Melbourne tram route 64

Route 64
Melbourne University - Brighton East
A class tram on Swanston Street in May 2012
Overview
System	Melbourne
Operator	Yarra Trams
Depot	Glenhuntly
Vehicle	Z-class, A1-class, B2-class
Began service	24 July 1934
Route
Locale	Melbourne, Australia
Start	Melbourne University
Via	Carlton Melbourne CBD (Swanston St) Southbank Windsor Prahran Armadale Caulfield
End	Brighton East
Length	16.1 km (10.0 mi)
Zone(s)	Free Zone: Stops 8-13 Myki Zone 1: Stops 1-7, 14-68
Annual patronage	5 million
Timetable	Route 64 timetable
Map	Route 64 map
Route map ← Route 59  {{{system_nav}}}  Route 67 →

Melbourne tram route 64 is operated by Yarra Trams on the Melbourne tram network. It operates from Melbourne University to Brighton East via Windsor and Caulfield. The 18.1 kilometre route is operated by Z, A and B class trams from Glenhuntly depot.^[1][2]

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 its 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 Brighton East at the corner of the Nepean Highway and Hawthorn Road.

Operation

Route 64 is mainly run with Z, A, and B class trams from Glenhuntly depot.^[2]

Route map

Route 64
Stop Melbourne University Connections 1 Melbourne University 1, 6; 401, 402, 403, 546 2 Lincoln Square 4 Queensberry Street 7 RMIT University 8 Melbourne Central Station 30, City Circle; Melbourne Central; Lonsdale St buses 10 Bourke Street Mall 86, 96; Lonsdale St buses 11 Collins Street 11, 12, 48, 109 13 Flinders Street Station 70, 75, City Circle; Flinders Street; 605 14 Arts Precinct 1; 216, 219, 220 17 Grant Street - Police Memorial 19 Shrine of Remembrance 20 Domain Interchange 58; 216, 219, 220 21 Bowen Cr 22 Toorak Rd 23 Arthur St 24 Leopold St 25 Commercial Rd 72; 216, 219, 220 26 Moubray St 27 High St 6 29 Union St 30 St Kilda Junction 3/3a, 16, 67; 246 31 Queens Way 32 Chapel St Windsor; 78 33 Hornby St 34 The Avenue 35 Williams Rd 216, 219 36 Closeburn Av 37 Lansdowne Rd 38 Orrong Rd 220 40 Wattletree Rd 5 41 Cantala Av 42 Kooyong Rd 605 43 Egerton Rd 44 Bailey Av 48 Hawthorn Rd Malvern; 16 48A Dandenong Rd (To Melb Uni only) 49 Arthur St 50 Inkerman Rd 51 Balaclava Rd 3/3a, 6 52 Halstead St 53 Northcote Av 54 Glen Eira Rd 623 55 Sylverly Gv 56 Briggs St 57 Glenhuntly Rd 67 58 Sycamore St 59 Princes Park 60 Dover St 625 61 Stone St 62 Gardenvale Rd 63 North Rd 626, 630 64 Taylor St 65 Davey Av 66 Union St 626 67 Rogers Av 68 Nepean Hwy 703 East Brighton
Not all stops are shown, refer to timetable for full list of stops Green denotes free tram zone

References

External links

• Media related to Melbourne tram route 64 at Wikimedia Commons
• Route 64 map
• Route 64 timetable