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{{Short description|Tram route in metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia}}
{{MelbourneTramInfobox
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
| NAME=University - Camberwell
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2013}}
| IMAGE=[[Image:D13506route72.JPG|300px]]
{{Infobox tram route
| NUMBER=72
|number = Route 72
| STOPS=70
|bgcolor = #71BE43
| TIMETABLES=[http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/947 Link]
|titlecolor = #ffffff
| MAP=[http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/maps-stations-stops/metropolitan-trams/tram/947 Link]
|logo = Melbourne tram route 72 icon.svg
| 1=
|logo_width = 100px
}}
|image = D1.3526 swanston, 2014.JPG
|caption = [[D-class Melbourne tram|D1 class tram]] on [[Swanston Street]], <br> December 2014
|system = [[Trams in Melbourne|Melbourne]]
|operator = [[Yarra Trams]]
|depot = [[Malvern tram depot|Malvern]]
|vehicle = [[Z-class Melbourne tram|Z class]]<br>[[D-class Melbourne tram|D1 class]]
|open = 1 November 1970
|close =
|start = [[Melbourne University tram stop|Melbourne University]]
|via = [[Swanston Street]]<br>[[St Kilda Road]]<br>Commercial Road<br>Malvern Road<br>[[Burke Road]]
|end = [[Camberwell, Victoria|Camberwell]]
|length = 16.8 kilometres
|timetable_link= [https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/timetable/947/72/ Route 72 timetable]
|map_link = [https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/947 Route 72 map]
|previous_line = [[Melbourne tram route 70|Route 70]]
|next_line = [[Melbourne tram route 75|Route 75]]}}


'''[[Tram]] route 72''' is a [[public transport]] service in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. It runs from the [[University of Melbourne]] in the city centre to [[Camberwell, Victoria|Camberwell]] in the eastern [[suburb]]s. It runs through the suburbs of Melbourne, [[South Yarra, Victoria|South Yarra]], [[Toorak, Victoria|Toorak]], [[Malvern, Victoria|Malvern]], [[Glen Iris, Victoria|Glen Iris]], and Camberwell. Like most tram routes in Melbourne, it is entirely within [[Metcard]] [[Public transport#Ticket systems|ticketing]] Zone 1.
'''Melbourne tram route 72''' is operated by [[Yarra Trams]] on the [[Trams in Melbourne|Melbourne tram network]] from [[Melbourne University tram stop|Melbourne University]] to [[Camberwell, Victoria|Camberwell]]. The 16.8 kilometre route is operated out of [[Malvern tram depot|Malvern depot]] with [[Z-class Melbourne tram|Z]] and [[D-class Melbourne tram|D]] class trams.


==History==
Route 72 was originally known as route 7. When its base of operations was moved from Malvern depot to [[Camberwell tram depot|Camberwell depot]] for a short period, it became route 72 in keeping with that depot's numbering scheme (routes [[Melbourne tram route 70|70]] and [[Melbourne tram route 75|75]] being the other routes based at Camberwell depot). The route was subsequently returned to Malvern depot, yet kept its new number as the route 7 designation had been given to a shortened version of [[Melbourne tram route 6|route 6]] (also based at Malvern depot).
Route 72 was first allocated to the line between [[Camberwell, Victoria|Camberwell]] ([[Burke Road]]) and the [[Melbourne central business district|City]] ([[Swanston Street]]) on 1 November 1970.<ref>Melbourne ''[[Transit Australia|Electric Traction]]'' November 1970 page 4</ref><ref name=TransitAustraliaNov98>The Camberwell Tramway ''[[Transit Australia]]'' November 1998 pages 243-248</ref> Prior to that, the line to Camberwell was serviced by route 7. The change was at first due to operations of the Camberwell line being shifted from [[Malvern tram depot|Malvern depot]] to [[Camberwell tram depot|Camberwell depot]]. Even though the route was subsequently returned to Malvern in August 1979, the number 72 was kept.<ref name=TransitAustraliaNov98/><ref>City Section ''[[Trolley Wire]]'' issue 183 August 1979 page 19</ref> Before 1970, Route 72 was a short-working of the [[Melbourne tram route 70|Wattle Park line]], for trams that terminated at Riversdale instead of [[Wattle Park, Melbourne|Wattle Park]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.classicaustraliantv.com/Gunzel.htm|title=Gunzel|website=www.classicaustraliantv.com|access-date=2018-10-02}}</ref> Trams traditionally terminated at the [[Victoria Street, Melbourne|Victoria Street]] terminus, but following an accident in 1991, trams instead terminated at the Queensberry Street crossover. Due to congestion during peak hours at the crossover, some trams continued north to Melbourne University. Finally on 17 January 1996, a permanent shunt was built at [[Melbourne University tram stop|Melbourne University]]. From then on, route 72 trams were altered run full-time to Melbourne University.<ref name=":0" />


