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  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Trams in Melbourne
Soon a Melbourne cable tramway system was running from the city to nearby suburbs, but as the city grew the technical limits of the cable tram system became apparent, and electric trams were developed for lines to more distant suburbs.
After World War II other Australian cities began to replace their trams with buses, and by the 1970s Melbourne was the only Australian city with a major tram network (there is one tramline in Adelaide, running down to Glenelg, and there are also tourist tramlines in Bendigo and several other cities around Australia).
Melbourne resisted the trend, partly because Melbourne's wide streets and geometric street pattern makes trams more practicable than in many other cities, partly because of resistance from the unions, and partly because the Chairman of the MMTB, Sir Robert Risson, successfully argued that the cost of ripping up the concrete-embedded tram tracks would be prohibitive.
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  D1 class Melbourne tram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The D1 class, or Combino (affectionately known as "Bambino"), electric tram operates in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The D1 class is a 3-section tram and can be found on Melbourne's southeastern and inner tram routes.
Tram D1.3507 has been shipped to Siemens in Germany being rebuilt, due to arrive back in Melbourne in 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/D1_class_Melbourne_tram   (219 words)

  
 D1 class Melbourne tram at AllExperts
Tram but are now operated by Yarra Trams The D1 class is a 3-section tram and can be found on Melbournes southeastern and inner tram routes They are all based at Malvern Victoria tram depotThe trams feature plug-type doors next-stop display and several other features The t">
The D1 class, or Combino (affectionately known as "Bambino"), electric tram operates in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The D1 class is a 3-section tram and can be found on Melbourne's southeastern and inner tram routes.
en.allexperts.com /e/d/d/d1_class_melbourne_tram.htm   (425 words)

  
 Melbourne tram route 72   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Tram route 72 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
It runs from the University of Melbourne in the city centre to Camberwell in the eastern suburbs.
Route 72 is primarily made up of D1 class trams, based at Malvern depot.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/melbourne_tram_route_72   (312 words)

  
 D1 class Melbourne tram - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Tram D1.3507 has been shipped to Siemens in Germany being rebuilt, due to arrive back in Melbourne in 2005.
Image:D1 Combino tram interior.jpg All D1 Class Trams have a traction braking controller with an intergral deadman's trigger that the driver must release and reapply every minute.
Originally the driver could hold it down continuoulsy while the tram was moving, if the driver took their hand off, an alarm would sound, followed soon by track brake application.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/D1_class_Melbourne_tram   (349 words)

  
 Melbourne Information
Melbourne was founded in 1834 by a group of free settlers led by John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner, unlike many of Australia's capital cities which were founded as Penal colonypenal colonies (Adelaide is another notable exception).
Melbourne's train fleet consists of the common Comeng trains, recently refurbished, and the older Hitachi (train)Hitachi trains, which are not Air conditioningair conditioned and, in the city's summer heat, despised by commuters.
Melbourne is a sprawling metropolis, and many suburbs beyond the inner and middle metropolitan areas are not covered by its tram or train networks.
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 Melbourne - Result for Melbourne - Meaning of Melbourne - Definition of Melbourne - Dictionary of Meaning - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Melbourne is a large Commerce commercial and Industry industrial centre, with many of Australia's largest companies, and many multinational corporation s (approximately one-third of the 100 largest multinationals operating in Australia as of 2002) headquartered there.
Melbourne is built on the land of the Kulin nation, the original Australian Aborigines Aboriginal inhabitants of the area.
Melbourne's train fleet consists of the common Comeng trains, recently refurbished, and the older Hitachi (train) Hitachi trains, which are not Air conditioning air conditioned and, in the city's summer heat, despised by commuters.
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 I 95 Route Map   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Melbourne tram route 5 Tram route 5 Tram route 5 Tram route 5 is a public transport service in Melbourne, it is entirely within Metcard ticketing Zone 1.
Melbourne tram route 5 is a public transport service in Melbourne, it is entirely within Metcard ticketing Zone 1.
Melbourne tram route 5 is primarily made up of D1 and D2 class trams, based at Malvern depot.
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It is also often found that the refuse from different parts of the same town varies considerably—that from the poorest quarters frequently proving of greater calorific value than that from those parts occupied by the rich and middle classes.
This has been attributed to the more extravagant habits of the working classes in neglecting to sift the ashes from their fires before disposing of them in the ash-bin.
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 Parks & Gardens
Melbourne also boasts large amounts of parkland with open spaces, trees and room for a wide range of activities.
A favourite recreation for the early European inhabitants of Melbourne was to make their way to the top of Burial Hill (now Flagstaff Gardens) and enjoy the view of the 'Blue Lake'.
His plan did not particularly allow for the preservation natural parks and bushland (the Blue Lake became the public utility of a railway yard) but parts of Studley Park still provide natural bushland within a short distance of the city and part of Royal Park is now being redeveloped as native parkland.
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 D1 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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 D1 Information
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In town and country planning in the UK, D1 is the code for permission to use specific land or premises for non-residential institutions (schools, libraries, surgeries, libraries).
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 Web Archive Copy: Report to the Minister for Commonwealth Games on the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
Melbourne is one of the lowest-density cities in the world and continues to extend its boundaries as its population grows.
These demands range from handling arrivals and departures at Melbourne airport and transporting visitors to the city; moving the Games’ family (athletes, support staff and officials) and other visitors between accommodation and venues; providing for large numbers of spectators simultaneously moving to and from events running concurrently.
In addition, Melbourne has the experience of staging major sporting events that require moving large numbers of spectators to and from venues, such as the Grand Prix.
www.ausport.gov.au /fulltext/2002/vic/CG_advisory_committee_report.asp   (14116 words)

