Melbourne tram route 72
Route 72 | |||
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Melbourne University - Camberwell | |||
Overview | |||
System | Melbourne | ||
Operator | Yarra Trams | ||
Depot | Malvern | ||
Vehicle | Z3 class D1 class | ||
Predecessors | Route 7 | ||
Route | |||
Locale | Melbourne, Australia | ||
Start | Melbourne University | ||
Via | Carlton Melbourne CBD (Swanston St) Southbank South Yarra Toorak Malvern Glen Iris Hawthorn East Camberwell Kew | ||
End | Camberwell | ||
Length | 16.8 km (10.4 mi) | ||
Service | |||
Journey time | 55-75 minutes | ||
Operates | Daily | ||
Zone(s) | Free Zone: Stops 8-13 Myki Zone 1: Stops 1-8, 14-70 | ||
Annual patronage | 6.2 million | ||
Timetable | Route 72 timetable | ||
Map | Route 72 map | ||
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Melbourne tram route 72 is operated by Yarra Trams on the Melbourne tram network. It operates from Melbourne University to Camberwell. The 16.8 kilometre route is operated by Z and D class trams from Malvern depot.[1][2]
Route 72 was originally known as route 7. When its base of operations was moved from Malvern depot to Camberwell depot in October 1970 for a short period, it became route 72 in keeping with that depot's numbering scheme (routes 70 and 75 being the other routes based at Camberwell depot).[3][4] The route was subsequently returned to Malvern depot in 1979, but kept its new number as the route 7 designation had been given to a shortened version of route 6 (also based at Malvern depot).[5]
In response to the State Government's Melbourne 2030 planning policy, the Public Transport Users Association lobbied to extend route 72 north to Doncaster Road and Ivanhoe station, and south to Caulfield.[6]
Map
Template:BS-mapReferences
- ^ Facts & figures Yarra Trams
- ^ Route 72 Yarra Trams
- ^ History of Melbourne Trams Routes from 1950 to 2009 Yarra Trams
- ^ History of Melbourne Trams Routes from 1950 to 2009 Yarra Trams
- ^ "City Section" Trolley Wire issue 183 August 1979 page 19
- ^ "The Real Transport Challenges: A Call for a Vision" (PDF), Public Transport Users Association, p. 56, retrieved 2011-11-03
External links
- Media related to Melbourne tram route 72 at Wikimedia Commons
- Route 72 map
- Route 72 timetable