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	Melbourne Trams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Melbourne’s trams give the city a distinctive character and provide a pleasant, environmentally friendly way of getting around: the City Circle is particularly convenient, and free.
		Trams run down the centre of the road, and stops are signposted; they often have central islands where you can wait, but if not, take care crossing the road.
		Many of the trams traversing Melbourne’s streets on a daily basis are vintage wooden ones.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/victoria/mel_trams.asp (282 words)

	Melbourne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state Victoria and the second largest city in Australia with a population of 3 366 (census 2001).
		Melbourne is a large commercial and industrial centre with many of Australia's largest and many multinational corporations (approximately one-third of the 100 largest operating in Australia as of 2002) headquartered there.
		Melbourne was founded in 1834 by a group of free settlers led by John Batman and John Fawkner unlike many of Australia's capital cities were founded as penal colonies (Adelaide is another notable exception).
	www.freeglossary.com /Melbourne (2929 words)

	Melbourne's Tram History
		The reluctant Railways then insisted that the tram be called a "Street Railway"; built it using the 5 ft 3 inch VR railway gauge instead of the proposed tramway standard gauge of 4 ft 8.5 inches, and connected it with the St Kilda Railway station instead of the cable tram terminus.
		He argued that trams would always attract more patronage than an equivalent bus service, and proved it in 1956 when the Bourke St bus service (which had replaced a cable tram line) was upgraded to a tram in time for the Olympic games, despite the wailing of the newpapers.
		By the mid 1970s, Melbourne could see how lucky she had been not to follow the fashions of the '50s, and even the conservative government, normally given to starving public transport to death, agreed to the purchase of new trams.
	www.railpage.org.au /tram/melbhist.html (1384 words)

	Smirnova: MELBOURNE
		Melbourne is the capital of the state of Victoria in Australia.
		Melbourne is renowned for its parks, fickle weather, clanging trams, upside-down river, football and its cosmopolitan outlook.
		Melbourne was founded in 1835 by John Batman and a group of businessmen who bought land from the local Aborigines for some trinkets.
	tlachtga.blogspot.com /2006/06/melbourne.html (665 words)

	Trams in Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		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.
		The tram model is an icon to the city and recognised by the National Trust of Australia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trams_in_Melbourne (1874 words)

	Melbourne Tram, Australia - Picture - MSN Encarta
		Melbourne Tram, Australia - Picture - MSN Encarta
		One of the cultural symbols of Melbourne, Australia, a green and yellow tram glides along on rails in the city.
		In a preservation act that attests to the importance of the trams in Melbourne’s cultural life, the National Trust classified some older trams as having historical significance.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461550117/Melbourne_Tram_Australia.html (70 words)

	Wheelchair Accessible Public Transport - Melbourne - Trams
		The usefulness of this tram, then, is dependant on the provision of a platform by Yarra Trams.
		The city ones are beside the tram track in the middle of the road, a little wider than the conventional waiting areas, with a ramp at each end (gradient about 1:12) and some shelter from rain.
		Tram 109 begins its run at Port Melbourne (Beacon Cove) along the light rail track and there are three or four stops on this stretch with raised wooden platforms.
	www.e-bility.com /articles/trams.shtml (985 words)

	Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Website: Disability Rights
		In Melbourne, trams carry around 35 per cent of all public transport boardings; in the city centre and city fringe areas trams carry virtually all of the relatively short distance 'distributor' trips that are made.
		Trams are designed to have long service lives, as confirmed by the results of a recent consultancy study conducted by the international firm Interfleet Technology Ltd, which indicated that Melbourne's modern-style trams (Z, A and B-class) could achieve service lives of at least 40 years.
		For trams, this design life is usually adjudged to be 30-35 years, and this is the basis of most design specifications and financial analyses of replacement options, as well as the most common minimum life for a tram quoted in worldwide references.
	www.hreoc.gov.au /disability_rights/exemptions/melbtram/melb_trams_appl.html (5013 words)

	Melbourne's Restaurant Trams
		Melbourne's famous Restaurant Trams, operated by the Colonial Tramcar Restaurant Company, have been a feature of Melbourne since the 1980's.
		The Restaurant tram stops at this location for around 20 minutes to allow patrons to stretch their legs before making the final leg of the trip back to near Casino West.
		The driver of 442 was waiting for the B2 tram on the right to pass by before departing.
	austtrams.tripod.com /restaurant/restaurant.htm (526 words)

	Surviving the Streets of Melbourne
		Melbourne and Sydney are the largest cities in Australia, each with about 3.5 million people, and apparently have something of a rivalry going.
		Melbourne, I guess, thinks of itself as more refined and cultured than Sydney, while folks in Sydney, known as "Sydneysiders," think people from Melbourne ("Melbournians?") are pretentious and snooty.
		In Melbourne, though, because of the trams, you turn right from the LEFT lane, which means you have to cut across several lanes of traffic in the process.
	www.delsjourney.com /travels_2001-02/story_list/oz/streets_of_melbourne.htm (540 words)

