Melbourne tram route 72

University - Camberwell

Route Information
Route Number	72
Number of stops	70
Timetables	Link
Route Map	Link
Zone Location
Zone 1
Entire route

Tram route 72 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs from the University of Melbourne in the city centre to Camberwell in the eastern suburbs. It runs through the suburbs of Melbourne, South Yarra, Toorak, Malvern, Glen Iris, and Camberwell. Like most tram routes in Melbourne, it is entirely within Metcard ticketing Zone 1.

Route 72 was originally known as route 7. When its base of operations was moved from Malvern depot to Camberwell depot for a short period, it became route 72 in keeping with that depot's numbering scheme (routes 70 and 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 route 6 (also based at Malvern depot).

In response to the State Government's 2001 Melbourne 2030 planning policy, the Public Transport Users Association lobbied to extend route 72 north to Doncaster Road, and onto Ivanhoe railway station, and south to Caulfield.^[1]

Route

There are 70 stops on route 72, each of which the tram reaches slower than most other trams - particularly tram 96, which is not only very speedy but also very scenic.

Starts at University of Melbourne terminus (stop 1), Swanston and Faraday Streets; then runs via:

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

Ends at Camberwell terminus (stop 70), Burke and Cotham/Whitehorse Roads.

Maps and timetables

• Official timetables
• Official route map
• Official tram network map
• Melbourne tram and train network map from railmaps.com.au

References

1. ^ "The Real Transport Challenges: A Call for a Vision" (PDF), Public Transport Users Association: p. 56, http://www.ptua.org.au/files/2006/The_Real_Transport_Challenges.pdf, retrieved 2011-11-03 

See also

• Trams in Melbourne
• Transportation in Australia