  
 Agent FareEvader's Hecho En Mexico - Boldly going where no-one else wants to   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A few kilometres to the right is the Malvern Tram Depot, and to the left is the hilly upper class suburbs of Hawthorn, Kew and Camberwell.
This 5'3" gauge tram line was unique in that it shared the irish broad gauge with the railways instead of the standard gauge of most other passenger tram systems in victoria at the time.
The line was frequented by the E and occasional L class electric locomotives, Taits, dog-boxes and CM parcels motors (all loosely but endearingly classified as "Red Rattlers") on freight work to and from the old Spur line at Mont Park (Junctured at Macleod), Hurstbridge, and the old APM siding to the Paper Mill at Fairfield.
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 Ancestors of Colin Darby
Elizabeth Catherine OGILVY was born on 5 Mar 1860 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and died in 1898 in Armadale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, at age 38.
Maude OGILVY was born on 3 Dec 1880 in Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died on 28 Aug 1979 in Armidale, NSW, Australia, at age 98, and was buried in Armidale Cemetery, NSW, Australia.
Elizabeth Ogilvy CURWEN was born in 1889 in Armadale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and died in 1976 in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, at age 87.
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 Tram Town   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I read that Melbourne has the third biggest tram network in the world and have spent some time finding the bigger two.
Melbourne has 250kms of track and 400 cars.
Like an argument between enthusiasts about whether the new Siemens trams should be called D1 and D2 class or D3 and D5 class.
tramtown.blogspot.com /2003_05_01_tramtown_archive.html   (4196 words)

  
 Transportdillo.com - Combino
The first prototype was produced in 1996 at the Duewag works in Düsseldorf, however the trams are currently made in Krefeld-Uerdingen.
Because of its modular design, the Combino was one of the most successful tram types for a while.
The tram is largely made out of aluminium, with a welded underframe to which the body framework is bolted in sections, which means that the Combino can easily be adopted to different lengths, widths and gauges.
www.transportdillo.com /trolley/Combino.php   (622 words)

  
 Confused newb - Railpage Australia™ Forums (Trams and Light Rail)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
These are being withdrawn on a 2:1 basis as the new D Class trams arrived.
B1 Class - 2 of these were built as prototypes in 1984-85 to test articulated trams in Melbourne.
The first W's to have S added to their class were the handful of W2's fitted with sliding doors.
www.railpage.com.au /f-p35129.htm   (2533 words)