	Melbourne Cable Trams
		Melbourne was formerly served by one of the most extensive cable tram systems outside of the United States of America.
		Electric trams made their debut in 1906 and were mostly constructed to connect with the outer ends of the cable tram network, though some, such as the Hawthorn Tramways Trust line along Swan Street, were constructed into the City.
		Conversion of cable trams to electric tram commenced during the 1920's, with the conversion of the Swanston Street lines in 1925.
	www.angelfire.com /sc3/trams/cabtram/cabtram.htm (478 words)

	Melbtrip- a community Melbourne public transport website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Yarra trams is the operator of the Melbourne tram network.
		Melbourne has the third largest tram network in the world with an amazing 245 kilometres of double track.
		Trams run between 5am and 1am between Monday and Thursday, 5am to 2am Friday and Saturday and 7am to 12am Sunday.
	www.melbtrip.com /melbournetrams/index.html (310 words)

	City Circle tram service
		It is one of the later trams converted to the SW5 class, and is readily distinguishable by the full pane glass windows on the side passenger cabins.
		This tram was stored at this location as the Collins Street/Spencer Street junction was being reconstructed, thus isolating these trams from their normal route back to Southbank Depot.
		City Circle tram, W7 class 1011 is shown leaving the east entrance to Southbank Depot on Sunday 23 April 2000, while A1 tram 253 speeds by on its journey to Port Melbourne.
	austtrams.tripod.com /citycircle/citycircle.htm (924 words)

	Melbourne's Decorated Trams.
		After these trams were withdrawn in 1986, 12 SW5 class trams 682, 721, 722, 726, 731, 738, 758, 760, 802, 806, 816 and 829 became Transporting Art cars.
		Most of these trams are now in storage, here is the number of each tram and what its final advertising scheme was.
		As the colourful W class trams were withdrawn from service, modern trams of the A and B classes were painted in advertising schemes, the first being B2 2014 in November 1990 advertising a new housing development in Port Melbourne.
	www.angelfire.com /ca/austelec/decotram.html (498 words)

	Melbourne Trams and Traffic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As a driver I learn't very quickly that trams have the right of way.
		Some stops have no safety barrier and drivers must stop when the trams halt to let passengers board or alight.
		Another traffic control difference is the "Hook Turn" where you must wait in the left lane until the light on the street on to which you are turning turns green.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/rexmorrow/traftram.html (72 words)

	Melbourne's cable trams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Melbourne established cable trams in 1885, and the system grew to 75 km of double track and 1200 cars and trailers, the fourth largest cable system in the world.
		The Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company was granted a monopoly franchise from 1885 to 1916, after which the system was handed over to the government.
		Electric trams, when they started in Melbourne, were for the most part acting as feeders to the cable system.
	www.railpage.org.au /tram/cable.html (357 words)

	Urban Transport Technology - Melbourne Linking Victoria Project, Australia
		There are projects involving trams and light railway networks, regional rail upgrades, new roads and bypasses, park and ride facilities, Skybus super shuttle running to the airport and cycle paths.
		A recent development is the combining of all the Melbourne tram, bus and light rail companies under the banner of Metlink for the purpose of updating signs, providing information brochures and timetables for passengers, customer services via a common call centre and a common website.
		Tram route 109 is the start of a larger upgrade and is being used as a testing ground for the introduction of new initiatives and technology.
	www.urbantransport-technology.com /projects/australia (2473 words)

	Images of Melbourne - Trams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Trams have remained an integral part of Melbourne's public transport system since 1885.
		Above is the City Circle tram (free - no fares required) which is an example of the "class W" historic trams.
		Of a total of nearly 500 trams, over 50 historic class W trams are still in operation.
	home.iprimus.com.au /dennisu/ImagesOfMelbourneTrams.htm (51 words)

	Melbourne's Trams To The Millennium
		Melbourne's tramway system, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere and the eleventh largest in the world, comprises 244 route kilometers of track operated by 517 trams of six classes, both heritage and modern, running on the 1435 mm gauge.
		C class trams (Citadis) 31 trams, built in France in 2001 and numbered 3001 to 3031.
		Melbourne's tram services are operated from eight tram depots, four of which are controlled by each tram company.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Set/9507/melbtram.html (2131 words)

