Ponds Junction, Travancore & Parkville	Flinders Street station	14.7abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Essendon	Z3, B2
	data-sort-value="64"	64	Melbourne University	City, Windsor, Armadale & Caulfield	Brighton East	16.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Glenhuntly	B2, Z3
	data-sort-value="67"	67	Melbourne University	City, Balaclava, Elwood, Elsternwick, Caulfield & Glen Huntly	Carnegie	12.7abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Glenhuntly	B2, Z3
	data-sort-value="70"	70	Wattle Park, Surrey Hills	Camberwell, Hawthorn, Richmond & City	Waterfront City Docklands	16.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Camberwell	A, B2
	data-sort-value="72"	72	Melbourne University	City, Prahran, Toorak, Glen Iris & Camberwell	Camberwell	16.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Malvern	D1, Z3
	data-sort-value="75"	75	Vermont South Shopping Centre	Burwood, Camberwell, Hawthorn, Richmond & City	Central Pier, Docklands	22.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Camberwell	B2, A
	data-sort-value="78"	78	North Richmond	South Yarra, Prahran & Windsor	Balaclava	6.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Kew	A2
	data-sort-value="82"	82	Footscray	Maidstone, Maribyrnong & Ascot Vale	Moonee Ponds Junction	9.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Essendon	Z3
	data-sort-value="86"	86	Bundoora RMIT	Preston, Thornbury, Northcote & City	Waterfront City Docklands	22.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Preston	E
	data-sort-value="96"	96	Brunswick East	Carlton, City, South Melbourne, Albert Park & St Kilda	St Kilda Beach	13.9abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Southbank & Preston	E, C2
	data-sort-value="109"	109	Box Hill Central	Balwyn, Kew, Richmond, East Melbourne & City	Port Melbourne	19.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Kew	A2, C1

Special event services

	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
Flinders Street station		Harbour Town Shopping Centre	Victoria Harbour
	86a	Russell & Bourke Streets, City	Central Pier	Docklands Stadium
Harbour Town Shopping Centre			Victoria Harbour

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.

Route	Terminus A	Terminus B	First service	Last service	Notes
data-sort-value="3.1"	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				Replaced by route 3 following route number revision
7	Camberwell	City (Swanston Street)	21 November 1929	31 October 1970	Replaced by route 72 following route number revision.
data-sort-value="8"	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
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
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
data-sort-value="55"	55	West Coburg	Domain Interchange	30 April 1995	30 April 2017	Merged into route 58. Change associated with the construction of Metro Tunnel
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]
74	Burwood	City (Spencer Street)	9 December 1934	18 July 1978	Replaced by route 75 following East Burwood extension
77	Prahran	Batman Avenue	9 December 1934	1 November 1986	Discontinued due to low patronage/cost-saving
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
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
data-sort-value="112"	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

External links

• History of Melbourne Tram Routes 1950-2009
• Network map Victoria Department of Transport

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20231031010613/https://www.railexpress.com.au/melbourne-tram-timetable-changes-to-boost-travel/ Melbourne tram timetable changes to boost travel
2. Web site: Gunzel. classicaustraliantv.com. 2018-08-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20180803194528/https://www.classicaustraliantv.com/Gunzel.htm. 3 August 2018. dead.
3. Web site: Say hello to Route 58. Public Transport Victoria. https://web.archive.org/web/20170430141950/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/getting-around/network-changes/tram-changes/new-route-58. 30 April 2017. dead. 1 May 2017.
4. Web site: From Toorak to Moreland on Route 8. Yarra Trams. 14 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170316115132/http://yarratrams.com.au/media-centre/news/articles/2004/from-toorak-to-moreland-on-route-8/. 16 March 2017. en. 13 October 2004. dead.
5. Web site: New improved routes for Melbourne's tram network. Yarra Trams. https://web.archive.org/web/20041103234625/http://www.yarratrams.com.au/network_improvements/new_routes.asp. 3 November 2004.
6. Web site: Route 16 now goes further. Yarra Trams. https://web.archive.org/web/20170316115253/http://yarratrams.com.au/media-centre/news/articles/2004/route-16-now-goes-further/. 16 March 2017. en. 8 November 2004. dead. 14 June 2017.
7. Web site: Capacity boost for tram passengers. 9 July 2014. Yarra Trams. https://web.archive.org/web/20170304235359/http://www.yarratrams.com.au/media-centre/news/articles/2014/capacity-boost-for-tram-passengers/. 4 March 2017. dead. 23 June 2017.