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Melbourne tram network Royal Pde 1 19 Smith St Rathdowne St Nicholson St Brunswick St 8 55 9 1 , 112 1 , 6 6 57 MELBOURNE Abbotsford St Abbotsford , 59 UNIVERSITY 1 , 8 TO EAST MALVERN 3 16 TO KEW VIA ST KILDA FlemingtonTO Rd EAST MALVERN VIA ST KILDA 3a 64 TO EAST BRIGHTON TO MALVERN 5 67 TO CARNEGIE MELBOURNE 6 72 Gertrude St TO GLEN IRIS TO CAMBERWELL St Lygon MUSEUM TO CITY SPENCER ST 95 Errol St Errol Victoria Pde Victoria St ST VINCENT’S PLAZA 57 TO ETIHAD STADIUM DOCKLANDS 30 24 , 42 , 109 WEST PRESTON BUNDOORA RMIT P TO VICTORIA HARBOUR DOCKLANDS 11 TO WATERFRONT CITY eel St Russell St Spring St DOCKLANDS TO ST KILDA 112 Swanston St 86 Exhibition St 30 55 Elizabeth St Kingsbury Dr 6 Parliament Dynon Rd , 95 , 9 2 6 11 48 Queen St 8 , WEST COBURG NORTH COBURG 09 , 1 Wellington Pde TO DOMAIN INTERCHANGE TO CITY ELIZABETH ST Franklin St Lonsdale St 48 , 75 North William St 1 55 19 Tyler St , 3 , 3a Bourke St 11 , 42 , 48 Jolimont Swan St Melbourne Central , 5 Melbourne , 6 70 La Trobe St 1 King St 9 , 8 AIRPORT WEST , Collins St Batman Spencer St 57 , Richmond TO CITY ELIZABETH ST EAST COBURG Footscray Rd 1 , 6 59 , TO STH MELB BEACH Dudley St 64 , 75 Plenty Rd Sydney Rd Gilbert Rd Melville Rd 59 , 67 70 1 , 72 Flinders St Yarra River Keilor Rd Coburg LA TROBE ST WEST END 5 TO NORTH BALWYN 5 9 1 4 Flagstaff 7 75 2 5 5 9 CITY 9 5 Harbour Esp Flinders St MORELAND 6 WATERFRONT CITY 70 Domain Rd TO TOORAK 8 DOCKLANDS TO WATTLE PARK , SPENCER ST 75 , 95 , 9 8 86 6 TO NORTH COBURG Moreland TO BUNDOORA RMIT , 8 70 TO VERMONT6 SOUTH 86 6 8 CITY ELIZABETHTO AIRPORT ST WEST 8 , , 9 Anstey 30 5 TO WEST MARIBYRNONG 1 TO MELBOURNE MUSEUM EAST BRUNSWICK 5 Essendon 9 Queensbridge St 5 DOMAIN 6 INTERCHANGE Brunswick TO ST KILDA BEACH 0 , 3 10 TO WEST COBURG 9 96 , 1 12 ark St P 5 WEST MOONEE Jewell Kings Way 5 3 MARIBYRNONG PONDS 82 Southern Cross , 3a , 5 Mt Alexander Rd DOCKLANDS Sturt St TO CITY ELIZABETH ST TO FOOTSCRAY 11 , 42 , 48 , 6 St Kilda Rd ETIHAD STADIUM Royal Park , 1 57 57 , 82 Clarendon St 6 TO ST VINCENT’S PLAZA , 6 4 Maribyrnong Rd 59 Victoria , Thornbury 70 112 6 Harbour 1 7 1 , 72 1 St Georges Rd St Georges 2 Epsom Rd Nicholson St 4 8 Royal Pde 4 Lygon St Lygon High St 1 1 55 9 86 57 1 Flemington 1 , 8 9 6 North Wharf Rd Bridge 2 DOCKLANDSTO BOX HILL Yarra River TO WEST PRESTON VICTORIA HARBOUR TO NORTH BALWYN 1 City Circle Tram 9 12 Droop St Droop 6 Racecourse Rd 9 1 0 City Loop Stations Croxton 1 Newmarket Northcote Footscray St Abbotsford 55 , 59 Merri 82 NORTH BALWYN Westgarth Doncaster