Melbourne tram route 75
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| Route Information | |
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| Route Number | 75 |
| Number of stops | 81 |
| Timetables | Link |
| Route Map | Link |
| Zone Location | |
| Zone 1 | |
| Spencer St (La Trobe St) - Riversdale Rd (Burke Rd) | |
| Zone 1 & 2 overlap | |
| Riversdale Rd (Burke Rd) - Burwood Hwy (Warrigal Rd) | |
| Zone 2 | |
| Burwood Hwy (Warrigal Rd - Hartland Rd) | |
Tram route 75 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is operated by Yarra Trams from the Camberwell Depot and runs from the corner of Spencer Street and La Trobe Street in the city centre to Vermont South in the eastern suburbs.
Unike most tram routes in Melbourne, it is not entirely within Metcard ticketing Zone 1. The portion of the route between Camberwell Junction (intersection of Riversdale, Camberwell and Burke Roads) and Warrigal Road is a Zone 1 and Zone 2 overlap, and everything East of Warrigal Road is Zone 2 only. A connecting bus, the Knox Transit Link (operated by Ventura Bus Lines using buses from Route 732), runs to Knox City meeting every tram and also runs within Zone 2. It is planned to further extend the tram line to Knox City Shopping Centre, replacing the bus.
The route runs along Flinders Street in the city, Bridge Road in Richmond, Riversdale Road through Hawthorn, Hawthorn East, Camberwell and Toorak Roads through Camberwell and then along Burwood Highway, past Deakin University, to the terminus in Vermont South. In the late 70s the route was extended from Burke Road to Middleborough Road Burwood East, in the 90s to Blackburn Road, and on July 22nd 2005 to its current terminus. The final three kilometres of track and a new Vermont South Terminus at the shopping centre were added then. From Warrigal Rd to the terminus in Vermont South, the trams have their own lanes/tracks, thereby not interefering with or being interfered by vehicular traffic. Despite this motorists are often still required to turn across the tracks to enter businesses or do U-Turns. This has led to several incidents and accidents.
[edit] Route
Starts at Spencer Street and La Trobe Street (Stop 119), then runs via:
- Spencer Street
- Bourke Street, tram routes 86 and 96 (stop 121)
- Southern Cross Station, tram routes 31, 109 and 112 (stop 122)
- Flinders Street
- King Street, Melbourne Aquarium (stop 2)
- Market Street, Banana Alley Vaults, tram route 55 (stop 3)
- Elizabeth Street, tram routes 19, 57 and 59 (stop 4)
- Flinders Street Station (stop 4-5)
- Federation Square, St Paul's Cathedral, tram routes 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 16, 64, 67 and 72 (stop 5)
- Russell Street, Forum Theatre (stop 6)
- Spring Street, Treasury Gardens (stop 8)
- Wellington Parade (stop 9-14)
- Fitzroy Gardens, MCG, Jolimont Station (stop 11)
- Bridge Road/Burwood Road
- Church Street, tram routes 78 and 79 (stop 18)
- Yarra Boulevard, tram route 48 (stop 22)
- Hawthorn station (stop 25)
- Riversdale Road
- Glenferrie Road, tram route 16 (stop 32)
- Burke Road, tram routes 70 and 72 (stop 40)
- Camberwell Road
- Camberwell Town Hall (stop 43)
- Toorak Road
- Burwood Highway
- Deakin University (stop 63)
Ends at Hanover Road/Burwood Highway Vermont South (stop 75)
[edit] Maps and timetables
- Official timetables
- Official route map
- Official tram network map
- Melbourne tram and train network map from railmaps.com.au
[edit] See also
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