JCDecaux Australia has won the seven-year exclusive contract for the entire portfolio of outdoor advertising assets operated by Yarra Trams in Melbourne.
New photos in the Melbourne tram interiors and Yarra Trams - Melbourne CBD and Docklands albums
Tom Percival Strickland was the Chief Engineer of the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board from 1921 to 1938. During his tenure, he was responsible for designing Melbournes famous W class trams, converting cable tram routes to electric traction, and establishing a major tram building and maintenance workshops at Preston. Find out the central role he had in developing Melbournes tramway system.
This was taken in 2012 (thanks to Trams Downunder FB page). It was always nice to jump on one of these Route 30 trams to get from St Vincents Plaza to...
One of the most iconic sights on the streets of Melbourne are its trams, with their recognisable green and yellow designs. Melbourne is also a city of art, bursting with art galleries large and small, art exhibitions, and celebrated graffiti down every alleyway. In 2013, the city of Melbourne decided to put these two cultural…
Trams: Moving Pictures is an unprecedented exhibition showcasing archived photographs of Melbourne's Transporting Art project as well as an illustrated timeline of the history of trams in Melbourne, Victoria. From 1979 to 1992, the Victorian Ministry for …
In Melbourne, the Free Tram Zone is an area where you can ride trams for free. It covers the central part of Melbourne's CBD (Central Business District) and
Seen here about to pass under the Flinders Street Viaduct, B2 class trams are similar to the earlier B1 class, but have some differences in braking and control systems. The first Melbourne trams to be air-conditioned, when introduced they seated 76, but some seats were later removed to improve standing capacity.
In 1936, when the economy was climbing out of the Great Depression, the M&MTB had a surplus of obsolescent single-truck trams, plus an unmet demand for midnight to dawn tram services in Melbourne. Read about how the M&MTB recycled old trams and used them for all-night services over the next twenty years.
Robert Risson Tram Terminus, Elizabeth St, Melbourne c.1990, demolished 1993 Risson, Chairman of the MMTB 1949-70) is regaled in Melbourne folklore as the man most directly responsible for saving the city's tram network frrom being ripped up. 💓💓 Trams Downunder Website
Danish Crown Prince Frederick received a special LEGO Melbourne W class tram built by Adult Fans of LEGO from Melbourne. The W Class Melbourne Tram has been several months in the planning -by the team of Rob Deakin, Ryan Mcnaught (LCP), Teunis Davey, Dean Niclasen, Mike Pianta and Kevin Hall A limited edition run of the trams will be available at Brickvention 2012. Email [email protected] if you are interested in purchasing one of these.
Here's a glimpse into some of the BEST cheap and free things to do in Melbourne Australia! You'll find incredible laneway street art, the iconic Flinders Street Station, Melbourne trams, Brighton beach houses, St Kilda, the Yarra River and much more. Read the full list on Escapes Etc to help you travel Australia on a budget.
Boston's Green Line begins its march toward Medford, those designer trams enter service in Nice and you have until Friday to apply for your own free W-class Melbourne tram (just pay shipping and handling).
Venture into Melbourne's hidden spaces and iconic laneways and find an eclectic nightlife, tantalising food and wine, a dynamic arts scene and more.
Melbourne Tram Images by Ian Greig - www.simplonpc.co.uk
In the workshop at Sydney Tramway Museum. Peter Witt trams represent an international design of tramcar. Developed by the commissioner of the transit organisation in Cleveland, USA around 1912, they were among the first vehicles to adopt passenger flow, whereby passengers enter by one door, move through the vehicle and alight from a different door.Considered very advanced for its time, the Peter Witt design was used by many cities in the USA and several in Europe. Milan had 502 Peter Witt trams, built in a short period between 1927 and 1930. (Melbourne built five trams to the Peter Witt layout at about the same time.) About 170 of these cars are still in use in Milan, the oldest trams in fleet service anywhere in the world. Their simplicity and reliability has led to them outlasting many newer tram types. Around ten Peter Witt trams from Milan are also in use in San Francisco on a tourist service to Fisherman's Wharf. Milan's trams are single-ended, but the Museums car has been modified to enable it to run on tracks laid out for double-ended trams. No. 1692 has been displayed at the Hawthorn Tramway Museum in Melbourne. It has run on special occasions in that city. Info source: Sydney Tramway Museum - Souvenir Guide - page 35
Another great planning map from almost 100 years ago. Melbourne, of course, is one city that has retained its trams over the years, rather than tearing them all out, only to eventually replace them with light rail or new trams in the modern day. trammuseum: Here’s a great map that we’ve just added to our…
August 10, 1987 was the last time trains ran on Australia's first railway - the short 3.5km Melbourne to Port Melbourne line. Decision had finally been committed to turn it and the St Kilda line over to trams (talked about in VR Head Office from the 1960s). That's the former St Kilda line trackbed on the right - it had closed a few months earlier.
East up Bourke St #Melbourne across Swanston c,1940, the final year cable trams ran in the city and the final route to close. Commonwealth Bank is under construction in the background. Rotal Mail Hotel at intersection demolished 1960s as was Tivoli Theatre behind it after a fire.