	Melbourne trams - current images (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 2001, the Moomba tramway parade concept along Swanston Street was continued, although the implementation was changed, with the trams commencing to operate from St Kilda Road and proceeding north along St Kilda Road and Swanston Street.
		Highlights of the Parade included the appearance of Sydney R class tram 1808 and the cable tram and grip unit from the Portland tramway.
		The cable tram set is seen leading the parade, followed by early electric toastrack tram V214.
	www.myweb.net.au /mottram/trams/moomba2001/moomba2001.htm (252 words)

	National Geographic Traveler Article: Melbourne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Melbourne may have grayer skies, and a muddy river in lieu of a glistening harbor, but no matter—nature’s withheld bounty has motivated Melbourne’s citizens to cultivate man-made pleasures.
		Melbourne’s distinctive electric trams, stately Victorian buildings, and stylish civic touches (including wrought-iron public toilet enclosures) also evoke a European ambience.
		Although Melbourne’s weather remains notoriously unpredictable, the climate rarely hits extremes: High temperatures average in the mid-50s (°F) in winter (June-Aug.) and in the upper 70s in summer (Dec.-Feb.).
	www.nationalgeographic.com /traveler/articles/1109melbourne.html (1049 words)

	Wheelchair Accessible Public Transport - Melbourne - Trams
		There seem to be two spaces in the middle of the tram where a wheelchair user can face front, keep out of the aisle and hold a rail for support.
		The city ones are beside the tram track in the middle of the road, a little wider than the conventional waiting areas, with a ramp at each end (gradient about 1:12) and some shelter from rain.
		Tram 109 begins its run at Port Melbourne (Beacon Cove) along the light rail track and there are three or four stops on this stretch with raised wooden platforms.
	e-bility.com /articles/trams.shtml (985 words)

	100 YEARS: Melbourne Trams on Display! - SkyscraperCity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Melbourne's trams give the city a lot of character, not to mention an excellent and efficient public transport network.
		Melbourne's first electric and cable trams began operation in 1885, although the electric line that operated from Box Hill Railway Station to Doncaster Hill only operated for eleven years.
		Eventually, most of the cable tram routes were converted to electric tramways, and the remainder were replaced with buses.
	skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=398806 (1030 words)

	wclasstrams.com
		Melbourne tram network until the withdrawal program of W2's commenced in 1960 for a short while, soon after it
		W2 class, this tram was the W5 class which was almost identical to the interior of the W2 class, however this tram
		of Infrastructure (D.O.I) this tram is to be
	wclasstrams.com /index.html (3190 words)

	Grim outlook for Melbourne's trams - National - theage.com.au
		MELBOURNE'S trams cannot withstand the delay and disruption caused by rising traffic congestion and could be gone within 25 years.
		Projects to speed up trams on Clarendon Street in South Melbourne and Collins Street in the city have met angry resistance from local traders, upset at the loss of kerbside car spaces and the visual obstruction of new tram "superstops".
		During the next two decades all tram stops will need to comply with the act, a process that often requires narrowing roads and building platform stops — both of which are expensive and contentious.
	www.theage.com.au /news/national/grim-outlook-for-melbournes-trams/2005/11/07/1131212008015.html (613 words)

	Preston Tram Workshop
		On the corner of St George’s Road and Miller Street is the birthplace of Melbourne’s iconic W class tram fleet.
		If called on, they could start building the W class trams again using all the original equipment, including a bench for silk-screening destination rolls and the original 1920s crane for lifting heritage vehicles.
		He laments ‘We’ve had a dearth of good tram stories lately’ but hopes that the workshop might gain support from a state Labor government that is yet to find its legacy.
	www.kitezh.com /trams/preston.htm (1142 words)

	Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Website: Disability Rights
		It should be noted that replacing trams at the expiry of their "design life" would in itself represent significantly earlier replacement than might otherwise be undertaken, since in practice trams can serve and have in fact served considerably beyond an original or notional design life.
		Whether actions of the Victorian authorities in acquiring inaccessible trams after 1981 or after March 1993 were unlawful under Victorian law or the DDA, or whether it was or is unlawful not to have refitted trams already acquired for accessibility, does not require determination in the present proceeding.
		However, a substantial number of existing low-floor trams that are appreciated for their ease of use by the whole community appears the best guarantee of continuation of the fleet replacement program, thereby achieving maximum accessibility in the shortest possible period.
	www.hreoc.gov.au /disability_rights/exemptions/melbtram/melbourne_trams_reasons.html (8029 words)

	Transportation in Melbourne : Discount Melbourne Hotels, Victoria, Australia
		Melbourne Airport has a number of facilities and offers various transportation options, including a shuttle bus service to the city, taxi hire, as well as car rentals.
		Flinders Street Station is the center of Melbourne's train system, and all metropolitan trains begin or end their journey there.
		Melbourne's bus network links with trains and trams, as well as services other destinations overlooked by either train or tram.
	www.melbournehotelpro.com /transportation.htm (256 words)

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