Colonial Tramcar Restaurant in Bourke Street Mall, Melbourne

The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant is a restaurant which operates from a converted fleet of three vintage trams in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1311x918, 781 KB) Summary Colonial Tramcar Restaurant in Bourke Street Mall, Melbourne Photograph taken by Melburnian November 2005 Licensing Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1311x918, 781 KB) Summary Colonial Tramcar Restaurant in Bourke Street Mall, Melbourne Photograph taken by Melburnian November 2005 Licensing Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Toms Restaurant, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld For other uses, see Restaurant (disambiguation). ... The city of Melbourne, the second-largest city in Australia, is home to the third largest tram network in the world, consisting of 245 kilometres of track, 500 trams, and 1770 tram stops. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... Emblems: {{{Emblems}}} Motto: Peace and Prosperity Slogan or Nickname: Garden State, The Place To Be, On The Move Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Governor Premier Const. ...

The service started in 1983 with one 1927 W Class tram and was later expanded with the introduction of two 1948 SW6 Class Trams. All have distinctive burgundy livery, and can seat 36 passengers each.

The restaurant, which has one lunch and two dinner sittings each day, advises booking well in advance. The trams are boarded from a stop near the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre. They then run on selected standard tram routes through the city and some nearby inner suburbs, returning to their origin. The Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre is located in Southbank to the south of the CBD. The Centre was built as a replacement for the Royal Exhibition Building and it consists of the Convention Centre and the Exhibition Centre, both were opened at diffenrent times. ...

The ride in the restaurant tram is generally quite steady. Unsurprisingly, the menu provides a limited choice, as does the wine list. However, unlimited alcohol is included in the fixed, prepaid meal price.

External links

• Tramcar Restaurant official site
• Tram People:Video Documentary (Features Tramcar Restaurant)

See also

• Spårakoff -Tram converted to a bar in Helsinki
• Fondue-Tram in Zürich