Melbourne tram route 64

Melbourne tram route 64 is operated by Yarra Trams on the Melbourne tram network from Melbourne University to East Brighton. The 18.1 kilometre route is operated out of Glenhuntly depot with Z and B class trams.

Route 64
A Class tram on Swanston Street, May 2012
Overview
System	Melbourne
Operator	Yarra Trams
Depot	Glenhuntly
Vehicle	Z class B class
Began service	16 October 1938
Route
Start	Melbourne University
Via	Swanston Street St Kilda Road Dandenong Road Hawthorn Road
End	East Brighton
Length	16.1 kilometres
Timetable	Route 64 timetable
Map	Route 64 map
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Until 29 October 2023, after 19:00, passengers for route 5 to Malvern were required to board route 64 (marked 64/5) and transfer to route 5 shuttles on Dandenong Road. Since 30 October 2023, after 18:30, route 64 ran shuttle between Dandenong Road and East Brighton, and passengers for route 64 to East Brighton are required to board route 5 and transfer to route 64.

History

Route 64 was allocated to the line between East Brighton and City (Swanston Street) on 16 October 1938. Prior to that, Route 64 was allocated to the line between Brighton East and St Kilda Beach via St Kilda Junction. Between 1938 and 9 July 1955, Route 64 ran via Balaclava Road rather than Dandenong Road. Trams traditionally terminated at the Victoria Street terminus, but following an accident in 1991, trams instead terminated at the Queensberry Street crossover. Due to congestion during peak hours at the crossover, some trams continued north to Melbourne University. Finally on 17 January 1996, a permanent shunt was built at Melbourne University. From then on, Route 64 trams were altered run full-time to Melbourne University.

The origins of route 5 lie in separate tram lines. The section of track between Queensberry Street (Stop 4) and St Kilda Road (Stop 30) is the oldest section of this route, dating back to the Brighton Road cable tram which opened on 11 October 1888 by the Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company. This cable tram line was electrified in stages by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB). The section between Domain Interchange (Stop 20) and St Kilda Junction (Stop 30) was electrified on 27 December 1925. The section between Queensberry Street and City Road (near Stop 14) was electrified on the same day. The line between City Road and Domain Interchange was electrified on 24 January 1926. The section between St Kilda Junction and Chapel Street (Stop 32) also dates back to the cable era, as the Windsor to St Kilda Esplanade cable tramway which opened on 17 October 1891. This section was one of the first cable trams to be converted to electric traction on 27 December 1925.

The Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust built the section between the Sandringham railway line (near Stop 33) and Hawthorn Road (Stop 48), opening on 16 December 1911. This line was extended to Chapel Street (Stop 32) on 31 March 1912. The line between Hawthorn Road and Balaclava Road (Stop 51) opened on 12 April 1913. This was later extended to Glenhuntly Road (Stop 57) on 13 November 1913. Further extensions of the Hawthorn Road line were built by the MMTB to North Road (on 1 March 1925), and to Point Nepean Road on 5 December 1937.

As part of the St Kilda Junction separation works, the Wellington Street section was abandoned for a new section of track along the newly created Queens Way on 4 November 1968.

Since 30 October 2023, after 18:30, route 64 runs shuttle between Dandenong Road / Wattle Tree Road and East Brighton. Passengers will need to take route 5 and change at Dandenong Road / Wattle Tree Road for route 64.

Melbourne tram route 64 evolution

Dates	Route	Notes
24 June 1934 - 4 December 1937	Brighton Cemetery to St Kilda Beach	via Dandenong Road
5 December 1937 - 15 October 1938	East Brighton to St Kilda Beach	via Dandenong Road
16 October 1938 - 9 July 1955	East Brighton to City (Victoria / Swanston Streets)	via Balaclava Road
10 July 1955 - 14 April 1991	East Brighton to City (Victoria Street)	via Dandenong Road, rerouted to Queens Way 11 April 1968
15 April 1991 - 16 January 1996	East Brighton to City (Queensberry / Swanston Streets)	via Dandenong Road
17 January 1996 - present	East Brighton to Melbourne University	via Dandenong Road

Mid-block stops 39 and 41 on Dandenong Road have been permanently removed due to safety concerns for pedestrians crossing the busy arterial road.

