Riding the WORLD'S LONGEST TRAM LINE!
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- Опубліковано 29 лип 2023
- Where's the LONGEST tram line in the world? I ride this record breaking tram line from start to finish, discovering more about the tram network and its history.
Imagine a remarkable feat of engineering that stretches across vast urban landscapes, connecting communities with seamless efficiency and timeless charm. The world's longest tram line, a marvel of transportation ingenuity, glides gracefully through bustling streets, scenic avenues, and tranquil suburbs. Spanning an impressive distance, this tramway extravaganza offers enthusiasts of trams and trains an awe-inspiring spectacle to witness. Embark on a virtual journey as you delve into an enchanting video showcasing the beauty and efficiency of this extraordinary transportation system, where trams gracefully weave through the urban tapestry, leaving viewers captivated by the symphony of urban life and locomotion. Whether you're a passionate rail enthusiast or simply intrigued by the wonders of public transit, this remarkable tram line video promises an unforgettable expedition through the heart of modern urban mobility. (I asked AI to write a paragraph about this tram route, that's what it said. I think there are too many hype words, but I found it funny so I left it in.)
Hey, just to address a few comments: 1) yes I did say "West" when I meant "East" on perhaps more than one occasion. But this line runs EAST from the city. If you plan to ride this line do NOT head West from the start point. 2) Whilst there may be other tram lines (the Belgian coastline one has been mentioned) that may be longer, perhaps I should have specified that this is the longest URBAN line in the world. Apart from those two things this is a flawless video 😂 Thanks for watching, I am grateful for the support, stef 🙏
Really really think you should know you Wests from your Easts! 😀
Line 6 in Gothenburg, Sweden is 24.6 km long which is 1.8km longer than line 75, and it runs entirely within the city.
ummmm it's pronounced Vermont NOT Ver-Mont, in other words NOT the same pronunciation as it is in Nth America.
Stef, hawthornvalley is correct, you’re saying it wrong! Also, you are an accomplished pilot and you should know your East from your West. Sorry, couldn’t help myself.
What about the tram / light rail in Los Angeles? The A-Line is 48.5 miles (78km) long but is more like a metro-train for the middle-few km.
You should take the 901 bus from Frankston to the airport. With luggage just for giggles. Now *that's* a long PT ride!
Or with the $10 vline fare cap, Merimbula to Mildura for the same price as the tram trip. 18 hours on PT but I reckon it's worth it considering it's 760km of travel as the crow flies for just $10
I think the 901 takes around four hours for the full route, including layovers & driver changes. Of course typically you'd get the 901 from the airport to Broadmeadows station, train to Flinders Street, then another train to Frankston.
I've considered doing that one day, for some strange reason. Land at the airport (don't live in Victoria) and then catch the bus.
i remember catching this bus in dandenong and thinking it was the wrong bus cos it went all the way to the airport
Knowing what Frankston is like - I'm pretty sure that you were just glad to be out.
I like how you say Vermont is on the outskirts of Melbourne. Plenty more suburbia to go before you get to the edge. They could potentially extend that line a huge distance still.
demonic hell city ever sprawling with suburb after suburb. retvrn to tradition when cities and towns had clear boundaries
They’ve been talking about extending it to Knox for 30 years!
That was the main complaint when they extended the line to Vermont... it doesn't go anywhere. Ending at Knox makes far more sense.
Just like the Canadian one. It’s funny
@@darthmullythey talk but never do it. Vermont South isn’t too bad. Get the bus from there.
Used to take the 75 every day and even I didn't know it's the world's longest tram route! I had a feeling you'd be dismayed with Vermont South once you'd get there. All I'd say is that you missed out on the Vermont South Shopping Centre which is right along Burwood Hwy and not far from the tram stop. The shopping centre gives a feeling of going back in time to the 90s and locals have been shooting down plans to renovate it.
Yes I never checked out the shopping centre, not far from the tram stop though from what I saw. Maybe next time, if I ever do this again…!