  
 Tour Guide To Melbourne
Melbourne is a City of 3.2 million people, made up of over 110 ethnic groups.
Focused around a central business district (CBD), Melbourne's 7800 sq km of suburbs spread more than 40km to the south, are bordered by the picturesque Dandenong Ranges 30km to the east, extend up to 20km to the north and sprawl across vast basalt plains to the west.
The climate of the area is influenced by Melbourne's location at the apex of one of the world's largest bays, Port Phillip.
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 Selective Vehicle Priority Methods
On detection of a tram approaching a junction, priority phases can be called to either clear the queue ahead of the tram or to provide a phase extension.
Trams in the German city of Duisburg are given priority at signals (Lange and Lenzen, 1997) using a system based on roadside beacons and infrared communications.
When the tram reaches certain positions it sends a message to the signal controller which is then able to calculate an optimal intervention which gives priority to the tram and minimises the resulting loss in green time to other traffic.
www.its.leeds.ac.uk /projects/spruce/utmc1rev.html   (15089 words)

  
 Australian Architecture Discussion :: View topic - Melbourne's Tram System
Today, Melbourne's network is the fourth largest in the world with 478 trams servicing 30 routes and covering approzimately 500 kilometres of track.
In 1962 the MMTB proposed a scheme for trams in the city area to be placed underground.
If the new trams are freed up to service suburban north-south routes, then the old trams can be used to give the inner city back some character.
www.walkingmelbourne.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=275   (1276 words)

  
 FFC: Local Rites, Chapter 1 - Paul Daffey
Doctor June Senyard, a Melbourne University historian and former president of the Fitzroy History Society, said that by 1966 the proportion of Australian-born residents in Fitzroy was less than 50 per cent.
In 1982, the walls surrounding the ground were knocked down and, for the first time in Melbourne, a park was created from a former league football ground.
Tolliday was a lifelong Fitzroy supporter and a member of the Amateurs executive before he left Melbourne for Brisbane in the late '60s.
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 Explore MOTAT, Auckland's Museum of Transport and Technology
Tram stops are situations at MOTAT's Great North Road Entrance, Motions Road Corner and Auckland Zoo.
No.252 was the last ‘first generation’ tram to run in NZ streets in a ceremonial parade on 2 May 1964.
All of this class were later (1928–33) converted to W2 form with three entrances on each side.
www.motat.org.nz /collections/trams.htm   (1869 words)

  
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The new Melbourne Exhibition Centre, which I haven't been in before, was very impressive.
But once you're off the tram and on the street, in little ways it's like a different world.
Please check that the date shown, your fancy dress, and the tram you are on are correct before drinking yourself into a stupor, stripping, throwing yourself at the conductor and bellowing the theme from Thomas The Tank Engine.
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 Colliers International: Find a Property
Tram no.3, 17 and very good accessibility to the city ring road
Fully refurbished Seven-store office building situated in the commercial part of Prague 4 with very good accessibility to the highway D1 and public transport.
The D1 highway and metro station provide excellent accessibility.
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 Melbourne hotels : Quest On William Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Hotel description, reviews, deals from ...
Quest on William Melbourne is a quality alternative to traditional accommodation, offering guests a spacious apartment for the price of a hotel or motel room.
Located at 172 William Street, between Bourke and Little Bourke Streets, Quest on William is at the heart of the legal and banking precincts.
Melbourne's key attractions, including Crown Casino and the Southbank area, Telstra Dome and Docklands, the National Gallery and Arts Centre, World Trade Centre, Queen Victoria Market, Chinatown and Melbourne Museum, are all within walking distance or, if you prefer, a short tram ride.
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 AutoWeb - Volkswagen Opens Transparent Factory in Dresden and Names Project D1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
DresdenÂ’s municipal tram network plays an integral role for Volkswagen as specially developed tram cars (CarGoTram) are used to carry prefabricated parts from the Logistics Centre outside the city to the Transparent Factory.
The idea of a brand new and truly unique automotive plant in the heart of one of EuropeÂ’s most beautiful cities was turned into reality by Gunter Henn, the group of architects responsible for VolkswagenÂ’s similarly remarkable Autostadt complex which is part of the companyÂ’s worldwide headquarters in Wolfsburg.
VolkswagenÂ’s Phaeton luxury class vehicle will be built behind 27,500 square metres of glazed facades in a production area covering 55,000 square metres.
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 SpokesmanReview.com
MELBOURNE, Australia – Andre Agassi overcame a record number of aces from Joachim Johannson on Sunday and set up an Australian Open quarterfinal against defending champion and top-ranked Roger Federer.
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 D1 - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
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