Operation

B-class tram on route 64 displaying the 64/5 route number at evening, October 2023

Route 64 is operated out of Glenhuntly depot with Z and B class trams.

Until 29 October 2023, the service displayed the route number 64/5 after 19:00, to show that passengers take the service and connect with route 5 services at Dandenong Road / Wattletree Road.

Since 30 October 2023, from 18:30, the service only operates between Dandenong Road / Wattletree Road and East Brighton, with services timetabled to connect with route 5 services.

Route map

Melbourne Tram Route 64
Melbourne University - Brighton East via City, Windsor & Caulfield South Free tram zone covers stops 8 to 13, fare zone 1 applies from stop 1 to 7, 14 to 68
Suburb Street Stop No. Melbourne University Connections continues as Tram 1 & 6 towards East Coburg & Moreland Carlton Swanston Street 1 Melbourne University 1, 3, 5, 6 16, 67, 72 ; 401, 402 403, 546 3 Lincoln Square 4 Queensberry Street Victoria Street No Service Melbourne CBD Swanston Street 7 RMIT University La Trobe Street Tram 30, City Circle Exhibition Street   Docklands Stadium Melbourne Central station ●●●●●●●●●●●●●● 8 Melbourne Central station 30, City Circle 10 Bourke Street Mall 86, 96; Lonsdale Street buses Bourke Street Tram 86, 96 Melbourne Museum   Southern Cross station Collins Street Tram 11, 12, 48, 109 St Vincent's Plaza   Southern Cross station 11 Collins Street 11, 12, 48, 109 Flinders Street Tram 70, 75, City Circle Russell Street   Docklands Flinders Street station ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● 13 Flinders Street station 70, 75, City Circle Southbank St Kilda Road 14 Arts Precinct 1; 216, 219 220 Southbank Boulevard Tram 1     South Melbourne Beach 17 Grant Street - Police Memorial 19 Shrine of Remembrance Park Street Tram 58     West Coburg Melbourne CBD St Kilda Road 20 Anzac Station 58 Domain Road No Service (Temporary Closure) 21 Bowen Crescent 22 Toorak Road 58 Toorak Road Tram 58 Toorak   23 Arthur Street 24 Leopold Street 25 Commercial Road 72; 216, 219, 220 Commercial Road Tram 72 Camberwell   26 Moubray Street 27 High Street High Street Tram 6 Glen Iris   29 Union Street St Kilda St Kilda Road 30 St Kilda Junction 3, 16, 67 St Kilda Road Tram 3, 16, 67     St Kilda Beach/Carnegie Windsor Upton Road 31 Queens Way   Dandenong Road 32 Chapel Street 78 Windsor station ● Chapel Street Tram 78 North Richmond   Balaclava 33 Hornby Street 34 The Avenue 35 Williams Road Prahran Dandenong Road 36 Closeburn Avenue 37 Lansdowne Road Armadale Dandenong Road 38 Orrong Road 40 Wattletree Road 5 Wattletree Road Tram 5 Malvern   42 Kooyong Road 43 Egerton Road 44 Bailey Avenue Caulfield North Dandenong Road 48 Hawthorn Road 16 Dandenong Road Tram 16 Kew     Hawthorn Road 48A Dandenong Road 49 Arthur Street 50 Inkerman Road Balaclava Road Tram 3, 16 Malvern East   Melbourne University 51 Balaclava Junction 3, 16 52 Halstead Street 53 Northcote Avenue Caulfield Hawthorn Road 54 Glen Eira Road 623 55 Sylverly Grove 56 Briggs Street 57 Glen Huntly Road 67 Glen Huntly Road Tram 67 Carnegie   Melbourne University Caulfield South Hawthorn Road 58 Sycamore Street 59 Princes Park 60 Dover Street 625 61 Stone Street 62 Gardenvale Road 63 North Road 626, 630 Brighton East Hawthorn Road 64 Taylor Street 65 Davey Avenue 66 Union Street 626 67 Rogers Avenue 68 Nepean Highway 703 Suburb Street Stop No. Brighton East Connections

External links

Media related to Melbourne tram route 64 at Wikimedia Commons