The belgium coast Line tram Line is longer. 70 km
The yum cha place was excellent, but it unfortunately closed during the pandemic.
Have they been shooting down plans to renovate Crown Palace as well? Just checked on Google street view and that joint still looks the same for about 40+ years, except no more "Yum Cha Daily" sign facing Burwood Hwy
The shopping centre is why the route was extended from Burwood East to Vermont South in 2005.
I started laughing the moment you said "Go to Vermont South and see whats there". Great video
I used to catch this tram every weekend. Go to stop 75, and then go all the way to the other end for my ice-skating lessons. It was very therapeutic, watching the scenery change slowly from suburban to urban to city skayscrapers, and see the unique architecture and localization each suburb had. It was also cool to take it at dawn and watch the sun slowly rise and watch the city slowly wake up. Truly a magical experience, taking this tram
EDIT: in terms of the credit-card rollout, my guess is it will be similar to Opal in Sydney, which is the equivalent of Myki. You CAN tap on using your credit card, but it's cheaper to use the Opal card, especially concession, student or child cards. So if you're doing more than a day trip or once off, it's better to top up your Opal card
fellow obrien skater !! 🥶
You are in fact incorrect. You literally can't tap on in Melb with a credit card. We do now have a phone app though, so they got slightly closer 😅
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@@kitkatsome1 definitely watch this video all the way to the end.
I think you might have got your east and west mixed up a couple of times there Stef
trust your instruments stef. cause i think your still in uk mode lol 😅
@@viper4176 Haha, probably a good thing I wasn't driving the tram!
For those who want a bit more explanation about the longest tramway in the world, which thus connects several cities, here is a brief explanation:
Ps: sorry if my English is not super. If you see a mistake feel free to say so!
In Belgium, along the entire Belgian coast, there runs 1 single tramline that is 67 kilometres long! That's 41.63 miles. That's considerably bigger when you know that the tramline this video describes is only 25.5885696 kilometres or 15.9 miles long. The Coastal Tram (which used to be tram line 0, and before that was divided into several regional trams) said goodbye to the faithful ACEC BN trams just this year. The new Urbos 100 'Zeelijner' is the new Coastal Tram.
The line runs from De Panne Station, which is 3 kilometres (1.87 miles) from the French border, to Knokke station, which is 6.4 (4 miles) from the Dutch border. The tram runs via Koksijde, Oostduinkerke-Bad, Nieuwpoort, Lombardsijde, Westende-Bad, Middelkerke, Mariakerke, Mariakerke-Bad, Ostende, Bredene, De Haan (De Haan Aan Zee has a beautiful historic tram stop), Wenduine and Blankenberge. (All these towns I wrote according to Dutch).
I personally think the best stretch of this 67 kilometres is between Ostende Koninginnelaan and Middelkerke De Greefplein, as there you have a view of the beautiful North Sea.
Or, as mentioned earlier, I am a big fan of the De Haan Aan Zee stop because of the beautiful station house at the stop, and love the renovated Ostende Station.
The speed limit is a whopping 78 kilometres per hour. Dar is 48.5 miles per hour! The duration of this drive is over 2 hours. With some luck, you will get there in 2 hours and 15 minutes.
For those wishing to come and visit Belgium for this: At all stops where it says '-Bad' or 'Aan Zee' there is a seaside area where swimming is allowed nearby. Indeed, it is life-threatening to go swimming without the supervision of our local lifeguards. The currents of the North Sea are much stronger than you think, and suddenly you have drifted a long way away from the beach.
What is also life-threatening is crossing the tramway without looking. As mentioned earlier, the Coastal Tram goes very fast and dangerous situations and accidents happen daily, and sadly fatally.
The tram (and this applies everywhere in Belgium, I think even in most countries...) always has the right of way, including from the zebra crossings! This is because it has a long braking distance.
I haven’t travelled on either tramline but was aware that the Belgian coastal tram route is longer.
