Melbourne tram route 19

Route 19
North Coburg - City (Elizabeth St)
D2 5001 in Elizabeth St on a route 19 to Flinders St, in PTV livery, 2013
Overview
System	Melbourne tramway network
Operator	Yarra Trams
Depot	Brunswick[1]
Vehicle	B2 class
Route
Locale	Melbourne, Australia
Start	North Coburg
Via	Coburg Brunswick Parkville
End	Melbourne CBD (Elizabeth St)
Length	10.2 km (6.3 mi)[1]
Zone(s)	Zone 1 for the entire route
Annual patronage	11.4 million[2]
Timetable	Route 19 timetable
Map	Route 19 map
Route map Route 16 ←   → Route 24

Tram route 19 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs from Flinders Street in the city centre to North Coburg in the northern suburbs. It runs through the suburbs of Melbourne, Parkville, Brunswick, Coburg, and Coburg North. Like most tram routes in Melbourne, it is entirely within myki ticketing Zone 1.

Overview

As this tram route is one of the most patronised in Melbourne, the VicRoads Think>Tram initiative was instated along this route to help increase ontime running. Yellow dividers are now bolted along Royal Parade forming a tram lane on road space which was previously shared by cars. Further Think Tram initiatives included signage improvements along the route and right-turn bans and turn priorities along Sydney Road. The route is operated by B2 class trams.

This route is especially busy during University semester times, serving the western side of Melbourne University and the Parkville (Pharmacy) campus of Monash University, while the route also passes through one of the most diverse areas in Melbourne, with Lebanese, Greek, Italian and some Asian restaurants and shops along Sydney Road.

An extension to Fawkner was first planned by the The Melbourne, Brunswick and Coburg Tramways Trust in 1916, but never came to fruition.^[3] This extension has been brought up since, most recently by the Victorian Greens during the 2010 state election.^[4]

Route

There are 40 stops on route 19.

Starts at intersection of Flinders and Elizabeth Streets, opposite Flinders Street Station (stop 1 - interchange), then runs via:

• Elizabeth Street (stops 1 - 9)
  • Collins Street, tram routes 11, 12, 48 and 109 (stop 2)
  • Bourke Street, GPO, tram routes 86 and 96 (stop 3)
  • Lonsdale Street, St Francis' Church (stop 4)
  • La Trobe Street, Melbourne Central shopping centre and railway station, tram routes 30 and City Circle (stop 5)
  • Victoria Street, Queen Victoria Market, tram route 57 (stop 7 - platform stop)
  • Haymarket Roundabout (Peel Street), tram routes 55 and 59 (stop 9)
• Royal Parade (stops 10 - 19)
  • Royal Melbourne Hospital (stop 10)
  • University of Melbourne (stop 11)
  • Trinity College (stop 12)
  • Melbourne Zoo, Monash University Parkville Campus and Princes Park (stop 16)
• Sydney Road (stops 20-40)
  • Weston Street, Jewell station (stop 20)
  • Brunswick Town Hall (stop 21)
  • Albert Street, Brunswick station (stop 22)
  • Albion Street, Anstey station (stop 26)
  • Moreland Road, Moreland station, tram route 8 (stop 28)
  • Carr Street, Batman station (stop 38)

Ends at Sydney Road, North Coburg (stop 40 - platform stop).

See also

• Transport in Australia

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Melbourne tram route 19.

• Public Transport Victoria
• Yarra Trams
• Official network maps
• Route 19 timetable
• Route 19 map