Melbourne tram route 58

Melbourne tram route 58 is a tram route on the Melbourne tramway network serving the city of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Operated by Yarra Trams, the route is coloured light grey and extends from West Coburg to Toorak over 18.0 kilometre of double track via Brunswick West, Parkville, North Melbourne, West Melbourne, William Street, Southbank and South Yarra. It is serviced out of Essendon and Southbank depots utilising Z, B and E class trams.

Route 58
E class tram crosses the Flemington Road/Grattan Street intersection and arriving at the Royal Melbourne Hospital/Flemington Road stop, September 2024
Overview
System	Melbourne
Operator	Yarra Trams
Depot	Essendon Southbank
Vehicle	Z class B class E class
Began service	1 May 2017
Predecessors	Route 8 Route 55
Route
Start	West Coburg
Via	Brunswick West Parkville North Melbourne West Melbourne William Street Southbank South Yarra
End	Toorak
Length	18.0 kilometres
Timetable	Route 58 timetable
Map	Route 58 map
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History

Route 58 was introduced on 1 May 2017 as part of a restructure of the Yarra Trams network to facilitate the closure of Domain Interchange and the construction of Anzac railway station. It replaced route 55 in its entirety from West Coburg to Domain Interchange and the southern part of route 8 from Domain Interchange to Toorak.

The origins of the lines traversed by route 58 lies in separate tram lines. The oldest section of track belongs to the section between Domain Interchange (near Stop 119) and Toorak Road (Stop 22), which dates back to the Brighton Road cable tram line, which opened on 11 October 1888. The section of track between Park Street, South Yarra (near Stop 123) and Chapel Street (Stop 128) was built later that year on 26 October as part of the Prahran cable tram line. The section between Chapel Street and Orrong Road (Stop 134) was built as the Toorak cable tram line, which opened on 15 February 1889. This section was extended by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) to Glenferrie Road (Stop 139) on 8 May 1927. Meanwhile, the line between Collins Street (Stop 4) and Daly Street, Brunswick West (Stop 33) was constructed by the MMTB on 19 July 1925. This section was extended to West Coburg on 26 June 1927. The line between Sturt Street (Stop 118) and St Kilda Road was constructed on 27 December 1925. The line connecting Collins Street and Sturt Street finally opened on 21 December 1944. From 1 July 2017, route 58 was rerouted via Toorak Road West with the closure of Domain Road while Anzac railway station was built.

During 2021, tram stop upgrades along the route were undertaken to allow the introduction of E class trams on the route, which commenced operation on 19 December 2021. These replaced D1 class trams from Malvern.

Melbourne tram route 58 evolution

Dates	Route	Notes
c. 1934 - 21 December 1940	Russell Street - Footscray	Never used as single-truck trams used on the line had no number plates
22 December 1940 - 11 May 1943	Unallocated
12 May 1943 - 30 April 2017	Melbourne Showgrounds to City (Elizabeth Street)	via North Melbourne, short-working of route 57, gradually fell out of use
1 May 2017 - present	West Coburg to Toorak	Merge of routes 8 and 55

Route map

Route 58
West Coburg - Toorak via Brunswick West, City & South Yarra Free tram zone covers stops 1 to 10, fare zone 1 applies from stop 11 to 45, 139 to 115
Suburb Street Stop No. West Coburg Connections Pascoe Vale South Melville Road 45 Bell Street 513, 527, 903 44 Brearley Parade 43 Princes Terrace 42 Reynard Street 512 41 Woodlands Avenue Brunswick West Melville Road 40 Moreland Road 510 39 Mattingley Crescent 38 Jacobs Reserve 37 Albion Street 503 36 Hope Street 509 35 Victoria Street 508 34 Smith Street 506   Dawson Street 33 Daly Street 32 Foden Street   Grantham Street 31 Dawson Street 506 30 Union Square Shopping Centre 29 Brunswick Road 504 Parkville Royal Park 28 Park Street 27 Royal Park station 505 Royal Park station ● 26 Melbourne Zoo 25 Parkville Stadium 24 Elliot Avenue 23 Royal Park Flemington Road Tram 57, 59     West Maribyrnong/Airport West Abbotsford Street Tram 57     Flinders Street station   Flemington Road 19 Royal Children's Hospital 57, 59 16 Hawker Street 15 Murphy Street 14 Royal Melbourne Hospital 401, 402, 403 Royal Parade Tram 19 North Coburg   Elizabeth Street Tram 19, 59 Flinders Street station   Melbourne CBD Peel Street 12 Flemington Road 19, 59 11 Queensberry Street 10 Victoria Street 57 Victoria Street Tram 57 Flinders Street station   West Maribyrnong 9 Queen Victoria Market Williams Street Siding 8 Franklin Street Queen Victoria Market   La Trobe Street Tram 30, City Circle Exhibition Street   Harbour Esplanade Flagstaff station ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●   William Street 7 Flagstaff station 30, City Circle 6 Lonsdale Street Lonsdale Street buses Bourke Street Tram 86, 96 Melbourne Museum   Clarendon Street Junction 5 Bourke Street 86, 96 Collins Street Tram 11, 12, Tram 48, 109 St Vincent's Plaza   Southern Cross station 4 Collins Street 11, 12, Tram 48, 109   Flinders Lane 3 William Street 2 Market Street Flinders Street Tram 70, 75 Russell Street   Docklands   Queensbridge Street 1 Flinders Street 70, 75; Queens Street buses Southbank Queensbridge Street 115 Casino/Southbank 216, 219, 220   Kings Way 116 City Road 234, 236 117 York Street Sturt Street Tram 1 East Coburg   South Melbourne Beach South Melbourne Kings Way 118 Sturt Street 1   Park Street 119 Wells Street St Kilda Road Tram 3, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67, 72 Melbourne University   Melbourne St Kilda Road Domain Road No Service (Temporary Closure) 22 Anzac Station 3, 5, 6, 16 64, 67, 72 ; 216, 219 220 St Kilda Road Tram 3, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67, 72     St Kilda Junction South Yarra Toorak Road 123 Fawkner Park Domain Road No Service (Temporary Closure) 124 Walsh Street 125 Punt Road 246 126 Myrtle Street 127 South Yarra station South Yarra station ●●●● 128 Chapel Street 78 Chapel Street Tram 78 North Richmond   Balaclava 129 Tivoli Road 130 Hawksburn Road 131 Williams Road Toorak Toorak Road 132 Toorak Village 133 Grange Road 134 Orrong Road 605 135 Woorigoleen Road 136 Irving Road 137 Kooyong Road 138 Moonga Road 139 Glenferrie Road 16 Glenferrie Road Tram 16 Kew   Melbourne University Suburb Street Stop No. Toorak Connections
Note: Green denotes free tram zone

External links

Media related to Melbourne tram route 58 at Wikimedia Commons