Miles!!!!! comon Stef - Kilometers!!!!!
Careful, or next time I’ll do it in nautical miles 😂
@@stef747 And average speed in knots? Done deal!
We want kilometres not kilometers. One is a distance, the other is a thousand measuring devices.
It doesn't have a line as long as this 22.8 km-long line, but the Pyongyang system is also impressive! Before the Korean War from 1950 to 1953, there were three tramway systems in the entire Korean Peninsula: one each in Seoul, Busan and Pyongyang. Seoul and Busan got rid of theirs in favor of the automobile, while the original Pyongyang network was bombed during the war, so it was decided to build a new tram network. The new system began operations in 1989. The system has a system length of over 50 km with four lines. Three main lines and a shuttle line.
The three main lines uses Tatra trams and new partially domestically produced ones. The fourth one was created to connect the Pyongyang Metro station at Kim Il-sung University and Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the mausoleum of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il. Kwangmyong station on the Hyoksin Line was once at the palace’s site, but once it became a mausoleum in 1995, it became sacred ground and thus it was closed. So a tram line was built to replace the station, with service from Samhung station! Unlike the rest of the network, the tram that runs on this Kumsusan line uses a Zurich tram built in the late 40s that was retired in 1994 where it was purchased by us the next year.
the empire is pretty chill 😀 maybe you could join or something👍🤭
Fellow melburnian here, fascinating seeing this line and the places it goes as I don't take it, but also equally fascinating seeing how you can actually make a tram trip somewhat exciting!😂😂 Great video, keep up the good work!
Umm Stef, the tram stop is right next to Vermont South Shopping Centre. There is a lot of retail and dining there. I would consider that alot of things.
Seems like Crown Palace is being rebuilt, good to hear.
There's been plans floating around for ages to extend the 75 to Footscray along Footscray Rd to connect with the 82. Being out west, I certainly wouldn't mind an extra connection into the city. I think the more realistic extension which is also talked about would be to extend the 75 to Knox instead, which would add an extra 5km to the already longest line.
2:41 Pilot moment confusing east and west haha
The Westgate Tunnel works could have been a great chance to do a tram extension along Footscray Road
Yeah, it ends no where … needs to go to Knox SC which is ….no where.
I agree with extending the tram to Knox. I think that was the initial plan, but instead we have a bus replacement that connects the tramline to Knox instead. Hopefully one day we'll have it all the way down to Knox, that would be so useful
It’s definitely possible as they have left the middle of the road available for extension/development of public transport along this corridor.
@@TryinBin8889the bus is supposed to connect with the tram, but never waits if the tram is late, so it doesn't connect very well at all
I guess I should mention the No.86 route too, currently running from Docklands (again) north to Bundoora East, 22.2km, with a proposal to extend another 8.4km to terminate at Hawkstowe railway station, via the lakeside estate. Also the No.75 route is under consideration for extension Upper Ferntree Gully Railway station, an additional 12km.
This was fun. I live in Vermont for years, but rarely actually took the tram. Something interesting at the end of the route is you would be very close to Pin Oak Court in Vermont South, the exterior filming location for Neighbours.
I believe the record that Stef is referring to is for streetcars where the tram tracks need to be shared with a road taking vehicular traffic. The Belgium Coastal Tramway runs adjacent to the road, so it's not a "streetcar" per se which is what the Guiness World Record requires. That said, Route 75 does have a fairly long section along the Burwood Highway where it runs on tracks that go down the middle of the median strip with complete separation from vehicular traffic, so it probably shouldn't count either.
That section along Burwood Highway, you can easily drive down it, you’re just not meant to.
The Belgian Kusttram also shares a lot of sections with cars, running just in the middle of the street.
you're technically right: "At 67 kilometres (42 mi) in length, the Belgian Kusttram is currently the world's longest metre gauge tram line in service, as well as one of the few interurban tramways in the world to remain in operation." I think it's because it's a metre gauge tram line there's speculation to its definition as a tram/streetcar and other things. Otherwise, it is technically the longest tram line in the world. Route 75 is the longest in the Southern Hemisphere, at least.
