Re: Tram Stop platforms [was VR trams (was Batman Avenue Trams Finished!)

["Ron BEST" <ronbest@bigpond.com>]

I can't see how the tapered fronts of the Zs has anything to do with
clearing platforms. Why would they be wider at the first 150 mm or so off
the ground than other cars? I can see a possible problem if the paltform
were on a curve, but I don't think there are any curved tram platforms in
Melb.

Rgds

Ron BESDANSKY (formerly Ron BEST)

David McLoughlin <davemcl@REMOVEiprolink.co.nz> wrote in message
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> Daniel Bowen wrote:
> >
> > Christopher_Martin GORDON wrote:
> > > Does anyone know when the platform at Flinders Street was removed?
> >
> > It was (obviously) gone when Swanston Street lost cars, but I don't
> > remember if it was still there before that. There's a picture of it in
> > "Melbourne Tramways" by David Keenan, 1985 (p27)... so the pic's
> > probably from 1984 or 85.
> >
> > Anybody remember?
> >
> > Of course, as to the question about Zs using platforms, in those days,
> > there were no Zs on the Swanston Street routes.
>
> I can't follow why so many people here are saying the Z trams can't use
> stops with platforms. I have just gone through the photos I took all
> over the system 18 months ago and there are several of Zs using stops
> with platforms similar to the one that was at Swanston&Flinders.
>
> For example, one of the photos is of a Z inbound at the platform stop in
> Brighton Road on Route 67, just before the Chapel Street junction.
> Another is the North Melbourne terminus at the junction with Flemington
> Road. There are several more.
>
> David McLoughlin
> Auckland New Zealand