The origins of route 72 lie in separate tram lines. The section of track between Queensberry Street (Stop 4) and Commercial Road (Stop 25) is the oldest section of this route, dating back to the Brighton Road cable tram which opened on 11 October 1888 by the [[Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company]]. This cable tram line was electrified in stages by the [[Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board]]. The section between [[Domain Interchange]] (Stop 20) and Commercial Road was electrified on 27 December 1925. The section between Queensberry Street and City Road (near Stop 14) was electrified on the same day. The line between City Road and Domain Interchange was electrified on 24 January 1926. The [[Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust]] constructed the Malvern Road line between [[St Kilda Road]] and Gardiner (Stop 50) on 8 April 1915. This line was extended to [[Camberwell railway station, Melbourne|Camberwell station]] (Stop 64) on 6 December 1917, and then to Cotham Road on 7 March 1918.
There has been calls to split the Route 72 into two portions if it were to be extended, namely towards Eastern Freeway on the north end and Caulfield Station at the southern route, with the east-west portion as the other route.


The route was curtailed for 21 months from March 1995 while a bridge was built over the [[Monash Freeway]].<ref>Route 72 Resumes Full Operation ''Transit Australia'' February 1997 page 45</ref> In response to the [[Government of Victoria|State Government's]] [[Melbourne 2030|Melbourne 2030 planning policy]], the [[Public Transport Users Association]] lobbied to extend route 72 north to [[State (Bell/Springvale) Highway|Doncaster Road]] and [[Ivanhoe railway station, Melbourne|Ivanhoe station]], and south to [[Caulfield, Victoria|Caulfield]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120322075210/http://www.ptua.org.au/files/2006/The_Real_Transport_Challenges.pdf The Real Transport Challenges: A Call for a Vision] [[Public Transport Users Association]] October 2006 page 56</ref>
==Route==


{|class="wikitable sortable"
There are 70 [[Tram stop|stops]] on route 72, each of which the tram reaches slower than most other trams - particularly tram [[Melbourne tram route 96|96]], which is not only very speedy but also very scenic.
|+Melbourne tram route 72 evolution
!Dates
!Route
!Notes
|-
|9 December 1934 - 31 October 1970
|Riversdale to City ([[Batman Avenue]])
|
|-
|1 November 1970 - 14 April 1991
|[[Camberwell, Victoria|Camberwell]] to City ([[Swanston Street|Swanston]] / [[Victoria Street, Melbourne|Victoria]] Streets)
|via Malvern / [[Burke Road|Burke]] Roads
|-
|15 April 1991 - 16 January 1996
|[[Camberwell, Victoria|Camberwell]] to City ([[Swanston Street|Swanston]] / Queensberry Streets)
|via Malvern / [[Burke Road|Burke]] Roads
|-
|17 January 1996 - onwards
|[[Camberwell, Victoria|Camberwell]] to [[Melbourne University tram stop|Melbourne University]]
|via Malvern / [[Burke Road|Burke]] Roads
|-
|}


==Operation==
Starts at '''University of Melbourne [[Terminal station|terminus]]''' (stop 1), [[Swanston Street, Melbourne|Swanston]] and Faraday Streets; then runs via:
Route 72 is operated out of [[Malvern tram depot|Malvern depot]] with [[Z-class Melbourne tram|Z]] and [[D-class Melbourne tram|D]] class trams.<ref>[https://vicsig.net/trams/depot/malvern Malvern Depot] Vicsig</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140529000558/http://www.yarratrams.com.au/about-us/who-we-are/facts-figures/ Facts & figures] [[Yarra Trams]]</ref><ref>[http://www.yarratrams.com.au/using-trams/route-guides/route-72/ Route 72] Yarra Trams</ref>