I've seen cars drive on that section of Burwood Highway at least 100 times. Students do fun things :)
Nice video, Stef. But FYI, we can tell you're not originally from here by the way you pronounce the suburb...it's VER-mont, not ver-MONT. ;)
I work in the CBD and the kids play baseball in Vermont South. After work, I caught this tram from Bourke Street Mall all the way to Billabong Park and it took FOREVER! I would totally believe it's the longest tram route on the planet.
Another fun fact: The "Ramsay" street where they film "Neighbours" is a short walk from where this tram terminates.
I knew it was going to be the 75! I caught that line for years as I went to and lived around Deakin University (Burwood). You don't take the tram to just go to Vermont South, it's just a means of getting to the buses that take you to Westfield Knox.
Hence why the line should've been extended to Knox in the first place. I still dunno why those plans were canned
I was having conniptions every time a “mile” was referenced, such a relief when I heard the word “kilometre” 😅
If I recall correctly, the Vermont South stop is next to a small shopping centre, so it's not an end in the middle of nowhere. It is the start of an even more space-apart suburban area though, which is why I suspect it wasn't extended even more.
Vermont South shopping centre is literally the first thing you see when you arrive at that tram stop.
I was surprised he chose to zoom into a random petrol station instead.
Nothing to see in Vermont South? There's only Ramsey St from Neighbours! (Pin Oak Ct, about 10 min walk from the tram). The residents absolutely love it when you knock on the door and ask for a selfie with Toady.
sydneysider here!!!! when i went to melbourne for the first time i actually rode on this exact tram line because it was right by my motel in burwood, but i had no idea that it was the longest tram line in the world!!! as someone who is obsessed with public transport im thrilled to know that! i went to that exact same mcdonalds in vermont south for breakfast one time!!!
The Metro A Line in Los Angeles, USA is 49 miles long, although it was recently merged with another line to obtain that length.
The Coast Tram in Belgium is 42 miles long.
Metro A Line: The Rodney Dangerfield of transit.
You're going a bit Geoff Marshall in this one. Great to ride along with you!
Just googled Geoff Marshall and now that's my afternoon sorted...
it's nice to see others who are as adept at missing their tram as I am
Nice! I love these types of videos. Learning through adventure! Right on, Stef!
Come to Australia. There's some great train journeys here.
DownieLive, very humbled to have you watch one of my videos, I enjoy your content very much. Thank you mate, I really appreciate the support.
As someone who lives in Melbourne I recognised this immediately, I ride the 109 frequently and it’s all well and good until you get a old tram
Always nice to see the home town , but my understanding is it's the longest tram line within a single urban area.
Actual longest tram line is along the Belgium coast.
Love these local Melbourne vids Stef, also love the comment "Being a Melburnian can't go any longer than an hour without coffee", that is sooo true! Keep up the great content 👏
Thanks Scott, just replying to this comment then might make me a little coffee...
@@stef747are you from NZ?
I love this video. As a fellow Melburnian born and bred, I've ridden many trams including this specific route a few times, including all the way from Flinders Street Station out to Camberwell. Nice to see a video covering it and also to learn that it's the longest route in the world. Oh and by the way, Vermont South is in the east and not the west, just for the record. Nicely done mate.
Getting to Camberwell is typically the reason why I have to take that route.
@@Neojhun How ironic haha
Vermont south is home to melbournes most famous street - Ramsey St, which is Pin Oak Court
love ya work Stef, keep it up mate..
Man the old 75 takes me back, she's old but she'll get you where you need to go
thanks so much for teaching me about my city!
Great job stef
Hello from Canada. I lived in Toronto and I can tell you that the TTC Streetcar route 501 is 24.5 km if you take it end to end. About 90 min travel time without stopping.
