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Friday, February 8. 2008
Route 96 gets five new "super" trams
Five new "super" trams carrying 1200 people will be allocated to the trams to Route 96 recognising the popularity of the service with local commuters.While growth in public transport patronage is a positive trend, tram travel on this route has become a little squashy in recent months.
Introducing more capacity onto Route 96 should address community concerns about overcrowding, and could have flow on benefits for congestion on local roads.
The trams are equivalent in size to the longest trams currently operating in Melbourne and can carry about 240 passengers at a time. The changes to tram allocation on Route 96 also mean that this route will now be serviced entirely by low-floor trams, significantly improving accessibility for passengers.
The five trams will be leased to December 2011 from the town of Mulhouse in France by Yarra Trams through its French shareholder Transdev, which operates Mulhouse’s tram network. The first of the five new trams will arrive by ship from France next week with the other four to arrive in coming months. All five trams are expected to be in service by September.
Yarra Trams just need to make minor modifications to the new trams at its Preston workshops to make them suitable for Melbourne’s conditions.
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