 Yarra Trams is a tram operating company in Melbourne, Australia. Yarra is a partnership between French company Transdev and Australian company Transfield Services. Yarra Trams commenced operations in 1999, initially operating less than one half of the network. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ...
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Transdev is a French transportation provider which operates one of the London Buses contracts. ...
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1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
After the collapse of M>Train and M>Tram in 2002, Yarra Trams took over the whole Melbourne tram network, with a network spanning 245 km and over 1,700 tram stops. It is the third biggest tram network in the world. For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ...
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The Yarra Trams fleet consists of over five hundred trams in service, including 95 newer Citadis and Combino vehicles. Most of the Yarra Tram fleet is dominated by vehicles built by Comeng a manufacturing company, with Z-, A- and B-class variants. It also runs a number of heritage W-class vehicles on the popular City Circle route and on some suburban routes A Citadis tram in Melbourne, Australia The Citadis is a low-floor tram built by Alstom in La Rochelle, France, currently in use around the world, in (among others), the Paris region, Lyon, Montpellier, Bordeaux, Orléans, Rotterdam, Dublin (see Luas), Melbourne (see Trams in Melbourne), and Katowice (see Silesian...
The Combino is a low floor tram produced by Siemens Transportation Systems (formerly Düwag). ...
The term Comeng originally defined the company COMmonwealth ENGineering which manufactured Melbourne trains and the Melbourne A/B and Z tram variants. ...
Yarra Trams employs over 1,100 tram drivers, and their trams run for nearly twenty hours per day. 141 million trips were taken in 2002 and 2003, rising to nearly 150 million this year.
In 2003, Yarra Trams tested the "Apollo" Seating layout. This was criticised for removing certain seats from some of their B2-class trams in order to improve access to the disabled and provide more capacity during peak hour. Currently ten trams with the "Apollo" seating layout remain in service. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
After privatising Melbourne's public transport system in 1999, the Jeff Kennett government presided over the removal of Melbourne's famous tram conductors ("connies") and their replacement with automated ticket machines. Some public transport groups believe that conductors should be re-instated on all services. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
Hon Jeff Kennett Jeffrey Gibb Kennett AC (born 2 March 1948), Australian politician, was Premier of Victoria from 1992 to 1999. ...
The Public Transport Users Association is vocal critic of Yarra Trams and of the Melbourne public transport network generally. In 2003, Yarra Trams attempted to prevent them from distributing what it saw as untrue brochures about seat removal on services. The Public Transport Users Association, founded in 1976 as the Train Travellers Association, is a community-based public transport lobby group in Victoria, Australia, based in Melbourne. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Victorian Government and Yarra Trams extended route 109 from Mont Albert to Box Hill in May 2003. The extension has proved highly successful and popular with local residents and has also played a big part in showcasing the future of trams in Melbourne. Mont Albert is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ...
Box Hill is the name of several places, including: Box Hill, Surrey, England (scene of an important section of Jane Austens novel Emma) Box Hill, Wiltshire, Wiltshire, England - between Bath and Chippenham, through which Box Tunnel was bored. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The neutrality of this section is disputed.
Please see discussion on the talk page. The Citadis (C-class) trams were mainly introduced on the Box Hill Line, with Yarra Trams running the vehicles 'exclusively,' although they are now run wide-spread. With the introduction of the low-floor trams, Yarra Trams introduced 'Superstops' and raised-level platforms. The superstops provide wheelchair access to trams, ticket sales, and travel-planning facilities. They provide a newer level of comfort to passengers, while completely buggering up the flow of cars through the already busy roads. Some believe the installation of the [traffic-stopping] superstops is due to a governmental push to 'force' people to use the toll roads, as there are many designs for the supertops that aid in traffic flow, that have to date been ignored. Image File history File links Stop_hand. ...
A Citadis tram in Melbourne, Australia The Citadis is a low-floor tram built by Alstom in La Rochelle, France, currently in use around the world, in (among others), the Paris region, Lyon, Montpellier, Bordeaux, Orléans, Rotterdam, Dublin (see Luas), Melbourne (see Trams in Melbourne), and Katowice (see Silesian...
C class is the designation given to the Citadis trams used in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
Passenger door of a low-floor tram Passenger door of a non-low-floor tram In public transportation, low floor is a term describing vehicles such as busses, trolleybusses and trams whose passenger compartment has a floor which is considerably lower than that of traditional cars. ...
Wheelchair seating in a theater A lightweight manual wheelchair A wheelchair is a medical device that takes the form of a chair on wheels, used by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible due to illness or disability. ...
The Victorian Government has also improved route 75's service by extending to Vermont South Shopping Centre, with a future extention to Knox City Shopping Centre. Currently there is the Knox Transit Link bus running from Vermont Sth SC to Knox City SC. Vermont South is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ...
The City of Knox is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ...
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In recent times Yarra Trams has been known to take a hard line on fare evasion. Examples of this policy include forcing Authorised Officers (ticket inspectors) to work 'as per normal' on Christmas Eve 2005. Some believe this to be because of an agreement with the State Government of Victoria which sees Yarra receiving $20 for every fine issued by its employees. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The form of the Government of Victoria is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1855, although it has been amended many times since then. ...
See also
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. ...
This is a list of the 37 main tram routes and 55 subsidiary routes operating in the city of Melbourne, Australia. ...
External links - Yarra Trams Homepage
- ALSTOM
- Transdev
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