Re: Longest Tram Ride (Melb)

[Vaughan Williams <ender2000@my-deja.com>]

Not quite right, I'm afraid, and you also didn't need to post it three
times (excuse bitchyness)

The longest tram routes in Melbourne AFAIK (I may have forgotten some)
are, by distance
1. Bundoora RMIT #86, which I think is the second longest tram route in
the world

2. East Burwood #75 (starting from Spencer & Latrobe Sts)

3. Mont Albert to Port Melbourne #109

4. Melb Uni to Camberwell #72
5. Airport West #59 (The last two are pretty close so they could be
reversed)

As the crow flies Bundoora is the furthest by miles.

#72 may be the slowest by time in peak hour because the Bundoora tram
has the advantage of its own ROW beyond Albert St so isn't caught in
traffic whereas the #72 can be stuck on Malvern Rd for ages.

If anyone can be bothered measuring the distances on the melway a bit
more accurately than I just did with the ruler, please do :)

Vaughan

In article <381426C6.263E158B@melbpc.org.au>,
  John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au> wrote:
>
>
> carrington wrote:
> >
> > Got ½ day to kill in Melb on Wed. What's the longest tram journey
from
> > the city?
>
> > Carrington
> > ICQ 35512824
>
> The longest single journey in both time and distance would be
Melbourne
> University
> to Camberwell (route 72). You then can return to the city via the Mont
> Albert - Port
> Melbourne route (109). Other long routes are
> 1. City (Spencer Street)- East Burwood (75) runs via Flinders Street
> 2. City (Elizabeth Street)- Airport West (59)
> 3. City (Spencer Street)- Bundoora (86) runs via Bourke Street
> You can also travel to St Kilda from the City (Bourke Street) using
> route 96 one way, returning via
> St Kilda Road (route 16).
>
> John McCallum
>


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