==Route map==
*'''Swanston Street''' (stops 1 - 13)
{{Route 72 tram}}
**[[RMIT University]] (stop 7)
{{-}}
**[[La Trobe Street, Melbourne|La Trobe Street]], [[State Library of Victoria]], [[Melbourne Central]] shopping centre and [[Melbourne Central railway station|railway station]], tram routes [[Melbourne tram route 24|24]], [[Melbourne tram route 30|30]], 34 and the [[City Circle (tram route)|City Circle]] (stop 8)
**[[Lonsdale Street, Melbourne|Lonsdale Street]], [[Queen Victoria Village|QV Village]] (stop 9)
**[[Bourke Street, Melbourne|Bourke Street]], tram routes [[Melbourne tram route 86|86]], 95 and [[Melbourne tram route 96|96]] (stop 10)
**[[Collins Street, Melbourne|Collins Street]], [[Melbourne Town Hall]], [[Melbourne City Square]], tram routes 11, 12, [[Melbourne tram route 42|42]], [[Melbourne tram route 48|48]], [[Melbourne tram route 109|109]] and [[Melbourne tram route 112|112]] (stop 11)
**[[Flinders Street, Melbourne|Flinders Street]], [[Flinders Street Station]], [[Federation Square]], [[St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne|St Paul's Cathedral]], tram routes [[Melbourne tram route 70|70]], [[Melbourne tram route 75|75]] and the [[City Circle (tram route)|City Circle]] (stop 13)
*'''[[St Kilda Road, Melbourne|St Kilda Road]]''' (stops 14 - 25)
**[[Victorian Arts Centre]] (stop 14)
**[[National Gallery of Victoria]], [[Queen Victoria Gardens, Melbourne|Queen Victoria Gardens]] (stop 15)
**Southbank Boulevard, tram route [[Melbourne tram route 1|1]] (stop 16)
**[[Shrine of Remembrance]] (stop 19)
**Domain Interchange, tram routes [[Melbourne tram route 8|8]] and [[Melbourne tram route 55|55]] (stop 20)
**[[Toorak Road, Melbourne|Toorak Road]] (stop 22)
**Commercial Road, tram routes [[Melbourne tram route 3|3]], [[Melbourne tram route 5|5]], [[Melbourne tram route 6|6]], [[Melbourne tram route 16|16]], [[Melbourne tram route 64|64]] and [[Melbourne tram route 67|67]] (stop 25)
*'''Commercial Road''' (stops 26 - 30)
**[[The Alfred Hospital]], [[Fawkner Park, Melbourne|Fawkner Park]] (stop 26)
**[[Prahran Market]] (stop 30)
**[[Chapel Street, Melbourne|Chapel Street]], tram routes [[Melbourne tram route 78|78]] and [[Melbourne tram route 79|79]] (stop 31)
*'''Malvern Road''' (stops 31 - 50)
**[[Toorak railway station, Melbourne|Toorak railway station]] (stop 37)
**[[Glenferrie Road, Melbourne|Glenferrie Road]], tram [[Melbourne tram route 16|route 16]] (stop 43)
*'''[[Burke Road, Melbourne|Burke Road]]''' (stops 51 - 70)
**[[Gardiner railway station, Melbourne|Gardiner railway station]] (stop 51)
**Toorak Road (stop 54)
**Camberwell Junction, tram routes [[Melbourne tram route 70|70]] and [[Melbourne tram route 75|75]] (stop 61)
**[[Camberwell railway station, Melbourne|Camberwell railway station]] (stop 64)
**Cotham/Whitehorse Roads, tram routes [[Melbourne tram route 42|42]] and [[Melbourne tram route 109|109]] (stop 70)


==References==
Ends at '''Camberwell terminus''' (stop 70), Burke and Cotham/Whitehorse Roads.
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==Maps and timetables==
{{commons category-inline}}


{{MelbourneTramNavbox|state=collapsed}}
*[http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/947 Official timetables]
*[http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/maps-stations-stops/metropolitan-trams/tram/947 Official route map]
*[http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/maps_stations_stops/metropolitan_trams Official tram network map]
*[http://www.railmaps.com.au/melbourn.htm Melbourne tram and train network map from railmaps.com.au]

==See also==

*[[Trams in Melbourne]]
*[[Transportation in Australia]]


