Melbourne tram route 6

Tram route in metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Route 6

D2 class tram on Lygon Street, January 2021

Overview
System| Melbourne
Operator| Yarra Trams
Depot| Brunswick
Malvern
Vehicle| Z3 class
B2 class
D1 class
D2 class
Route
Start| Moreland
Via| Brunswick East
Lygon Street
Swanston Street
St Kilda Road
Prahran
Malvern East
End| Glen Iris
Length| 19.2 kilometres
Timetable| Route 6 timetable
Map| Route 6 map
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Melbourne tram route 6 is operated by Yarra Trams on the Melbourne tram network from Moreland to Glen Iris. The 19.2-kilometre (11.9 mi) route is operated out of Brunswick and Malvern depots with Z, B and D class trams.

## History

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Route 6 was allocated to the line between Glen Iris and City (Swanston Street) on 21 November 1929, the same day that numbers were allocated to the rest of the Swanston Street trams. Trams traditionally terminated at the Victoria Street terminus, but following an accident in 1991, trams instead terminated at the Queensberry Street crossover. Due to congestion during peak hours at the crossover, some trams continued north to Melbourne University. Finally on 17 January 1996, a permanent shunt was built at Melbourne University. From then on, route 6 trams were altered run full-time to Melbourne University.

The origins of route 6 lie in separate tram lines. The section of track between Queensberry Street (Stop 4) and High Street (Stop 27) is the oldest section of this route, dating back to the Brighton Road cable tram which opened on 11 October 1888 by the Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company. This cable tram line was electrified in stages by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board. The section between Domain Interchange (Stop 20) and High Street was electrified on 27 December 1925. The section between Queensberry Street and City Road (near Stop 14) was electrified on the same day. The line between City Road and Domain Interchange was electrified on 24 January 1926.

The section between Charles Street (near Stop 30) and Tooranga Road (Stop 48) was one of the original lines constructed by the Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust (PMTT), which opened on 30 May 1910. This line was extended west to Punt Road on 14 March 1911 and again, to St Kilda Road on 14 September 1912, connecting with the St Kilda Road cable tram to the city. The PMTT extended the line again on 25 March 1914, this time east, to its current terminus at Malvern Road.[1] Meanwhile, the Melbourne, Brunswick & Coburg Tramways Trust constructed the section of route 6 north of Queensberry Street towards Moreland. This section opened on 31 October 1916.

On 1 May 2017, as part of works associated with the closure of Domain Interchange and construction of Anzac railway station, route 6 was extended from Melbourne University to Moreland to partly replace route 8.[2][3][4]

Melbourne tram route 6 evolution  Dates  | Route  | Notes

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During PMTT operation  | Victoria Bridge to Esplanade  | via Glenferrie / Balaclava Roads
21 November 1929 - 14 April 1991  | City (Victoria Street) to Glen Iris |
15 April 1991 - 17 January 1996  | City (Queensberry / Swanston Streets) to Glen Iris | Some services terminated at Melbourne University
17 January 1996 - 1 May 2017  | Melbourne University to Glen Iris | via Swanston Street
1 May 2017 - present  | Moreland to Glen Iris | via Swanston Street

## Route

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Route 6 operates from Brunswick tram depot travelling east along Moreland Road before turning south along Holmes Street in Brunswick East. It continues south to Albion Street where it doglegs into Lygon Street, continuing south through Carlton North and Carlton, turning west into Elgin Street and south into Swanston Street at Melbourne University. It proceeds south via Melbourne Central station and Flinders Street stations. After crossing the Yarra River it continues south along St Kilda Road. It turns east into High Street, traversing via Prahran, Windsor, Armadale and Malvern to its terminus at Malvern Road, Glen Iris.

