Melbourne tram route 86

Route 86
Bundoora RMIT - Waterfront City Docklands
B class tram on Bourke Street
Overview
System	Melbourne
Operator	Yarra Trams
Depot	Preston
Vehicle	B class E class
Night-time	Friday & Saturday
Route
Locale	Melbourne, Australia
Start	Bundoora RMIT
Via	Reservoir Preston Thornbury Northcote Clifton Hill Collingwood Fitzroy East Melbourne Bourke Street
End	Waterfront City Docklands
Zone(s)	Free Zone: Stops D11-D1, 1-11 Myki Zone 1: Stops 12-51 Myki Zone 2: Stops 52-71
Timetable	Route 86 timetable
Map	Route 86 map
Route map ← Route 82  {{{system_nav}}}  Route 96 →

Melbourne tram route 86 is operated by Yarra Trams on the Melbourne tram network. It operates from Bundoora RMIT to Waterfront City Docklands. The route is operated by B and E class trams from Preston depot.

A cable tram line operated by the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company opened on 10 August 1887, operating along Bourke Street, Gertrude Street, Smith Street and Queens Parade to Merri Creek. On 18 February 1890 a group of Northcote land speculators built a line between the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company terminus and Dundas Street, the line was not as successful as they had hoped, closed down and reopened twice before the municipal government bought it in 1901 and leased out its operation. At the end of the lease council took over operation for a short time. The Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company line was taken over by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board on 1 November 1919 with the Northcote Cable Tramway line coming under Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board control on 20 February 1920.

The Fitzroy, Northcote and Preston Tramways Trust had started constructing a system but it wasn't until after its takeover by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board that services first ran, on 1 April 1920, part of this system included a line from Dundas Street to Tyler Street. This network was orphaned from the rest of the electric network until 24 March 1925 when a line along Holden Street, Pilkington Street and Barkly Street was built by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board to allow access to the CBD via Lygon Street.

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