19-656: Clarendon Street Junction is a tram stop located at the intersection of the St Kilda and Port Melbourne light rails with Normanby Road, Whiteman and Clarendon Streets in Southbank, Victoria . It is served by Yarra Trams routes 96 and 109 on the Melbourne tram network . It was also the terminus for the Colonial Tramcar Restaurant . The original stop of two side platforms was opened in 1987 as an unnamed station, when
38-599: A cable tram line operated by the Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company on 30 August 1887, operating along Bourke and Nicholson Streets . It operated until 26 October 1940, when the Bourke Street cable lines were abandoned by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) in favour of double decker buses. The Bourke Street cable lines were the last cable trams to operate in Melbourne. The MMTB, unhappy with
57-418: A place in Melbourne is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This tram-, streetcar-, or light rail-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . St Kilda railway line The St Kilda railway line is a former railway line in Melbourne , Australia . The line was opened by the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company in 1857. It ran for 4.5 kilometres from
76-568: The Bourke Street Mall and turns left into Spencer Street , passing Southern Cross station . It crosses the Yarra River and enters Southbank on Clarendon Street before passing through the suburbs of South Melbourne , Albert Park , Middle Park and St Kilda on a right-of-way track . The tram line exits the private right-of-way and travels along Fitzroy Street and The Esplanade to Acland Street , St Kilda where it terminates. Route 96
95-519: The Melbourne (or City) Terminus (on the site of modern-day Flinders Street station ), crossing the Yarra River via the Sandridge Bridge , to branch off from the Port Melbourne line and after stopping at three stations along the line – South Melbourne , Albert Park , Middle Park – ending at St Kilda . For a short time early in the line's history, there was a short connection provided to
114-671: The Port Melbourne and St Kilda railway lines were converted for tram operation. Sometime during the early 1990s an unofficial sign was erected at the site of the station with the name, "Port Junction." This caught on and eventually became official. In January 2016 it was rebuilt with an island platform and separate platform for the Colonial Tramcar Restaurant. At the same time it was renamed Clarendon Street Junction. Yarra Trams operates two routes via Clarendon Street Junction: [REDACTED] Media related to Clarendon Street Junction at Wikimedia Commons This article about
133-492: The overhead voltage was reduced from 1500 V DC to 600 V DC with light rail platforms built adjacent to the former stations' platforms. With the closure of North Fitzroy depot on 19 December 1993, its route 96 duties were transferred to South Melbourne depot . After the merger of the M>;Tram network with Yarra Trams in 2004, most D2 class trams were transferred from Malvern depot to Southbank depot to help alleviate
152-717: The CBD. The Batman Park (previously the World Trade Centre) and Clarendon Street Junction stops in South Melbourne would be redesigned with a separate bay for the Colonial Tramcar Restaurant , while in St Kilda, some parts of Acland Street would be closed to cars in favour of widened footpaths, pedestrian plazas and tram right of way. The project has received strong support from commuters, urban planners and public transport advocates, while there have been concerns from shop owners along
171-399: The congestion on the route. After the introduction of these low floor Siemens Combino trams on the route, accessible stops were built on Bourke Street, Fitzroy Street and St Kilda Esplanade, increasing customer safety and comfort. In response to frequent overcrowding on the tram system in 2008, the state government leased new C2 class trams from Mulhouse , France specifically to run
190-414: The converted track. The section from Southbank Junction to St Kilda was converted to light rail, requiring the conversion from 1,600 mm ( 5 ft 3 in ) broad gauge used by the Melbourne rail network to 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge tram track as well as reducing the overhead voltage from 1,500 V DC to 600 V DC required for
209-488: The entire route, and the upgrade of all stops to level access to improve passenger flow and make the network disability-compliant. On Nicholson Street , all on-street parking would eventually be removed to create dedicated tram lanes where it is illegal for cars to drive. Easy-access stops (level access by raising the road to footpath level) would be constructed between Blyth Street and Brunswick Road, while centre island superstops would be constructed between Brunswick Road and
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#1732868609644228-460: The former St Kilda railway line , Fitzroy Street and The Esplanade to terminate in Acland Street on 20 November 1987 following the conversion of the St Kilda railway (along with the Port Melbourne railway line ) to light rail. The broad gauge 1,600 mm ( 5 ft 3 in ) track was re-gauged to standard gauge 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) and
247-474: The performance of the buses, decided to reinstate trams when the buses reached life expiry, trams on the 88 (predecessor to the modern 86 ) started on 26 June 1955 with the first tram to Brunswick East operating on 8 April 1956. The W7 class trams were built for running on these lines and the new Z class trams first ran on route 96 in June 1975. The line was extended south to St Kilda along Spencer Street ,
266-605: The route that a loss of on-street parking will negatively affect business. Work completed as at October 2018 has included: Route 96 runs from the terminus at Blyth Street, East Brunswick , travelling south on Nicholson Street through the suburbs of Carlton North , Fitzroy North , Carlton and Fitzroy , passing the Royal Exhibition Building and Melbourne Museum . It enters the CBD on Spring Street turning right into Bourke Street at Parliament House , travels through
285-497: The route. The first of these new trams began operation on 11 June 2008 with the nickname Bumble Bee 1 . In November 2013, the first E class trams entered service on the route. In January 2016, Route 96 began operating through the night on Fridays and Saturdays as part of the Night Network . In July 2023, PTV began trialling a new NaviLens information system for those with vision impairments on Route 96. On 17 April 2012, it
304-645: The then Brighton line at Windsor , however this link was removed shortly after the direct link was provided to Bay Street from Richmond . The line was taken over by the Government of Victoria in 1878, to become part of Victorian Railways . The line was electrified in 1919. The line was originally to be closed in 1981, and replaced with buses as recommended in the Lonie Report . Plans were sufficiently advanced for Melbourne-Brighton Bus Lines to have taken delivery of six Volgren bodied Volvo B10M buses before it
323-474: The trams. The new tram route now continues down Fitzroy Street and the Esplanade to terminate at Acland Street . Melbourne tram route 96 {{{map}}} Melbourne tram route 96 is operated by Yarra Trams on the Melbourne tram network from East Brunswick to St Kilda Beach . The 13.9 kilometre route is operated out of Southbank and Preston depots with C2 and E class trams. The line opened as
342-474: Was announced that Route 96 would become the focus of tram upgrades to transform it from a tramway to a light rail system; a "model" for how Melbourne's tram network should operate. The Route 96 Project superseded a similar project of the previous government, Tram 109 . The proposed aims of the project are: The objectives are to: In mid-2013, the proposed changes were released to the public. They involved an eventual segregation of trams from traffic along nearly
361-494: Was decided to retain the rail service after much opposition. Along with the Port Melbourne line , the conversion of the line to light rail was first announced on 13 January 1983, by the Victorian state government . Cost estimates at the time was around $ 6 million. The line was officially closed on 31 July 1987, and reopened as part of the Melbourne tram network on 21 November 1987. Melbourne tram route 96 now operates on
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