We’re making more CBD tram stops easier to use
Other benefits include:
- quicker tram journey times
- improved service reliability and connectivity
- more evenly spaced stops
- improved comfort and safety for passengers, with better separation from traffic.
La Trobe Street features several important interchange locations, to trains at Flagstaff Station and Melbourne Central Station) and trams along Spencer, William, Elizabeth and Swanston streets.
Upgrading these tram stops will also help passengers with accessibility needs to connect east-west from Docklands to key destinations across the northern part of the CBD, including Melbourne Central, Flagstaff Gardens, RMIT University, Carlton Gardens and St Vincent’s Hospital.
The Swanston Street stop will interface with both the new State Library Station, being built as part of the Metro Tunnel Project, as well as the existing Melbourne Central Station
The upgraded Elizabeth Street tram stops will support convenient interchange to City Loop trains at Melbourne Central Station, while those at William Street will provide an easy connection with Flagstaff Station.
Simplified example of La Trobe Street with new level-access tram stops (not to scale)