{{MelbourneTramRoutes}}


[[Category:Tram routes in Melbourne|072]]
[[Category:Tram routes in Melbourne|072]]
[[Category:Public transport routes in the City of Melbourne (LGA)|072]]
[[Category:1970 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Transport in the City of Boroondara]]
[[Category:Transport in the City of Stonnington]]

Latest revision as of 03:30, 1 June 2024

Route 72
D1 class tram on Swanston Street,
December 2014
Overview
SystemMelbourne
OperatorYarra Trams
DepotMalvern
VehicleZ class
D1 class
Began service1 November 1970
Route
StartMelbourne University
ViaSwanston Street
St Kilda Road
Commercial Road
Malvern Road
Burke Road
EndCamberwell
Length16.8 kilometres
TimetableRoute 72 timetable
MapRoute 72 map
← Route 70  {{{system_nav}}}  Route 75 →

Melbourne tram route 72 is operated by Yarra Trams on the Melbourne tram network from Melbourne University to Camberwell. The 16.8 kilometre route is operated out of Malvern depot with Z and D class trams.

History

[edit]

Route 72 was first allocated to the line between Camberwell (Burke Road) and the City (Swanston Street) on 1 November 1970.[1][2] Prior to that, the line to Camberwell was serviced by route 7. The change was at first due to operations of the Camberwell line being shifted from Malvern depot to Camberwell depot. Even though the route was subsequently returned to Malvern in August 1979, the number 72 was kept.[2][3] Before 1970, Route 72 was a short-working of the Wattle Park line, for trams that terminated at Riversdale instead of Wattle Park.[4] Trams traditionally terminated at the Victoria Street terminus, but following an accident in 1991, trams instead terminated at the Queensberry Street crossover. Due to congestion during peak hours at the crossover, some trams continued north to Melbourne University. Finally on 17 January 1996, a permanent shunt was built at Melbourne University. From then on, route 72 trams were altered run full-time to Melbourne University.[4]

The origins of route 72 lie in separate tram lines. The section of track between Queensberry Street (Stop 4) and Commercial Road (Stop 25) is the oldest section of this route, dating back to the Brighton Road cable tram which opened on 11 October 1888 by the Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company. This cable tram line was electrified in stages by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board. The section between Domain Interchange (Stop 20) and Commercial Road was electrified on 27 December 1925. The section between Queensberry Street and City Road (near Stop 14) was electrified on the same day. The line between City Road and Domain Interchange was electrified on 24 January 1926. The Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust constructed the Malvern Road line between St Kilda Road and Gardiner (Stop 50) on 8 April 1915. This line was extended to Camberwell station (Stop 64) on 6 December 1917, and then to Cotham Road on 7 March 1918.

The route was curtailed for 21 months from March 1995 while a bridge was built over the Monash Freeway.[5] In response to the State Government's Melbourne 2030 planning policy, the Public Transport Users Association lobbied to extend route 72 north to Doncaster Road and Ivanhoe station, and south to Caulfield.[6]

Melbourne tram route 72 evolution
Dates Route Notes
9 December 1934 - 31 October 1970 Riversdale to City (Batman Avenue)
1 November 1970 - 14 April 1991 Camberwell to City (Swanston / Victoria Streets) via Malvern / Burke Roads
15 April 1991 - 16 January 1996 Camberwell to City (Swanston / Queensberry Streets) via Malvern / Burke Roads
17 January 1996 - onwards Camberwell to Melbourne University via Malvern / Burke Roads

Operation

[edit]

Route 72 is operated out of Malvern depot with Z and D class trams.[7][8][9]

Route map

[edit]
Melbourne Tram Route 72
Melbourne University - Camberwell
via City, Malvern & Glen Iris
Free tram zone covers stops 8 to 13, fare zone 1 applies from stop 1 to 7, 14 to 70
Suburb
Street
Stop
No.
Melbourne University
Connections
continues as Tram 1 & 6
towards East Coburg & Moreland
Carlton
Swanston Street
1
Melbourne University
Tram interchange
1, 3, 5, 6
16, 64, 67
; Bus interchange
401, 402
403, 546
3
Lincoln Square
4
Queensberry Street
Victoria Street
No Service
Melbourne CBD
Swanston Street
7
RMIT University
La Trobe Street
Tram 30, City Circle
Exhibition Street Right arrow
 Left arrow Docklands Stadium
 Mainline rail interchange
Melbourne Central station
●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
8
Melbourne Central station
Tram interchange 30, City Circle
10
Bourke Street Mall
Tram interchange 86, 96; Bus interchange
Lonsdale Street
buses
Bourke Street
Tram 86, 96
Melbourne Museum Right arrow
 Left arrow Southern Cross station
Collins Street
Tram 11, 12, 48, 109
St Vincent's Plaza Right arrow
 Left arrow Southern Cross station
11
Collins Street
Tram interchange 11, 12, 48, 109
Flinders Street
Tram 70, 75, City Circle
Russell Street Right arrow
 Left arrow Docklands
 Mainline rail interchange
Flinders Street station
●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
13
Flinders Street station
Tram interchange 70, 75, City Circle
Southbank
St Kilda Road
14
Arts Precinct
Tram interchange 1; Bus interchange
216, 219
220
Southbank Boulevard
Tram 1
 
