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Melbourne's cable tram system has its origins in the MTOC, started by Francis Boardman Clapp in 1877, with a view to operate a Melbourne tram system.
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Melbourne's cable tram system opened in 1885, and expanded to one of the largest in the world, with of double track.
The Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board was formed in 1919 to take control of Melbourne's cable tram network, six of the seven electric tramway companies and the last horse tram, by 1940 all cable and horse tram lines had been abandoned or converted to either electric tram or bus operation.
This was Melbourne's only non-MTOC cable tram, built by local land speculators and was operated as an independent line, feeding the Clifton Hill line.
After a cable tram line was extended south from the Melbourne central city area, the seaside area became a popular entertainment precinct for Melbourne's working classes.
After the HTT had been amalgamated into the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, it was put off due to work on electrifying Melbourne's cable tramways.
This was Melbourne's only privately built and operated cable tramway.
Melbourne's and tram
Trams have operated continuously in Melbourne since 1884, with the opening of a horse tram line in Fairfield, since then they have become a distinctive part of Melbourne's character and feature in tourism and travel advertising.
In 1906 electric tram systems were opened in St Kilda and Essendon, marking the start of continuous operation of Melbourne's electric trams.
Melbourne's first tram was a horse tram from Fairfield railway station to a real estate development in Thornbury, it opened on 20 December 1884, and was closed by 1890.
The Zoo line was Melbourne's last horse tram and the only line still in operation at the formation of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board ( MMTB ), but it was destroyed by fire during the 1923 police strike.
The MMTB took the decision not to reopen it, ending Melbourne's horse tram era.
Melbourne's tram usage peaked at 260 million trips in 1949, before dropping sharply to 200 million the following year in 1950.
On 1 July 1997, in preparation for privatisation of the Public Transport Corporation, Melbourne's tram network was split into two businesses — Met Tram 1 ( later renamed Swanston Trams ) and Met Tram 2 ( later renamed Yarra Trams ).
Melbourne's tram system comprises 29 regular revenue routes and the free city circle service, although there are a number of irregular routes and special services.
For 33 days from 1 January 1990, 250 trams were parked in Melbourne's CBD streets by tram drivers.
Melbourne's public transport system-train, tram and bus-ran to altered timetables with some amended or substituted services for the duration of the Games.
A later report drawn up by the University of Melbourne's Professor Evan Walker postulated that the westernmost shard would interfere with a so-called " heritage vista ", a view of the cathedral from the middle of the tram tracks on Princes Bridge to the south.
C class is the designation given to the type of Citadis trams used in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia by Melbourne's tram operator Yarra Trams.
The C class can be found almost exclusively on Melbourne's route 109 from Port Melbourne to Box Hill, operated from the Kew tram depot.
Yarra Trams operates the biggest tram network in the world with over 249 km of double track, over 1770 tram stops and 28 tram routes including Melbourne's free City Circle tourist tram.
Melbourne's and system
The MTA introduced a new green and yellow livery and uniform design, with a new logo, showing the integration of Melbourne's public transport system, replacing the MMTB logo, and introduced a new time based integrated ticketing system, for all modes of Melbourne's public transport.
During the re-privatisation of Melbourne's public transport system in April, 2004, the Metlink brand was transferred to a new company, Metlink Victoria Pty Ltd, the role of which was also to perform several minor functions previously performed by the State Government and the franchise operators.
The Frankston line is part of Melbourne's Metlink integrated ticketing system in Zones 1 and 2.
The line extends from the Frankston line and is part of the city's suburban passenger railway network, and is part of the Metlink integrated ticketing system ( zone 2 ), but is not electrified like the rest of Melbourne's rail network.
The design was further modified for use on Melbourne's broad gauge track, and its control system was designed specifically to allow in-service coupling and operation with Comeng sets.
This project represents the single biggest boost to Melbourne's water system since the approval of the Thomson Dam in 1975.
Northern Sewerage Project is a major infrastructure project to increase the capacity of the sewerage system in Melbourne's growing northern suburbs.
Yarraville station is within the Zone 1 region of Melbourne's public transport ticketing system.
A premium station is a railway station in Melbourne's Metlink system that has:
Every Friday students are taught skills necessary for life, such as using Melbourne's Public transport system.
The Kennett Government pledged corporatisation of Melbourne's public transport network, however policy shifted to supporting the privatisation of the tram system in the wake of a series of public transport union strikes.
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The dreamlike ( or nightmarish ) atmosphere of Meshes has influenced many subsequent films, notably David Lynch's Lost Highway ( 1997 ); Wendy Haslem of the University of Melbourne's Cinema Studies department wrote about the parallels:
The club originally represented the suburb of Carlton in Melbourne's inner north, and its nickname is the Blues, which comes from the navy blue colour which it has traditionally worn in its playing uniform.
Opel, Melbourne's other sponsor, has a logo on the back beneath the player's number.
Whilst the park was established only in 1995, the area has been protected for a century to protect Melbourne's water.
The university has a number of smaller campuses at Mildura, Shepparton, and Beechworth as well as a campus in Melbourne's CBD.
Work has commenced to deepen the channel entrance, to allow newer, larger container ships to access Melbourne's docks.
While Melbourne's Indigenous Australian population is relatively low, St Kilda has one of the larger indigenous communities and there are several rooming houses identifying with indigenous people.
St Kilda has run Melbourne's first major arts and crafts market which has been run on the Esplanade every Sunday since the 1980s.
Despite fears that the plaza would remain empty because of its location on the edge of Melbourne's centre, the open space has proved to be a remarkably popular place for protests, performances, cultural gatherings, celebrations and just ' hanging out '.
The City of Yarra has some of Melbourne's best shopping streets.
The city has some of Melbourne's major shopping precincts in Chapel Street, Glenferrie Road, High Street, Malvern Road and Toorak Road, as well as the Chadstone Shopping Centre.
Glen Iris has been Melbourne's geographical centre of population since the 1990s.
The low popularity of the scheme in comparison to other cities has been attributed to Melbourne's mandatory helmet laws, acknowledged by the government, which recently began subsidising helmet purchases at $ 5 per helmet from local convenience stores and vending machines.
The Palladium at Crown is Melbourne's grandest ballroom, with a seating capacity of 1, 700 it has played host to some of Australia's premier functions including the annual TV Week Logie Awards, Brownlow Medal, Allan Border Medal and the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix ball.
: A Calabrian ' Ndrangheta group that has long been linked with control of Melbourne's fruit and vegetable markets.
The suburb has been immortalised by the Skyhooks single named after the suburb, ' Balwyn Calling ', while The Age newspaper described the suburb as " arguably Melbourne's most loved " whilst conceding " Balwyn has never, and will never, be called " a vibrant, exciting and influential suburb ".
A steady stream of migration since the 1980s has made Abbotsford home to Melbourne's largest Vietnamese community.
Later becoming a centre of Melbourne's bohemianism, the suburb has undergone rapid gentrification in recent years, and is now considered one of Melbourne's most liveable suburbs.
Because it is situated on what many regard as the fringes of Melbourne's popular and much-revived ' inner city ', gentrification has been strong, and property prices are high.
It has a long associations with the working class and is currently inhabited by a wide variety of ethnicities and socio-economic groups and is known for a culture of bohemianism, being the main home of Melbourne's Fringe Festival.
It has some of Melbourne's earliest surviving houses and one of Melbourne's most extensive stands of terraced housing, along with a mix of converted industrial and commercial buildings, walk-up flats, modern apartments and public housing.
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