Melbourne tram route 70

Route 70
Waterfront City Docklands – Wattle Park
A class tram on Flinders Street in September 2006
Overview
System	Melbourne
Operator	Yarra Trams
Depot	Camberwell
Vehicle	A class B class
Route
Locale	Melbourne, Australia
Start	Waterfront City Docklands
Via	Docklands Melbourne CBD (Flinders St) Richmond Burnley Hawthorn Hawthorn East Camberwell Surrey Hills
End	Wattle Park
Length	16.5 km (10.3 mi)
Zone(s)	Free Zone: Stops D11-D6, 1-7 Myki Zone 1: Stops 8-61
Annual patronage	5.4 million
Timetable	Route 70 timetable
Map	Route 70 map
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Melbourne tram route 70 is operated by Yarra Trams on the Melbourne tram network. It operates from Waterfront City Docklands to Wattle Park. The 16.5 kilometre route is operated by A and B class trams from Camberwell depot.^[1][2]

Route

The route runs along Docklands Drive, Harbour Esplanade, Flinders Street in the city, behind Melbourne Park (alongside the railway tracks) at Richmond and then links up to Swan Street, running along Riversdale Road through Hawthorn and Camberwell to the eastern end of Wattle Park, terminating at Elgar Road.

At the city end the tram once ran along Swan Street until reaching the Swan Street Bridge, then ran along Batman Avenue following the Yarra River until it reached the city terminus beside Princes Bridge, opposite Flinders Street station. The current route was adopted as part of the Exhibition Street Extension project announced by the State Government in April 1998 and completed in October 1999,^[3] where a four-lane divided road was built over the Jolimont Yard, enabling Batman Avenue west of Melbourne Park to be closed.

Map

Route 70
Waterfront City Docklands Stop D11 Central Pier Routes 30, 75, 86, City Circle D2 Spencer Street Routes 12, 96, 109 1 Elizabeth Street Flinders Street station Routes 19, 57, 59 4 Swanston Street Flinders Street station Routes 1, 3/3a, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67, 72 5 Rod Laver Arena 7B Richmond station Richmond station 8 East Richmond station East Richmond station Route 78 11 Riversdale Junction Route 75 25 Glenferrie Road Route 16 32 Riversdale station Riversdale station 46 Highfield Road 51 Warrigal Road 56 Wattle Park 61
Not all stops are shown, refer to timetable for full list of stops Green denotes free tram zone

References

1. Facts & figures Yarra Trams
2. Route 70 Yarra Trams
3. "Exhibition Street Extension Opening" (PDF). www.transurban.com.au. 26 October 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-07-17.

External links

• Media related to Melbourne tram route 70 at Wikimedia Commons
• Route 70 map
• Route 70 timetable