 Left arrow South Melbourne Beach
17
Grant Street - Police Memorial
19
Shrine of Remembrance
Park Street
Tram 58
 
 Left arrow West Coburg
Melbourne CBD
St Kilda Road
20
Anzac Station
Tram interchange 58
Domain Road
No Service (Temporary Closure)
21
Bowen Crescent
22
Toorak Road
Tram interchange 58
Toorak Road
Tram 58
Toorak Right arrow
 
23
Arthur Street
24
Leopold Street
25
Commercial Road
Tram interchange
3, 5, 6, 16
64, 67
; Bus interchange
216, 219
220
St Kilda Road
Tram 3, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67
St Kilda Junction Right arrow
 
 
Commercial Road
26
Alfred Hospital
South Yarra
Commercial Road
27
Punt Road
Bus interchange 246
28
Braille Library
29
Porter Street
Mainline rail interchange Prahran station ●
30
Prahran Market
31
Chapel Street
Tram interchange 78
Chapel Street
Tram 78
North Richmond Right arrow
 Left arrow Balaclava
 
Malvern Road
32
Surrey Road
33
Francis Street
34
Williams Road
Toorak
Malvern Road
35
Mathoura Road
36
A'Beckett Street
37
Toorak station
Bus interchange 220, 605
 Mainline rail interchange Toorak station ●●●
38
Clendon Road
39
Irving Road
40
Kooyong Road
41
Albany Road
42
Lauriston Girls' School
43
Glenferrie Road
Glenferrie Road
Tram 16
Kew Right arrow
 Left arrow Melbourne University
Malvern
Malvern Road
44
Plant Street
45
Elizabeth Street
46
Meredith Street
Glen Iris
Malvern Road
47
Tooranga Road
Bus interchange 624
48
Edgar Street
49
Kenilworth Grove
50
Burke Road
Mainline rail interchange Gardiner station ●
 
Burke Road
51
Gardiner station
52
Harris Avenue
Camberwell station
Burke Road
53
Faircroft Avenue
54
Toorak Road
55
Middle Road
56
Anderson Road
57
Pine Avenue
58
Leura Grove
59
Seymour Grove
61
Riversdale Road
Tram interchange 70, 75
Riversdale Road
Tram 70, 75
Docklands Right arrow
 Left arrow Camberwell Junction
62
Camberwell Shopping Centre
63
Prospect Hill Road
Mainline rail interchange Camberwell station ●●●
64
Camberwell station
65
Victoria Road
Canterbury
Burke Road
66
Rathmines Road
67
Camberwell Girls Grammar School
Kew
Burke Road
68
Mont Albert Road
69
Sackville Street
70
Cotham Road
Tram interchange 109, Bus interchange 548
Cotham Road
Tram 109
Port Melbourne Right arrow
 Left arrow Box Hill
Suburb
Street
Stop
No.
Camberwell
Connections

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Melbourne Electric Traction November 1970 page 4
  2. ^ a b The Camberwell Tramway Transit Australia November 1998 pages 243-248
  3. ^ City Section Trolley Wire issue 183 August 1979 page 19
  4. ^ a b "Gunzel". www.classicaustraliantv.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  5. ^ Route 72 Resumes Full Operation Transit Australia February 1997 page 45
  6. ^ The Real Transport Challenges: A Call for a Vision Public Transport Users Association October 2006 page 56
  7. ^ Malvern Depot Vicsig
  8. ^ Facts & figures Yarra Trams
  9. ^ Route 72 Yarra Trams
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