And Stef, in reply to your pinned comment, the 501 Queen streetcar is VERY urban. It runs right through downtown Toronto, stretching east and west across the city.
As An Australian, who uses the tram quite often, surprised me that this was the longest tram line
Great editing.
It's stuff like this that makes you realise how sprawling Melbourne is - you were only about halfway out to the East of what constitutes metropolitan Melbourne. About 37km east from the CBD as the crow flies, or about 45km by road will get you to the eastern edge of Melbourne.
Well done! Nicely made.
You went to one of my favourite local cafes in Camberwell! Great vid Stef
love your videos. very informative and thanks for championing our beautiful city.
I used to use this line to almost the end sometimes since my parents lived near Vermont South! I never knew it was the world's longest tram route until this video. The route originally finished in Burwood, where the 24/7 Kmart is, but it got extended in the late 2000s. As others have said, there are/were plans to extend it to Knox City. The buses at the end of the line will take you there, tho.
And that Macca's is pretty good as far as Macca's goes haha.
I was thinking surely Belgium has the longest line all the way along their coast
That’s what I thought as well, it’s 67km or 41.6 miles
I believe that it is the longest tram route in the world within a single city
Actually no, I take that back, it is the longest street car line. As it runs on residential streets
After growing up in Perth, then moving to Berlin and back to Perth, I can really say I miss trams. I used them every time I could when on holidays in Melbourne. They integrate beautifully with cars, and they're easy to hop on and off of. Sadly, I don't think many Perth drivers could cope with trams, because they can't merge with cars and trucks, let alone with light rail.
Don't think Perth streets are wide enough to worry about getting trams . Melbourne streets are much wider to cope with trams ..that's why Melbourne cbd is so big .the streets are so wide
Love the Melbourne trams! Regular user when on overnights for work. Melbourne public transport is awesome compared to NZ! I have a collection of public transport cards for MEL, ADL, SYD and BNE now 😀
Nice one! Yeah the trams here are great. I use them a lot.
I will definitely remake this vlog for my channel! This one is really amazing! 😁❤
I instantly guessed! (and yes: I totally LOVE the Melbourne trams, too. Brilliant system!)
great :) but now I want to see all the other lines! :)
Well what do you know? I used to live in Vermont South near the terminal. Used to be so boring catching that slow tram into work in the city. Took an hour for the 18km ride. Little did I know I was on the longest tram line in the world. But I can believe it. Thanks for info. Cheers. 🍺
Good job for coming to Melbourne
So weird to see such a slickly produced travel video for a tram I've been on so many times.
the most (and perhaps only?) notable thing about Vermont South is that it is where the set for the show 'Neighbours' was filmed.
Also a good place to grow up as a kid
I'm very lucky to live in victoria because I'm a trainspotter - having the biggest network is pretty good! (and the longest line)
Nice, that's my tram line
lol Stef…. Brilliant!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed this one.
Some points of interest:
1. The 75 route is the longest urban tramway in the world because it was 'through-routed' or linked to the Docklands route. The 75 used to terminate in the City at Spencer St, so it is effectively two routes joined together. Same goes for the second-longest Bundoora line.
2. The Gold Coast extension due to open next year will be 26km long (currently it is 20km long - with no 'through-linking'!), so route 75 won't be the longest for long! (Maybe Melbourne could cheat and regain the title by looping through route 75 with route 86 to Bundoora!).
3. The longest tram line in Australia closed many years ago - it ran from Newcastle to West Wallsend and was 25km long. But again, from next year the 26km Gold Coast line will hold that title.
4. There are serious plans to extend the Goldie line south to the border - that will be 39km if it happens, and it's looking very likely it will happen, but who knows, it may not happen.
I catch this tram into the city from Burwood East (2nd last suburb) once a week and can confirm it's a pretty long ride! Nice video!
