Melbourne tram route 109

Melbourne tram route 109 is operated by Yarra Trams on the Melbourne tram network. It operates from Box Hill to Port Melbourne. The 19 kilometres (12 mi)[1] route is operated by A and C class trams from Kew depot.[2][3]

Route 109
Box HillPort Melbourne
Overview
SystemMelbourne
OperatorYarra Trams
DepotKew
VehicleA class
C class
PredecessorsRoute 42, 111
Night-timeFriday & Saturday
Route
LocaleMelbourne, Australia
StartBox Hill
ViaCollins Street
EndPort Melbourne
Service
Journey time55-75 minutes
OperatesDaily
Zone(s)Free Zone: 1-8, 123, 124
Myki Zone 1: Stops 9-47, 124A-129
Zone 1/2 overlap: Stops 47-58
TimetableRoute 109 timetable
MapRoute 109 map
Route map

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The route runs along a light rail track between Southbank and Port Melbourne, using the right-of-way of the former Port Melbourne railway line, the second railway in Australia, which opened in 1854, which was converted to light rail in 1987. It is one of the most patronised routes in Melbourne, with over 15.6 million trips in 2015.[4]

History

The origins of route 109 lie in separate tram lines, a cable tram from Spencer Street to the Yarra River, a horse tram from the Yarra River to Kew Cemetery, an electric line from Kew Junction to Box Hill (extended over the years), as well as the Port Melbourne railway line.

A cable line was opened by the Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company from Spencer Street to Brunswick Street along Collins Street, MacArthur Street, Gisborne Street and Victoria Parade on 2 October 1886, and extended to the west side of the Yarra River along Victoria Parade and Victoria Street on 22 November 1886.[5] A connecting horse tram was built from the east side of the Yarra River to Kew Cemetery, along Barkers Road, High Street South and High Street, opening on 28 December 1887.

The Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust (PMTT) opened a line from High Street to Burke Road along Cotham Road on 30 May 1913.[6] On 1 November 1914 the PMTT received permission to convert the horse tram line to electric traction, and the new electric line was opened on 24 February 1915.[6] The PMTT extended the Cotham Road line to Union Road, Mont Albert along Whitehorse Road, on 30 September 1916.[6]

In 1929 the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) started converting the Collins Street cable lines to electric traction, with the last cable tram running down Collins Street on 14 September 1929, and the first electric tram on 8 December 1929.[7] At the same time the MMTB built a new electric line down the centre of Victoria Parade to replace the cable line, which opened on 15 September 1929.[7] For the next six decades the Melbourne to Mont Albert tram was numbered 42, celebrated by a 1982 theatrical production, Storming Mont Albert by Tram, which was performed on a specially-chartered Route 42 tram from the Mont Albert terminus to the city and return.[8]

The line was extended south-west to Port Melbourne along Spencer Street and the former Port Melbourne railway line on 21 December 1987 following the conversion of the railway (along with the St Kilda line) to light rail.[9][10] The broad gauge 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) track was re-gauged to standard gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) and the overhead voltage was reduced from 1500 V DC to 600 V DC with light rail platforms built adjacent to or near the former stations platforms. Initially services operated as route 111 between Carlton Gardens and Port Melbourne. On 19 December 1993, routes 42 and 111 were combined as route 109.[11]

The line was extended from its original terminus at Mont Albert to Box Hill along Whitehorse Road, about 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi), at the cost of $28 million, on 2 June 2003.[12][13] In January 2016, route 109 began operating through the night on Fridays and Saturdays as part of the Night Network.[14]

Route

Description

The Port Melbourne terminus, with the Port Melbourne railway station building in the foreground

Route 109 runs from Box Hill, travelling west on Whitehorse Road through the suburbs of Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, Balwyn and Deepdene. Entering Kew at Burke Road, Whitehorse Road becomes Cotham Road. It continues west, through Kew Junction and then south west along High Street, High Street South and turns west into Barkers Road.

It crosses the Yarra River into Victoria Street, Richmond and continues west, at Hoddle Street Victoria Street becomes Victoria Parade, it passes through St Vincent's Plaza, passing St Vincent's Hospital, the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and turns south onto Gisborne Street, continues south west along MacArthur Street and turns west into Collins Street, entering the CBD, passing Melbourne Town Hall and City Square.

It turns south into Spencer Street, passing Southern Cross station, then crosses the Yarra River and enters Southbank on Clarendon Street before traversing the suburbs of South Melbourne and Port Melbourne on a right-of-way using the former Port Melbourne railway line and terminates at Port Melbourne railway station, near Station Pier.

Operation

Route 109 is operates from Kew depot[15] and is run by A and C class trams.

