Re: Diversion of Batman Avenue Tram Route?

Chris Gordon (cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au.#)
Tue, 07 Oct 1997 08:45:02 +1000

Shortly after the Federation Square plan when on show at the Melbourne
Town Hall many people started asking the developers were the tram will
go. They decided on a route that will leave Swan Street ate the corner
of Punt Road and travel Parrell to the train line to Exibition Street
Extension the turn right, cross the railway lines and left into Flinders
Street and follow along to where routes 75 and 48 ternimate in Spencer
Street.

There is a copy of the plan on my home page
http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~cmgord/trains/works.html but it doesn't show
the tram line.

This could be interestion for Football and Cricket at the MCG where a
tram goes along Flinders Street and you don't know if it will take you
to Jolimont or Swan Street.

Chris Brownbill wrote:
>
> I was looking at a display at Flinders Street Station today of the
> redevelopment of the Station. It's very underwhelming really, but what
> caught my attention was a scene-setting map on which the surrounding
> streets and works for Federation Square etc were marked. It showed
> Exhibition Street extended over the rail yards, and most interestingly the
> Batman avenue tram route (70) diverted over this new bridge and then
> turning left into Flinders Street at the Exhibition Street corner. The
> route interestingly was also marked to run behind the tennis centre
> adjacent to the remaining rail tracks (not along swan street), and then the
> map ended so I couldn't see where its proposed it link up with the existing
> track. This tram route was the single most prominent feature on this map,
> but I don't know what authority it has.
>
> I must say this is a more satisfactory solution than the truncation of the
> route short of its current terminus, although it would not be as
> picturesque as the current route. Lets hope this is what happens!

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