That touch-on made my cry - so slow
the old myki readers are so shit and sluggish. I've seen them vandalized and broken a lot as well. can't say the same for the new ones though
Mate u r incredible tbh
I take this tram to my work at the end of the line!! apart from a coles express and maccas, theres also vermont south shopping centre to have a look at! although quite small, it hasnt changed much over the years and feels very retro and nostalgic - totally worth a small wander for those interested in places like that :)
I have to say I haven’t heard that pronunciation of “Vermont” with the emphasis on “MONT” instead of “VER” in nearly 40 years. I have never travelled on the tram to the city but a friend and her husband from Vermont South did … once … The tram route was to end at Knox City Shopping Centre but I believe cost blow outs saw it end at Vermont South. It is used heavily by students from the outer Eastern suburbs travelling to schools including Deakin University along the route towards the city.
You were heading west, not easy. I enjoyed your video.
Thats really interesting how it still uses the old myki machine too! also going through the belgrave / lillydale lines
I've lived in Melbourne for over 50 years and I have only been on the trams, once. Maybe I should try them more often. Thanks for the video.
Love visiting Melbourne for the trams, they are the best especially with the running of the old heritage W's for the tourists.
The other thing I really like, is the regional rail, I reckon you could get almost anywhere by train or tram in Victoria.
I wish Adelaide could be the same.
Same goes for Perth! But most of our car users can't drive, so light rail is out of the question here!
I never knew this! One of my most frequented tram lines as it stops outside my house in hawthorn
Hello from Melbourne!
The tram museum is a gem Stef. Well worth a visit and relatively unknown even to locals.
I’m keen to visit when it’s open one weekend soon.
Interesting video. I actually live near the Route 75 tram route at Burwood East. Over the years, I saw the extensions of this line open one by one. Another long tram route is the Route 86 to Bundoora. There is a great Baker's Delight at Vermont South. Lovely stuff there. They eventually hope to extend to Knox City some day in the future. Then it will be even longer.
What up to Burwood One, 24hr Coles and Kmart. Saved my ass so many times
I saw you filming this!
cool to see you took the same tram i take daily. Weird seeing camberwell in a vlog like this, especially the coffee shop which is just down the road
love this video it turns out I ride a shot part of the worlds longest tram line every day
Not trams but Melbourne public transport - my car broke down at 3am on the opposite side of Melbourne to were I live and I had to take trains at a random time and place to get home. It worked brilliantly, ten minutes walk to a modern deserted station, trains on time, warm clean and safe with security officers in groups at some stops. At the end 5 minutes walk home by 6am. All for $5. Much much better than the neglected unsafe system I remember from 30 years before.
The 75 used to stop at Middleborough Rd, until it was extended to Vermont South. I used to live in Bayswater and remember it well. That line could keep going down Burwood Hwy to Ferntree Gully or even further to Upper Ferntree Gully.
Travel to Melbourne at least once a year ( except covid ) for years. Staying in the city the trams are brilliant. The myki card though can get in the bin. Nice vid mate. oh, btw, The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant , was unique and is definitely missed.
Funny how I'm gonna start taking this tram for daily commute starting next month, and I came across this video! I will hop on at Burwood East and it's probably gonna take me 1 and a half hour to get to work...looking forward to it😂
Good vid
Great video Stef, thanks. I’m more used to seeing you in the cockpit on UA-cam though! I believe Launceston and Hobart had electric trams before Melbourne but I could be wrong. I do know Tassie had the only double decker trams in Australia.
I remember trams in Hobart as a three yo, I think they were disbanded in about 1954, which may have been a mistake but remember, a lot of Hobart city's feeder roads are narrow and really isnt feasible for a tram to share with vehicular traffic
@@alexlanning712 oh I know about the roads! I have to drive trucks around here… 🤣
I think it was 1963 or 1964 they ended service here, just 6-7 years before I was born. They’d certainly not be feasible here today.
