The Melbourne tramway network is a tramway system serving the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The tramway network is centred around the Melbourne central business district (CBD) and consists of approximately 1,700 tram stops across 24 routes. It is the largest operational urban tram network in the world and one of the most used, with more than 500 trams and 250 kilometres of double tram track. It served a patronage of 206 million over the year 2017-2018. Trams are the second most utilised form of public transport in Melbourne after the city's metropolitan commuter railway network.
E-class trams on Bourke Street in 2013
A tram car passes the Federal Coffee Palace at the south-west corner of Collins and King streets, circa 1890.
Cable tram (dummy and trailer) on Lonsdale Street, circa 1905
Melbourne's first cable tram service on 11 November 1885
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia. Its name generally refers to a 9,993 km2 (3,858 sq mi) metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area.
Image: Melburnian Skyline
Image: Flinders Street Station Melbourne March 2021
Image: Shrine of Remembrance 1 (cropped)
Image: 2017 AFL Grand Final panorama during national anthem (cropped)
