Free tram travelThe city's Free Tram Zone extends from Queen Victoria Market to Docklands, Spring Street, Flinders Street Station and Federation Square. Hop on and off the historic trams as often as you like. You don't need a myki if you're only travelling in the city's Free Tram Zone or on the City Circle Tram.
The new Free Tram Zone includes the area from Queen Victoria Market, across to Victoria Harbour in Docklands, up to Spring Street and over to Flinders Street Station and Federation Square.
The most important thing for tram travel is a myki card. These can be purchased from machines at train stations, select newsagencies and from certain tram stops with machines. A myki card will cost you $6 and needs to be topped up with money to travel.
Default fares
| Mode | Fare type | Default fare |
|---|
| Train | Full fare | $4.50 |
| Concession | $2.25 |
| Tram | Full fare | $4.50 |
| Concession | $2.25 |
Free Tram ZoneTravel on trams in Melbourne's city centre is free. See a map of the Free Tram Zone on the Public Transport Victoria website. Tram stops in the Free Tram Zone are clearly marked. If you start or finish a journey outside the Free Tram Zone, a valid myki card is still required.
35 City Circle (Free Tourist Tram) - Public Transport Victoria.
Route 19, 57 and 59 trams take you directly to Stop 7 Queen Victoria Market. Alternatively, Route 58 trams take you directly to Stop 9 Peel Street.
You can travel between the city and St Kilda, Coburg, Bundoora, Port Melbourne, Carnegie, Box Hill, Vermont South and Brunswick. Your trip is free if you're just travelling in the city's Free Tram Zone.
Your metropolitan train journey is free if you touch on and off before 7.15am on a weekday. Your journey won't be free if your myki balance is negative.
Trams and TrainsMelbourne has 24 hour public transport on weekends. Trains run hourly and trams every 30 minutes during the weekends across the city. The extended services depart from Flinders Street Station on all Metro train lines while trams are reduced to six main routes: 19, 67, 75, 86, 96 and 109.
VICTORIA -- Buses in Victoria and Nanaimo will be free for the next 30 days amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to announcing the free transit on Thursday, BC Transit is asking riders to only enter and exit buses through their rear doors and to practise social distancing while onboard.
In general, Melbourne's Public Transport is efficient, inexpensive, safe and extensive. The free City Circle tram goes around the Central Business District, including Docklands while travel on other trams (but not buses or the railway City Loop) is now free within in Melbourne's CBD.
The best way to get around Melbourne is by tram. Trams operate throughout the day and offer multiple routes that criss-cross the city. There's even a free tram designed just for tourists. You can also board Melbourne's buses and trains with the same myki ticket that you'll use for trams.
Yarra Trams is the trading name of the tram network in Melbourne, which is owned by VicTrack and leased to Yarra Trams by Public Transport Victoria on behalf of the Government of Victoria. The current franchise is operated by Keolis Downer.
Catch the free No. 35 City Circle Tram to Docklands (from Flinders, Spring, Victoria, Nicholson or LaTrobe streets) along Harbour Esplanade and Docklands Drive to NewQuay and Waterfront City.
Trams are a major form of public transport in Melbourne, the capital city of the state of Victoria, Australia. As of May 2017, the Melbourne tramway network consists of 250 kilometres (160 miles) of double track, 493 trams, 24 routes, and 1,763 tram stops.
Free tram zone covers stops D11 to 11, fare zone 1 applies from stop 12 to 71.
Melbourne, the most populous city in and capital of Victoria, is home to the largest tram network in the world, and its trams have become part of the city's culture and identity due to their long history. Currently around 500 trams are in service in the city.
Many people have asked how did Melbourne manage to keep their tram system while every other Australian city was ruthlessly ripping out their own. One was that the streets of Melbourne were generally built much wider than the streets of Sydney, and so allowed trams and cars to work together a lot better.
Melbourne's tram network, with 250 kilometers of track (155 miles), is already the largest in the world.
Today, most trams use electrical power, usually fed by a pantograph sliding on an overhead line; older systems may use a trolley pole or a bow collector. Some trams, known as tram-trains, may have segments that run on mainline railway tracks, similar to interurban systems.
They play an important role in the integration of trams with pedestrians. They warn you when a tram is approaching and when it is about to leave.
And because the free tram zone ends at Federation Square, you'll need to get off and walk across the Princes Bridge for attractions like the National Gallery of Victoria, the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), AAMI Park or the National Tennis Centre.
Under Mr Barton's plan, the MCG, National Gallery of Victoria, Shrine of Remembrance and the Melbourne Zoo would be included in the new free tram zone.
All stops within the free zone are clearly marked and tram drivers will make regular announcements when approaching the zone boundaries. If your tram journey is exclusively within the zone, travel is free, meaning you do not need to touch on with a myki. Do not touch on or you will be charged a Zone 1 two hour fare.
