Yarra Trams is the trading name of the operator of the tram network in Melbourne, Australia, which is owned by VicTrack and leased to Yarra Trams by the Victorian Department of Transport and Planning. The current franchise is operated by Keolis Downer. As at May 2014, Yarra Trams operate 487 trams, across 26 tram routes and a free City Circle tourist tram, over 1,763 tram stops. With 250 km (155.3 mi) of double track, Melbourne's tram network is the largest in the world.
Yarra Trams
B2 2104 on Swanston Street in an early TransdevTSL livery
C-class Melbourne tram in TransdevTSL livery
W6 983 on Victoria Parade
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