Map

Route 109
Box Hill - Port Melbourne
via Mont Albert, City & Southbank
Free tram zone covers stops 124 to 8, fare zone 1 from
stop 57 to 10, 124A to 129, fare zone 2 from stop 57 to 47
Suburb
Street
Stop
No.
Box Hill
Connections
58
Box Hill Central
Box Hill station
57
Nelson Road
56
Elgar Road
55
Hood Street
54
Inglisby Road
53
Union Road
284, 612
51
Narrak Road
50
Wharton Street
49
Northcote Avenue
48
Balwyn Shopping Centre
47
Balwyn Road
285
Zone 1+2
Zone 1
46
Balwyn Cinema
45
Hardwicke Street
44
Deepdene Park
43
Deepdene Shopping Centre
42
Burke Road
72; 548
Burke Road
Tram 72
Kew
Cotham Road
41
Kew Traffic School
40
St George's Hospital
548
39
Thomas Street
38
Marshall Avenue
37
Belmont Avenue
36
Glenferrie Road
Glenferrie Road
Tram 16
35
Charles Street
609
34
High Street
High Street
Tram 48
Kew
High Street
33
Cotham Road
32
Kew Junction
200, 207, 609
31
Stevenson Street
Church Street
Tram 48
Hawthorn
Barkers Road
29
High Street
Kew tram depot
27
Findon Crescent
25
River Boulevard
Victoria Gardens Siding
24
Victoria Gardens
23
Leslie Street
22
McKay Street
21
Church Street
Church Street
Tram 78
 
 Balaclava
20
Lennox Street
19
North Richmond station
North Richmond station
18
Hoddle Street
16
Wellington Street
15
Smith Street
13
Lansdowne Street
St Vincent's Plaza Siding
Brunswick Street
Tram 11
12
St Vincent's Plaza
Victoria Parade
Tram 30
 
Gisborne Street
11
Albert Street
 
Macarthur Street
10
Parliament station
Parliament Station
Spring Street
Tram 48, City Circle
Wellington Parade
  Nicholson Street
8
Spring Street
7
101 Collins Street
605
Swanston Street
Tram 1, 3, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67, 72
6
Town Hall
1, 3, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67, 72
Elizabeth Street
Tram 19, 57, 59
5
Elizabeth Street
19, 57, 59
3
William Street
William Street
Tram 58
1
Southern Cross station
11, 48, 96
Southern Cross station
Spencer Street
Tram 96
Collins Street
Tram 11, 48
 
  Docklands
Flinders Street
Tram 70, 75, City Circle
Wattle Park/Vermont South
  Docklands
Flinders Street Viaduct
 
Spencer Street
124
Batman Park
Southbank
Clarendon Street
124A
Casino/MCEC
Clarendon Street
Tram 12
 
Normanby Road
125
Clarendon Street Junction
St Kilda Light Rail
Tram 96
St Kilda Beach
 
South Melbourne
Normanby Road
125A
Southbank tram depot
Southbank tram depot
126
Montague Street
Port Melbourne
Station Street
127
North Port
128
Graham Street
129
Beacon Cove
236, PPC
Suburb
No.
Stop Name (Road Name)
Connections
Note: Green denotes free tram zone

Bus route

When cruise ships are berthed at Station Pier, Transit Systems Victoria operate a parallel bus service as route 109 between Station Pier and the Arts Centre.[16]

References

  1. www.google.com/maps
  2. Facts & figures Archived 29 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Yarra Trams
  3. Route 109 Yarra Trams
  4. "Facts & figures". Yarra Trams. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  5. Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company Limited Running Journal volume 9 no 3 page 16
  6. "Milestones, 1911 – 1920", Yarra Trams, archived from the original on 27 September 2011, retrieved 9 October 2011
  7. "Milestones, 1921 – 1930", Yarra Trams, archived from the original on 20 March 2012, retrieved 9 October 2011
  8. "Storming Mont Albert by Tram - Melbourne Moomba Festival". Performance Archive. Theatre Works: St Kilda. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  9. Jones, Colin (1993). Watch for Trams. Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press. p. 118. ISBN 0 86417 544 2.
  10. "Milestones, 1981 – 1990", Yarra Trams, archived from the original on 20 March 2012, retrieved 26 September 2011
  11. "Melbourne News" Trolley Wire issue 256 February 1994 page 23
  12. "Box Hill Extension Opening". Yarra Trams. 5 February 2003. Archived from the original on 3 September 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  13. "Trams return to Box Hill" Trolley Wire issue 293 May 2003 pages 11-14
  14. Night Tram Public Transport Victoria
  15. "Kew Depot", Vicsig, retrieved 9 October 2011
  16. 109 Express Port Melbourne to Arts Centre Archived 10 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria
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