Yarra Trams - Melbourne CBD and Docklands
11 August 2022
Melbourne trams around the CBD and Docklands areas.
Melbourne tram tracks
11 August 2022
Tram tracks, pointwork, junctions, signals and so on from around the Melbourne tram network.
Melbourne tram bits and pieces
11 August 2022
Photos of bits and pieces on and around Melbourne's trams
Preston Workshops and New Preston Depot
11 August 2022
Preston Workshops at the corner of St George's Road and Miller Street it was once the main workshops for the M&MTB, but following privatisation in the 1990s it became a dumping ground for W class trams. In 2016 it was reborn as 'New Preston Depot' - a running depot for the new E class fleet, replacing East Preston depot to supply trams for route 11 and 86.
Melbourne tram and train passenger counting
11 August 2022
Various technologies have been used to count passengers on trains and trams - old fashioned counting, and hi-tech Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and CCTV based system.
Yarra Trams - Melbourne's north-western suburbs
31 July 2022
Melbourne trams in the north-western suburbs: routes 57, 58, 59 and 82 operated from Essendon Depot.
Melbourne tramway traction substations
31 July 2022
As of 2009 there were 41 traction substations scattered around Melbourne, converting the AC mains power to the 600 V DC required by trams. (a different source in 2008 put it as 46)
Melbourne tram stops
31 July 2022
Tram stops around Melbourne fall into three groups: platform stops, safety zones, and signs beside the road.
Melbourne Art Trams 2022
30 July 2022
As part of the 2022 Rising Melbourne festival six trams have been decorated in designs by six First Peoples artists: https://rising.melbourne/festival-program/first-peoples-melbourne-art-trams-2022
Yarra Trams - diverted and out of place
30 July 2022
Usually Melbourne's trams stick to a home depot and set of usual routes, but when disruptions occur, trams can be sent along alternate routes in order to maintain a limited service.
Motorists delaying trams
30 July 2022
Wherever you go in Melbourne you are certain to find some moron who doesn't know how to drive, either queuing through an intersection or overhanging a tram lane, resulting in delays to dozens of tram passengers.
Yarra Trams - football specials
30 July 2022
Yarra Trams operates additional trams to the MCG and Docklands Stadium for football fans.
Yarra Trams - Melbourne's eastern suburbs
9 July 2022
Melbourne trams in the eastern suburbs: routes 48, 70, 75 and 109 operated from Kew and Camberwell depots
Melbourne tram termini
9 July 2022
Melbourne's tram network consists of 29 regular routes, and quite a number of regular termini!
Yarra Trams - Melbourne's northern suburbs
16 June 2022
Melbourne trams in the northern suburbs: routes 1, 8, 19, 96, 112 and 86 operated from the Brunswick and East Preston Depots.
TramTracker across Melbourne
16 June 2022
tramTRACKER screens across the Melbourne tram and rail networks provides real time departure and disruption information to passengers.
Yarra Trams - Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs
12 June 2022
Melbourne trams in the south-eastern suburbs: routes 3, 5, 6, 8, 58, 64, 67, 78 and 79 operated from the Malvern and Glenhuntly Depots along St Kilda Road.
Melbourne tramway overhead
25 April 2022
A web of overhead wires is needed to supply the electricity that powers Melbourne's tram fleet
Melbourne infrastructure inspection trams
25 April 2022
Infrastructure inspection equipment fitted to Melbourne trams.
Yarra Trams road fleet
25 April 2022
Yarra Trams operates a variety of cars and trucks to support the operation of Melbourne's tramway network.
Yarra Trams - Grand Prix specials
8 April 2022
Each year for the Australian Grand Prix special trams are operated by Yarra Trams from the Melbourne CBD to the circuit at Albert Park.
Yarra Trams tram replacement buses
8 April 2022
When tracks replacing, or trams get blocked by road accidents, Yarra Trams has to call in the replacement buses
Poor service from Yarra Trams
27 March 2022
It is hard enough to run a public transport service when sharing the roads with the incompetent motorists of Melbourne, but Public Transport Victoria and Yarra Trams manage to add their own screw ups to the mix
Broken articulation on D2.5015
18 March 2022
On 18 March 2022 the articulation between modules of tram D2.5015 failed, leaving the cab dropped onto the tracks.
Melbourne Art Trams 2021
11 March 2022
As part of the 2021 Rising Melbourne festival six trams have been decorated in designs by six First Peoples artists: https://rising.melbourne/arttrams
Melbourne tramway squares
15 February 2022
Melbourne has three 'tramway squares' where 1500 V DC powered trains cross the tracks of 600 V DC powered trams on the level. They are located at Glenhuntly, Riversdale and Kooyong, with the fourth at Gardiner since grade separated.
