Re: Grand Prix Tram Observations

[John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>]

Gareth Lumsden wrote:

>

Lots of interesting stuff snipped.

> All my observations listed were made today, Sun-7-3-99.
> I'm going to try and make this as brief as possible:
>

> YARRA TRAMS:
> 1.  GP Express shuttles & services to Clarendon St, consisted of A & B
> class trams.
> 2.  Route 75 used all A class trams (including the new Intel Pentium 3
> liveried 237).  Route 48 as usual.  All terminated at Flind/Spencer Sts
> cnr.
> 3.  Route 96 was Melb Bus Link buses from Spencer/Bourke Sts cnr, and Kew
> depot A class trams from the City to E.Brunswick.
>

I wonder why they were able to use Kew depot As on the Sunday and not on
Saturday.
On Saturday route 96 was buses all the way to East Brunswick.


> 4.  Route 86 was all Preston depot Z3's. (Only showing Bundoora, instead
> of Bundoora RMIT).  Z3's were by far inadequate to carry all passengers
> and were Crush load full leaving Spencer St, without picking up passengers
> from the rest of the City stops.
>

On Saturday, all Bundoora trams were B2s.


> 5.  Route 12 was replaced with MBL buses for the whole way.
> 6.  City Circle's were shunting at Flinders & Swanston Sts, returning
> towards Spring St. AFAIK, they only reached LaTrobe & Swanston Sts, before
> shunting again & returning to Flinders St.

John McCallum