Melbourne tram route 6

Melbourne tram route 6 is operated by

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

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

v t e 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 1 Melbourne University 1, 3, 5, 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 3, 5, 16, 64, 67 St Kilda Road Tram 3, 5, 16, 64, 67    St Kilda Junction St Kilda High Street 28 Punt Road 246 29 Perth Street 30 Prahran station ● 31 Chapel Street 78 Chapel Street Tram 78 North Richmond   Balaclava 32 Hornby Street 33 The Avenue 34 Lewisham Road 35 Williams Road 216, 219 Prahran High Street 36 Chatsworth Road 37 Airlie Avenue Armadale High Street 38 Orrong Road 220 39 Auburn Grove 40 Armadale Street ● 41 Kooyong Road 605 42 Huntingtower Road 43 Mercer Road Malvern High Street 44 Glenferrie Road 16 Glenferrie Road Tram 16 Kew   Melbourne University 45 De La Salle College 46 Fraser Street 47 Dixon Street Malvern East High Street 48 Tooronga Road 624 49 Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre 50 Belmont Avenue 51 Burke Road 52 Boyanda Road 53 Malvern Road 612, 734 ● Suburb Street Stop No. Glen Iris Connections

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