Melbourne tram route 3

Melbourne tram route 3 is operated by

On 12 November 1961, trams operating on Route 3 (Route 4D before 1970) on Sunday were replaced by bus route 377 to save operating costs. Sunday trams were reinstated on 8 August 1993 following the abolition of conductors.[2]

Route 3 was allocated to the line between the City (

During the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the route was renumbered 53 and extended to West Coburg during peak hour and the Dudley Street sidings during off peak, from Domain Interchange, along route 55 to alleviate congestion along St Kilda Road.^[5]

On 31 January 2009, route 3 was altered on the weekends to form route 3a, diverting from the regular route at St Kilda Junction and travelling via Fitzroy Street, The Esplanade and Carlisle Street to rejoin the regular route at the corner of St Kilda Road and Carlisle Street. This was to alleviate overcrowding on route 16.^[6][7] Route 3a ceased operations after 29 October 2023, and all services operate as route 3 throughout the week.^[8]

Route

Between 31 January 2009 and 29 October 2023, on weekends, route 3 ran as route 3a, diverting from the regular route at St Kilda Junction and travelling via St Kilda on Fitzroy Street, The Esplanade and Carlisle Street, passing St Kilda Beach and Luna Park before rejoining the regular route at the corner of St Kilda Road and Carlisle Street.^[6][7]

Operation

Route 3 (and formerly 3a) is operated out of

Route map

v t e Melbourne Tram Route 3
Caulfield North Free tram zone covers stops 8 to 13, fare zone 1 applies from stop 1 to 7, 14 to 64
Suburb Street Stop No. Melbourne University Connections continues as Tram 1 & 6 towards East Coburg & Moreland Carlton Swanston Street 1 Melbourne University 1, 5, 6, 16 64, 67, 72 ; 401, 402 403, 546 3 Lincoln Square 4 Queensberry Street Victoria Street No Service Melbourne CBD Swanston Street 7 RMIT University La Trobe Street Tram 30, City Circle Exhibition Street   Harbour Esplanade ● 8 Melbourne Central station 30, City Circle 10 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 11 Collins Street 11, 12, 48, 109 Flinders Street Tram 70, 75, City Circle Russell Street   Docklands ● 13 Flinders Street station 70, 75, City Circle Southbank St Kilda Road 14 Arts Precinct 1; 216, 219 220 Southbank Boulevard Tram 1     South Melbourne Beach 17 Grant Street - Police Memorial 19 Shrine of Remembrance Park Street Tram 58     West Coburg Melbourne St Kilda Road 20 Anzac Station 58 Domain Road No Service (Temporary Closure) 21 Bowen Crescent 22 Toorak Road 58 Toorak Road Tram 58 Toorak   23 Arthur Street 24 Leopold Street 25 Commercial Road 72; 216, 219, 220 Commercial Road Tram 72 Camberwell   26 Moubray Street 27 High Street High Street Tram 6 Glen Iris   29 Union Street St Kilda St Kilda Road 30 St Kilda Junction 5, 16, 64 Dandenong Road Tram 5, 64 Malvern/Brighton East   Fitzroy Street Tram 16     St Kilda 31 Barkly Street 32 Alma Road 33 Argyle Street 34 Inkerman Street 35 Carlisle Street Brighton Road Tram 67     Carnegie Brighton Road 67 Balaclava Carlisle Street 36 St Kilda Town Hall 37 Chapel Street 78 Chapel Street Tram 78 North Richmond   Balaclava 38 Balaclava station ● 39 Orange Grove   Balaclava Road 40 Hotham Street 216, 219 Caulfield North Balaclava Road 41 Empress Road 42 Sidwell Avenue 43 Orrong Road 220 44 Ontario Street 45 Kent Grove 46 Kooyong Road 605 47 Elmhurst Road 51 Hawthorn Road 16, 64 Hawthorn Road Tram 16, 64 Kew   Brighton East 52 Caulfield Park Bowling Club 53 Caulfield Park 54 Kambrook Road 55 Normanby Road   Normanby Road 56 Caulfield Racecourse 624   Sir John Monash Drive 57 Caulfield station ●   Derby Road 58 Dandenong Road Malvern East Dandenong Road 59 Waverley Road   Waverley Road 60 Burke Road 624 61 Tennyson Street 62 The Avenue 63 Oak Grove 64 Darling Road 624 Suburb Street Stop No. Malvern East Connections

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