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, A2-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]

Map

Route 64
University of Melbourne Routes 1, 8 1 Lincoln Square 3 Queensberry St 4 Franklin St 7 La Trobe St Melbourne Central Station Routes 24, 30, City Circle 8 Bourke St Mall Routes 86, 96 10 Collins St Routes 11, 12, 48, 109, 11 Federation Square Flinders St Station Routes 70, 75, City Circle 13 Arts Precinct Routes 1 14 Southbank Boulevard (To Melb Uni only) 16 Grant St 17 Coventry St 18 Shrine of Remembrance 19 Domain Interchange Routes 8, 55 20 Bowen Crescent 21 Toorak Rd 22 Slater St 23 Leopold St 24 Commercial Rd Routes 72 25 Moubray St 26 High St Routes 6 27 Union St 29 St Kilda Junction Routes 3/3a, 16, 67 30 Queens Way 31 Chapel St Windsor Station Route 78 32 Hornby St 33 The Avenue 34 Williams Rd 35 Closeburn Av 36 Lansdowne Rd 37 Orrong Rd 38 Hampden Rd (To Melb Uni only) 39 Wattletree Rd Route 5 40 Cantala Av 41 Kooyong Rd 42 Egerton Rd 43 Bailey Av 44 Hawthorn Rd Route 16 48 Dandenong Rd (To Melb Uni only) 48A Arthur St 49 Inkerman Rd 50 Balaclava Rd Routes 3/3a, 16 51 Halstead St 52 Northcote Av 53 Glen Eira Rd 54 Sylverly Gr 55 Briggs St 56 Glenhuntly Rd Route 67 57 Sycamore St 58 Princes Park 59 Dover St 60 Stone St 61 Gardenvale Rd 62 North Rd 63 Taylor St 64 Davey Av 65 Union St 66 Rogers Av 67 East Brighton 68
Not all stops are shown, refer to timetable for full list of stops Green denotes free tram zone

References

1. Facts & figures Yarra Trams
2. Route 64 Yarra Trams
3. "Re: 1925-1934". 12 December 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
4. "Every number (and letter) ever used". Yarra Trams. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

External links

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