@@NoName-ds5uq Hello No Name, I think you are confusing the electrified trolley buses, (with the articulating arm), with the trams which in hobart prior to the 1960's were like melbourne's trams in as much they had tram rails
@@alexlanning712 yeah, you could be right there!
Edit, I just looked it up on Wikipedia which says the tram system ceased in 1960.
"YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHERE!"
*Looks at Melbourne tram in thumbnail blatantly in Melbourne*
Melbourne.
this has made my day, i untill a month ago once took the 75 tram from stop 63 to stop 8 for work 3 days a week, no wonder it felt like so long haha.
I took the tram to Richmond to go to Ikea, but also to St Kilda, Docklands, and Melbourne zoo, it's a great service, make the most of it.
Haha. Fun video. You should have called in for a coffee since you came all the way out here :)
Dang the 75 tram line is my local one, I used to take it home from school most days, and had no idea that it was the longest. Thanks for making a video about it!
I live on this route, but I go a lil further by taking the Knox Transit link, which was created after the line didn't get extended to Knox City.
If you wanna go west, you can go west from Vermont South to Docklands! 😄 I went down the Vermont South direction several times, but the only time I went up the Docklands direction is when I went exploring at the Central Pier stop. Still yet to go to Waterfront stop, but it's on different lines.
Welcome to my home Town. Born in Lonsdale Street some years ago. Ride at the back; cars and trams don't like each other. :)
I was on that last week for my school city experience haha I love Melbourne
Oh up here in Ottawa Canada we have a stupid card system like that. Our takes up to 48hrs for a top up of the card to show because the busses only download the data at night in the garage (and sometimes it fails).
Funny that I lived in Burwood that you went past brings back memories I'm currently living in Adelaide and loved Burwood as it's a quiet suburb
Thanks for the video man I’m a local here in Melbourne been here my whole life and just learned some really interesting things never knew there was a museum probably because it’s never OPEN haha 😂
Tram museum in Hawthorn was originally a tram depot, and was later used for training drivers and conductors.
For a long time route 75 terminated at Warrigal Road before it was extended east. Most of the extension has the tram line in its own reservation in the middle of the road. The line was first extended to Middleborough Road before being extended to its current terminus at Blackburn Road. The tram line goes past Deakin University.
It goes well past Blackburn Road. It goes past Springvale Road in fact.
Not gonna lie, I loooove riding the "ding dings" whenever I'm in Melbourne (that's my name for it and I'm sticking to it). Did snarfle a laugh though by the fact that Brisbane has rolled out the new payment technology faster than Victoria lol. Still use my Go Card though!
A little fun fact: About 300m from the last tram stop in Vermont south you can find the location of 'Ramsay street' from Neighbours. It's real name is pin oak court if I remember correctly. I did some tree work in there a few years ago.
When talking about the myki you said "every other city in the whole world*" which was very funny to me because I guess every city does not include Paris, most french cities with a transportation network, as well New York, Toronto or Montreal and certainly many others.
Berlin as well.
And definitely not Japan!!!
I literally guessed where when I saw the thumbnail
As soon as you said longest tram line I knew it had to be the 75. I used to take it from Vermont south back in the day to uni, to Camberwell Junction and sometimes the city.
Right by the end of the line is a great casual Indian restaurant called Rich Mahal that I highly recommend, there's a small mall with some great delis too.
The Vermont South Shopping Centre is adjacent to the tram terminus and bus interchange. It is very popular with older local residents.
The Los Angeles A Line runs 48.5 miles (78.1 km) between Azusa and Downtown Long Beach, with 44 stations. It is claimed to be the longest light rail line in the world. Route 5 in Halle (Germany) is very long too.
Great vid. I haven’t been on public transport since Myki was introduced, on principle. May go on it next year hopefully as it’s a good way to see the sights. Would hate to rely on it to get to work though.
Metcard forever. Myki never.
this guy has crazy comedic timing lmao ur comment about assuming the rail museum was good bc youve never been cracked me up