## Operation

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Route 6 is operated out of Brunswick and Malvern depots with Z, B, D1 and D2 class trams.[5][6][7][8] On 30 November 2002, the first D class trams entered service on the route.[9][10]

## Route map

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Route 6

Moreland \- Glen Iris
via Brunswick, City & Armadale
Free tram zone covers stops 8 to 13, fare zone 1 applies from stop 133 to 112, 14 to 53

Legend

| Suburb

Street

| Stop

No.

|  | Moreland |

Connections

|  |

|  |

| Coburg

Cameron Street

133

|  | Moreland
|  |

|  |  | Sydney Road

Tram 19

| Coburg North

Flinders Street station

Moreland Street

132

|  | Sydney Road

131

|  | De Carle Street

130

|  | Barrow Street
|  |

|  |  | Nicholson Street

Tram 1

| East Coburg

| Brunswick East

Nicholson Street

129

|  | Moreland Road  |

1;  510

Holmes Street

128

|  | Mitchell Street

127

|  | Albion Street  |

503

126

|  | Stewart Street

Lygon Street

125

|  | Blyth Street  |

508

124

|  | Victoria Street

123

|  | Albert Street

122

|  | Glenlyon Road  |

506

121

|  | Weston Street

120

|  | Brunswick Road  |

504

| Carlton North

Lygon Street

118

|  | Pigdon Street

117

|  | Richardson Street

116

|  | Fenwick Street

115

|  | Melbourne Cemetery

114

|  | Princes Street  |

546

| Carlton

Lygon Street

113

|  | Lytton Street

Elgin Street

112

|  | Lygon Street |

200, 207

Swanston Street

|  | Melbourne University |

| 1, 3, 5, 16

64, 67, 72
;  401, 402

403, 546

|  | Lincoln Square

|  | Queensberry Street
|  |

|  |  | Victoria Street

No Service

| Melbourne CBD

Swanston Street

|  | RMIT University
|  |

|  |  | La Trobe Street

Tram 30, City Circle

| Exhibition Street

Harbour Esplanade

|  |

|  |  | Melbourne Central station

●●●●●●●●●●●●●●

|  | Melbourne Central station |

30, City Circle

|  | Bourke Street Mall  |

86, 96;  | Lonsdale Street

buses

|  |

|  |  | Bourke Street

Tram 86, 96

| Melbourne Museum

Southern Cross station

|  |

|  |  | Collins Street

Tram 11, 12, 48, 109

| St Vincent's Plaza

Southern Cross station

|  | Collins Street |

11, 12, 48, 109

|  |

|  |  | Flinders Street

Tram 70, 75, City Circle

| Russell Street

Docklands

|  |

|  |  | Flinders Street station

●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●

|  | Flinders Street station |

70, 75, City Circle

| Southbank

St Kilda Road

|  | Arts Precinct |

1;  | 216, 219

220

|  |

|  |  | Southbank Boulevard

Tram 1

South Melbourne Beach

|  | Grant Street - Police Memorial

|  | Shrine of Remembrance
|  |

|  |  | Park Street

Tram 58

West Coburg

| Melbourne

St Kilda Road

|  | Anzac Station |

|  |

|  |  | Domain Road

No Service (Temporary Closure)

