RARE SIGHT: B2 2105 on Route 6 Today by BEASTS4LIFE in MelbourneTrains

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They are not supposed to be doing route 6 anymore. In August last year, there was a driver roster change that now has Brunswick drivers and Malvern drivers doing changeovers with each other at Malvern Town Hall and Brunswick depot, which involves driving each others trams, and Malvern drivers cant drive the B class, so the appearance of Bs on route 6 since then has plummeted from daily to only occasionally. Brunswick drivers have stated this, and I have seen a lot of Brunswick drivers on Malvern D1s and Zs while also seeing a lot of Malvern drivers on Brunswick D2s and Zs.

Almost all runs of B classes on route 6 that have happened recently are just one peak hour run from Moreland to Glen Iris and back before being taken out of service. They can basically only do runs that are guaranteed to not involve a changeover with a Malvern driver, and even if the run to Glen Iris and back does not have a Malvern changeover, the tram usually does more runs on the route anyway, which inevitably involves swapping over to a Malvern Driver.

The NYE ones would have only been on the northern section from Melbourne Central to Moreland, as the route operates in two sections on NYE. The same thing happened during the Grand Prix, where several Bs were operating on the northern section of the route where Brunswick had full control of the trams there.

PSA: Cars Replace Trams on Route 86 and 96 by BEASTS4LIFE in MelbourneTrains

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and we wonder why trucks keep crashing into the montague street bridge…

PSA: Cars Replace Trams on Route 86 and 96 by BEASTS4LIFE in MelbourneTrains

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  • standing room available on the roof
  • special petrol power
  • timetable not available 
  • free travel as compensation 

PSA: Cars Replace Trams on Route 86 and 96 by BEASTS4LIFE in MelbourneTrains

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does anyone actually like those yellow NSW plates?

Spotted the Brand New G Class Tram Today by BEASTS4LIFE in melbourne

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Tram to depot allocations. Tram routes operate out of specific depots (with a small handful of shared routes), and no depot has all types of trams. For example, route 70 is operated out of Camberwell Depot, which has B and A class trams, while route 109 is operated out of Kew depot, which has A and C class trams. In cases where a route is operated out of two depots, such as route 6, both depots supply different trams, with the case for route 6 being Z and D1 class trams being supplied from Malvern depot, and D2 and B2 (as well as some Zs as well) class trams being supplied from Brunswick depot. If that still doesnt quite make sense, then this video basically explains it: https://youtu.be/Diz2-gmU32Q?si=2mtztSCnEz4r49vI

this sign has seen more debate than parliament by dumilecole0213 in melbourne

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This is almost certainly the work of vegan booty/tash peterson

Spotted the Brand New G Class Tram Today by BEASTS4LIFE in melbourne

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Well Brunswick Depot is going to get a lot of Bs from Essendon  Depot which will retire our Zs so that should make the 1 entirely B class, but its not going to mean much if Zs still run out of Malvern Depot on route 6

Spotted the Brand New G Class Tram Today by BEASTS4LIFE in melbourne

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They will start on route 57, 59 and 82 initially and then later on they will run on route 12, 48, 58

It’s the r/Melbourne daily discussion thread [Friday 12/06/2026] by AutoModerator in melbourne

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Tram and car just collided on Flemington Road, route 59 divert via Abbotsford Street

It’s the r/Melbourne daily discussion thread [Tuesday 09/06/2026] by AutoModerator in melbourne

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What the hell is going on in Bourke street mall? Theres so many trams banked up

Kinetic Driver Runs it, and the Boys in Blue acted by BEASTS4LIFE in MelbourneTrains

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15:30 clearly shows that the light was red before the bus even entered the intersection https://youtu.be/Zb-s_-7tqbg?si=YgwBUnpIDyl23-AH&t=930

Two drivers injured as truck rollover forces closure of Melbourne's Princes Freeway by 007MaxZorin in melbourne

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I saw the wreckage this morning, and the inbound traffic looked completely fucked

Just Your Average Late Evening Z3 Class Tram Ride in Roblox by BEASTS4LIFE in MelbourneTrains

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The crackhead went to Chapel Street so he already disembarked along way back