Rd 24 TO CITY/LA TROBE ST WEST END FOOTSCRAY NORTH RICHMOND 55 57 48 TO VICTORIA HARBOUR DOCKLANDS TO MOONEE PONDS Clifton Hill TO LUNA PARK/ ST KILDA BEACH 8 KEW 4 High St, TO MELB UNIVERSITY CAMBERWELL BOX HILL 79 24 VIA ST KILDA TO MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY 42 TO VICTORIA HARBOUR DOCKLANDS TO PRAHRAN Victoria St 16 72 109 109 TO PORT MELBOURNE 24 , 42 , 109 78 Cotham Rd Whitehorse Rd North Richmond Balwyn Rd Union Rd Box Hill CITY CENTRE Bridge Rd Glenferrie Camberwell see inset 48 , 75 Hawthorn 75 Swan St Burnley Riversdale Rd Riversdale 70 70 , 75 70 WATTLE PARK Glenferrie Rd East Richmond St Church TO WATERFRONT CITY DOCKLANDS 5 5 Burke Rd DOMAIN INTERCHANGE Kooyong Hartwell 1 TO WEST COBURG Burwood Hwy 55 VERMONT SOUTH St Kilda Rd South Yarra Toorak Rd 75 TO CITY SPENCER ST 8 8 TOORAK Burwood TO MORELAND Rd Warrigal PORT Gardiner Station St Commercial Rd Malvern Rd PHILLIP St Clarendon Ferrars St 72 Victoria Ave Chapel St 1 9 12 Toorak 6 16 Prahran High St 6 6 GLEN IRIS 1 1 STH MELBOURNE Armadale Glen Iris TO MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PORT0 9MELBOURNEBEACH TO BOX HILL TO EAST COBURG Windsor Canterbury Rd Dandenong Rd Wattletree Rd 5 , 64 5 MALVERN 6 TO MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY 9 79 78 , 6 4 Malvern 16 Park St Balaclava Rd Waverley Rd TO WESTFITZROY PRESTONST KILDA/ 1ST 6 EAST MALVERN 12 , 9 6 3 , 3a , 16 , 79 3 TO MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY Fitzroy St Balaclava Caulfield 3a , 1 3a TO MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY VIA ST KILDA 1 6 Hawthorn Rd 1 7 2 6 , 79 6 3a , 1 4 3a , 1 78 PRAHRAN 6 79 TO NORTH RICHMOND , 9 6 LUNA PARK/ST KILDA BEACH TO NORTH RICHMOND 9 Glenhuntly Rd ST KILDA6 BEACH TO EAST BRUNSWICK 67 CARNEGIE Elsternwick Glenhuntly TO MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY 64 EAST BRIGHTON TO MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY NORTH MAP NOT TO SCALE Effective 20 September 2009 Ticketing zones For train, tram and bus information call Information 131 638 / (TTY) 9619 2727 (6am–midnight daily) or visit metlinkmelbourne.com.au For Yarra Trams customer feedback and lost Zone 1 Zone 2 property call 1800 800 166 (6am–midnight daily) Tram terminus City Saver Connecting bus or visit yarratrams.com.au Nearest train station Routes: 1, 3 (Mon–Fri), 3a (Sat–Sun), 5, 6, 8, 11, 16, 19, 24 (AM ⁄ PM peaks), 30, 42, 48, 55, 57, 59, 64, 67, 70, 72, 75, 78 (until 7pm), 79 (after 7pm), 82, 86, 95 (Mon–Fri), 96, 109, 112 291009.
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