City Circle tram

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City Circle tram

The City Circle tram , also City Circle (tourist) tram (short Circle tram or Circle line ) or Line 35 , is a special line of the Melbourne tram that circles the center of the city of Melbourne ( Australia ), the so-called Central Business District (CBD); transportation is free of charge.

history

The tram line with the number 35 (until mid-2003 number 00) was put into operation on April 28, 1994. It has been running free of charge with historical cars since the end of April 1994, the costs are borne by the state. From the beginning, historic “W class trams”, built between 1923 and 1956, have been running on the route. The route at that time was shorter than it is today: until 2003 it ended in the west in Spencer Street, but was then extended to Docklands and ran through the Harbor Esplanade; at the same time, a detour via Docklands Drive to Waterfront City was created on the northwest corner.

Route

Ian Potter Center and Australian Center for the Moving Image, both Federation Sq.

The route of the City Circle Line has been describing a rectangle about 2000 by 750 meters since 2003, for which the western boundary was relocated from Spencer Street to the harbor. This area is bounded to the south by Flinders Street (which runs along the banks of the Yarra River) and to the east by Spring Street (with the House of Parliament ). La Trobe Street (which comes quite close to Chinatown Melbourne) runs to the north and the Harbor Esplanade at Victoria Harbor and the so-called Docklands district to the west ; from the northwest corner, for example from the Etihad Stadium, a nearly 500 meter long stretch leads to Waterfront City. The line runs in both directions at intervals of around twelve minutes on almost every day of the year; the journey takes around an hour. You can get on and off at any time at any of the 28 stops.

The rectangle on which line 35 runs includes not only office buildings but also several shopping miles as well as countless restaurants, bars and hotels. Of particular interest to Melbourne's visitors are a number of sights that can be easily reached with the City Tram: The House of Parliament and St. Patrick's Cathedral , the Old Melbourne Gaol Museum and the State Library of Victoria (with Chinatown, only insignificantly away), Etihad Stadium (apart from sporting events also concerts), Victoria Harbor with Waterfront City and Docklands, banks on the Yarra River , Melbourne Aquarium , Flinders Street Station, St. Paul's Cathedral , Federation Square with the Ian Potter Center , Australian Center for the Moving Image (ACMI) and (accessible via a bridge) Southbank Promenade and Eureka Skydeck .

Free tram zone

The concept of free public transport in Melbourne's city center does not only apply to the City Circle Tram. On January 1, 2015, the area of ​​line 35 (Spring Street, Flinders Street, Harbor Promenade and La Trobe Street) was declared a "Free Tram Zone" and the free transport was extended to other tram lines in this area. This includes nearby streets that cross Queen Victoria Market.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tram projects and programs. W-Class trams , online at: webarchive.loc.gov /../. Transport.vic.gov.au / ...
  2. ↑ a b HISTORY OF MELBOURNE TRAM ROUTES FROM 1950 to 2009 , online at: yarratrams.com.au / ... ( Memento from February 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b c City Circle Tram | Free Tourist Tram , online at: onlymelbourne.com.au/
  4. ↑ City Circle Tram, Melbourne , online. inspirock.com / ...
  5. ↑ City Circle Tram 35 Melbourne , online at: neuseelandaustralien.de / ...
  6. ↑ a b Visiting Melbourne. Free city services , online at: ptv.vic.gov.au/.../#p8
  7. ↑ City Circle Tram 35 , map of the Free Tram Zone, online at: static.ptv.vic.gov.au/.../map
  8. ↑ Fare changes for 1 January 2015 , online at: ptv.vic.gov.au/.../2015

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