|  | Bowen Crescent

|  | Toorak Road |

|  |

|  |  | Toorak Road

Tram 58

| Toorak

|  | Arthur Street

|  | Leopold Street

|  | Commercial Road  |

72;  216, 219, 220

|  |

|  |  | Commercial Road

Tram 72

| Camberwell

|  | Moubray Street

|  | High Street  |

3, 5, 16, 64, 67

|  |

|  |  | St Kilda Road

Tram 3, 5, 16, 64, 67

St Kilda Junction

| St Kilda

High Street

|  | Punt Road |

246

|  | Perth Street

|  | Prahran station
|  |

|  |  Prahran station ●

|  | Chapel Street |

|  |

|  |  | Chapel Street

Tram 78

| North Richmond

Balaclava

|  | Hornby Street

|  | The Avenue

|  | Lewisham Road

|  | Williams Road  |

216, 219

| Prahran

High Street

|  | Chatsworth Road

|  | Airlie Avenue

| Armadale

High Street

|  | Orrong Road  |

220

|  | Auburn Grove

|  | Armadale Street
|  |

|  |  Armadale station ●●●

|  | Kooyong Road  |

605

|  | Huntingtower Road

|  | Mercer Road

| Malvern

High Street

|  | Glenferrie Road |

|  |

|  |  | Glenferrie Road

Tram 16

| Kew

Melbourne University

|  | De La Salle College

|  | Fraser Street

|  | Dixon Street

| Malvern East

High Street

|  | Tooronga Road  |

624

|  | Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre

|  | Belmont Avenue

|  | Burke Road

|  | Boyanda Road

|  | Malvern Road  |

612, 734

|  |

|  |  Glen Iris station ●

| Suburb

Street

| Stop

No.

|  | Glen Iris |

Connections

|  |  |  |  |  |

## References

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1. ^ Milestones, 1911 - 1920 Yarra Trams
2. ^ Metro Tunnel to Transform Melbourne's Tram Network Minister for Public Transport 25 October 2016
3. ^ Route changes Public Transport Victoria
4. ^ "New Tram Timetable". Newsrail. Vol. 45, no. 6\. Vic: ARHS Victoria Division. June 2017. p. 182\. ISSN 0310-7477. OCLC 19676396.
5. ^ Brunswick Depot Vicsig
6. ^ Malvern Depot Vicsig
7. ^ Facts & figures Yarra Trams
8. ^ Route 6 Yarra Trams
9. ^ Metros Railway Gazette International January 2003 page 14
10. ^ News in Brief Railway Digest February 2003 page 14

## External links

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Media related to Melbourne tram route 6 at Wikimedia Commons

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* 1
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* 5
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* 11
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* 16
* 19
* 30
* 35
* 48
* 57
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* 59
* 64
* 67
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* 72
* 75
* 78
* 82
* 86
* 96
* 109

Former routes|

* 3a
* 8
* 24
* 31
* 55
* 68
* 79
* 95
* 112

Current trams|

* W
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* C
* D
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Future trams|

* G

Former trams|

* A
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* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* X
* X1
* X2
* Y
* Y1

Current operator|

* Yarra Trams
* Yarra Journey Makers

Former operators|

| Tramway trusts|

* Fitzroy, Northcote & Preston
* Footscray
* Hawthorn
* Melbourne, Brunswick & Coburg
* Prahran & Malvern

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Private operators|

* North Melbourne Electric Tramway & Lighting Company

Government owned|

* Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board
* Metropolitan Transit Authority
* Public Transport Corporation
* Victorian Railways

Franchises|

* Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company
* M>Tram
* TransdevTSL
* Keolis Downer

Tourist services|

* City Circle tram
* Colonial Tramcar Restaurant

Current depots|

* Brunswick
* Camberwell
* Essendon
* Glenhuntly
* Kew
* Malvern
* Preston
* Southbank

Former depots|

* East Preston
* Hawthorn
* North Fitzroy
* South Melbourne

Future depots|

* Maidstone

Stops|

* Albert Park
* Anzac Station
* Beacon Cove
* Clarendon Street Junction
* Graham Street
* Melbourne University
* Middle Park
* Montague Street
* Moonee Ponds Junction
* North Port
* South Melbourne
* St Kilda Station
* St Vincent's Plaza

Miscellaneous|

* Balaclava Junction
* Classification system
* Domain Interchange
* Haymarket roundabout
* Hook turn
* Karachi Tram
* Melbourne Art Trams
* Melbourne Cable Trams
* Proposed extensions
* St Kilda Junction
* Timeline
* Think Tram project
* VicTrack

Museums|

* Friends of Hawthorn Tram Depot
* Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association
* Tramway Museum Society of Victoria

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