Melbourne's Beachside Tramway Suburb: St Kilda!

This video looks at the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda, which is served by a large number of tram routes using a variety of tram classes. All photos, videos and narration by Martin Bennet (me), with the exception of those two shots of tram No.877 showing Route 69, which were taken by my brother Cian.

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You can watch my other video exploring St Kilda on foot here:    • A Walk Through St Kilda // Acland St ...  

If you'd like to see the preserved Victorian Railways trams for yourself, here are links to the two museums:
https://www.btm.org.au/
https://www.hawthorntramdepot.org.au/

Marcus Wong's blog post about the triply inaccessible tram stops: https://wongm.com/2021/03/melbourne-t...

Further to my comments on Queens Way, Alan Fisher did a great video on why road-center stations aren't a good idea:    • The Worst Type of Train Station  

My voiceover in this video was recorded with the assistance of my brother Cian, who happens to be a sound recordist and musician. Check out his music here: https://hyperfollow.com/cianbennetmusic

Chapters:
00:00 - Welcome to St Kilda
00:38 - WSt Kilda's tram routes
02:40 - The VR tram line
03:14 - The funny tram route
03:36 - Queens Way
05:32 - St Kilda Junction
06:23 - Tram classes/Accesibility
07:14 - Quickest way to the city?
08:08 - The end bit

This video uses some imagery from Google Maps, and also the official Yarra Trams network map.

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