Melbourne tram route 79

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North Richmond - St Kilda

Route Information
Route Number	79
Number of stops	32
Timetables	Link
Route Map	Link
Zone Location
Zone 1
Entire route

Tram route 79 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs from North Richmond to St Kilda Beach through the suburbs of South Yarra, Prahran, Windsor, Balaclava, and St, Kilda. Like most tram routes in Melbourne, it is entirely within Metcard ticketing Zone 1.

This route is run from the Glenhuntly Tram Depot mainly by W class trams, with the occasional Z class.

[edit] Route

There are 32 stops on route 79, which are numbered in decreasing order from Richmond.

Starts at Victoria St Terminus, North Richmond, then runs via:

• Church Street (stops 65-53)
  • Victoria Street, tram routes 24 and 109 (stop 65)
  • Bridge Road, tram routes 48 and 75 (stop 61)
  • Swan Street, tram route 70 (stop 57)
  • East Richmond Station (stop 56)
• Chapel Street (stop 52-37)
  • Toorak Road, tram route 8 (stop 50)
  • Jam Factory (stop 48)
  • Commercial Road, Prahran Market tram route 72 (stop 47)
  • Prahran Town Hall (stop 46)
  • High Street, Swinburne University, tram route 6 (stop 45)
  • Windsor Station (stop 43)
  • Dandenong Road, Astor Theatre, tram routes 5 and 64 (stop 42)
  • tram routes 3 and 16 (stop 37)
• Carlisle Street (stop 36-32)
  • St Kilda Town Hall and library (stop 36)
  • St Kilda Road, tram route 67 (stop 35)
  • Acland Street, Luna Park, tram route 96 (stop 31)

[edit] Maps and timetables

• Official timetables
• Official route map
• Official tram network map
• Melbourne tram and train network map from railmaps.com.au

[edit] See also

• Trams in Melbourne
• Transportation in Australia

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