Melbourne tram route 6

Route 6
Melbourne University - Glen Iris
D1 class tram outside Melbourne Town Hall in December 2009
Overview
System	Melbourne
Operator	Yarra Trams
Depot	Malvern
Vehicle	Z3 class D1 class
Route
Locale	Melbourne, Australia
Start	Melbourne University
Via	Carlton Melbourne CBD (Swanston St) Southbank Prahran Armadale Malvern
End	Glen Iris
Length	12.7 km (7.9 mi)
Service
Journey time	40-55 minutes
Operates	Daily
Zone(s)	Free Zone: Stops 8-13 Myki Zone 1: Stops 1-7, 14-53
Annual patronage	5.4 million
Timetable	Route 6 timetable
Map	Route 6 map
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Melbourne tram route 6 is operated by Yarra Trams on the Melbourne tram network. It operates from Melbourne University to Glen Iris. The 12.7 kilometre route is operated by Z and D1 class trams from Malvern depot.

The origins of route 6 lie in separate tram lines, namely an electric line from Melbourne University to Queensberry Street, a cable tram from Queensberry Street to High Street and a number of electric lines from St Kilda Junction to Burke Road.

Cable trams first travelled from Queensberry Street, Carlton to Milton Street, Balaclava (just south of Carlisle Street), on 11 October 1888, with the line opened by the Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company.

The Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust (PMTT) opened a line from Charles Street, Prahran to Tooronga Road, Glen Iris along High Street on 30 May 1910. This line was extended west to Punt Road on 14 March 1911 and again, to St Kilda Road on 14 September 1912, connecting with the St Kilda Road cable tram to the city, both extensions were built by the PMTT who extended the line again on 25 March 1914, this time east, to its current terminus at Malvern Road.