Stored trams at Newport Workshops
9 February 2022
With W class trams heritage listed and unable to be scrapped or exported to tram museums overseas, Newport Workshops has become a dumping ground while they wait a final home.
Failing tram infrastructure of Melbourne
1 February 2022
Melbourne's tram network is held together with bubblegum and duct tape - here are examples of the way that it is falling apart.
Melbourne tram works
11 January 2022
Trackwork and maintenance work from around the Yarra Trams network in Melbourne
Night Network Melbourne
23 November 2021
'Night Network' is the brand name for all night trains and trams across Melbourne on Friday and Saturday nights, as well as a revamped Nightrider bus service.
Malvern Depot
14 November 2021
Malvern Depot off Glenferrie Road in Armadale supplies trams to routes 5, 6, 16, 58 and 72.
Yarra Trams - Melbourne's southern suburbs
11 November 2021
Melbourne trams in the southern suburbs: routes 1, 12, 96, and 109.
Brunswick Depot
2 November 2021
Brunswick Depot off Sydney Road in Brunswick supplies trams to route 1, 6 and 19
Southbank Depot
2 August 2021
Southbank Tram Depot located on the Port Melbourne light rail line supplies trams to route 12, 30, 35 and 96.
Smashed up Melbourne tram stops
24 July 2021
Melbourne has an endless supply of idiot motorists ready to crash into tram stops.
Kew Depot
23 June 2021
Kew Depot on at the corner of Barkers Road and High Street, Kew supplies trams to route 48, 78 and 109.
Yarra Trams - tennis specials
6 February 2021
Every year for Australian Open patrons Yarra Trams operates additional trams between Melbourne Park and Flinders Street, with also results in routes 70 and 75 getting cut back to much smaller A class trams
North Fitzroy Depot
17 January 2021
North Fitzroy Depot on Nicholson Street, North Fitzroy closed in 1993, but reopened in 2008-2012 to stable W class trams used on the City Circle while Southbank depot was undergoing refurbishment.
Tram infrastructure of Melbourne
13 January 2021
Bits and pieces of tramway infrastructure from around the Yarra Trams network in Melbourne
Tram stop extensions for E class trams
1 January 2021
As part of the preparation for the longer E class trams entering service across Melbourne, tram stops along route 96 and La Trobe were extended to cater for their length.
Melbourne tram sidings
11 December 2020
Around the Melbourne tram network are a small number of sidings that lie off the main running lines, usually used to store trams before and after special events.
Essendon Depot
21 October 2020
Essendon Depot on Mount Alexander Road, Travancore supplies trams to routes 57, 58, 59, 82.
Melbourne Art Trams 2019
10 February 2020
As part of the 2019 Melbourne Festival eight trams have been decorated in designs by eight Melbourne artists: https://www.festival.melbourne/2019/events/melbourne-art-trams/
Peel Street tram dewirement, January 2020
10 January 2020
On 10 January 2020 a truck took out the tramway overhead on route 58 at Queen Victoria Market, resulting in the route 57 and 58 trams being diverted, and the closure of William, Peel and Dudley Streets.
William Street tram works
2 January 2020
During November-December 2019 the tram tracks along William Street between Market Street and Dudley Street are being relaid, and new platform stops constructed at Bourke Street and Flagstaff Station / La Trobe Street.
Yarra Trams - industrial action 2019
8 December 2019
In 2019 the Rail, Tram and Bus Union launched industrial action against Yarra Trams, following the breakdown in negotiations around their new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement. The result was a four hour stopwork between 10am and 2pm on Friday 30 August 2019, and again on Thursday 26 September 2019.
Yarra Trams - Flemington Racecourse and Melbourne Showgrounds specials
5 November 2019
Yarra Trams operates additional tram services for major events at Flemington Racecourse and the Melbourne Showgrounds.
Metro Tunnel tram replacement buses
14 October 2019
Works on the Metro Tunnel at Anzac station have required Yarra Trams services on St Kilda Road to be replaced by buses, while the tram tracks are slewed around the work site.
School Strike for Climate
20 September 2019
On 20 September 2019 trams across the Melbourne CBD were disrupted by the School Strike for Climate march.
East Preston Depot
27 July 2019
East Preston Depot on Plenty Road, East Preston once supplied trams to routes 11 and 86. It was replaced by the 'New' Preston Depot in April 2016, with the site now used for refurbishing trams.