Melbourne tram route 64

Route 64
Melbourne University - East Brighton
A2-class tram on Swanston Street
Overview
System	Melbourne Tramway Network
Operator	Yarra Trams
Depot	Glenhuntly[1]
Vehicle	Z-class, A2-class, B2-class
Began service	24 July 1934
Route
Locale	Melbourne, Australia
Start	Melbourne University
Via	Carlton Melbourne CBD (Swanston St) Southbank Melbourne Windsor Prahran Armadale Caulfield South Caulfield Caulfield North
End	East Brighton
Length	16.1 km (10.0 mi)[1]
Zone(s)	Free Zone: Stops 8-13 Myki: Stops 1-7, 14-68
Annual patronage	5 million[2]
Timetable	Route 64 timetable
Map	Route 64 map
Route map Route 59 ←   → Route 67

Melbourne tram route 64 is operated by Yarra Trams on the Melbourne tram network. It operates from Melbourne University to East Brighton via Windsor, Caulfield.

At night times, passengers for route 5 to Malvern are required to board route 64 and transfer to route 5 shuttles on Dandenong Road.

History

Route 64 commenced operating on 24 July 1934, but the running of trams on the roads which it runs on today began in 1925, when the Glen Huntly Road to Brighton Cemetery line opened.^[3] Although the route number for that service remains unknown, the first service to run as route 64 was the Brighton Cemetery to St Kilda Beach route, commencing service on the 24 July 1934.^[4] From it's terminus at the corner of North and Hawthorn Roads, the service ran up Hawthorn Road turned in to Dandenong Road then ran up Queens Way to St Kilda Junction, into Fitzroy Street to the St Kilda Beach terminus in front of today's Luna Park.

On 5 December 1937, route 64 was extended down Hawthorn Road to the present day terminus in East Brighton at the corner of the Nepean Highway and Hawthorn Road.

Route

Schematic map

Route 64[1]
University of Melbourne Routes 1, 8 1 La Trobe Street Melbourne Central station Routes 24, 30, City Circle 8 Bourke Street Mall Routes 86, 96 10 Collins Street Routes 11, 12, 48, 109, 11 Federation Square Flinders Street station Routes 70, 75, City Circle 13 Arts Precinct Route 1 14 Domain Interchange Routes 8, 55 20 Commercial Road Route 72 25 High Street Route 6 27 St Kilda Junction Routes 3/3a, 16, 67 30 Chapel Street Windsor station Route 78 32 Wattletree Road Route 5 40 Kooyong Road 42 Hawthorn Road Route 16 48 Balaclava Road Routes 3/3a, 16 51 Glen Huntley Road Route 67 57 East Brighton 68
Yellow denotes Zone 1, Green denotes Free Tram Zone Correct as of December 2013, refer to timetable for current information.

Operation

Route 64 is mainly run with Z1, Z3, A1, and B2 class trams serviced from Glenhuntly Depot.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Melbourne tram route 64.

• Public Transport Victoria
• Yarra Trams
• Official network maps
• Route 64 timetable
• Route 64 map