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Dating back to my Melbourne years (1978-1996), a view of 1945 SW6.900 captured from the roof of the entranceway to the Princes Bridge station (which has now been consigned to history) as the tram cuts a solitary sight at the Flinders St./Swanton St. corner on 28.3.1992, the day that the section of Swantston St. from Flinders St. to La Trobe St. was closed to through traffic to be 'pedestianised' as part of the Swanston St. Walk project. Nowadays No.900 has been preserved as part of the PTC Heritage Fleet.
Swanston Street was redeveloped in 1992 between Flinders and La Trobe Streets, roughly half its length, as part of the pedestrianisation of the throughfare dubbed the Swanston St. Walk, with a number of public sculptures being established through the Percent for Art Program. The most famous of these statues is of a small bronze dog called Larry La Trobe by Melbourne artist, Pamela Irving.
The street was closed to vehicular traffic on 28 March 1992.
It was to be a scenario of something similar that occurred in 1985, when Swanston Street was closed and temporarily grassed for a weekend as part of the State of Victoria's 150th birthday celebrations.
An article in the Age had this to say about that:
"For a weekend in 1985, 11,000 square metres of grass was laid along Swanston Street from Flinders Street to La Trobe Street for Victoria's 150th birthday celebrations, dubbed the Swanston Street Summer Party, over the weekend of 9-10 February, 1985. The car-free experiment helped citizens see the city in a new way."
It was done by the State Government as part of Victoria’s 150th year celebrations and attracted about 200,000 people, it looked and felt great and most importantly it made the city smell like earthy grass. This wasn’t some dinky little experiment either, it stretched all the way down the hill from La Trobe St. to Flinders St.
A YouTube video clip on the “greening” of Swanston St. in 1985:
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By the turn of the 21st century, the street carried nine tram routes, with the frequency of trams being the highest in Melbourne.
Swanston Street was one of the busiest roads in Melbourne, carrying large private automobile volumes, before being converted to a restricted traffic strip in 1992.
The street was made partially car-free, with limited exemptions for small freight, buses and private automobiles during certain times of the day.
Since the 1990s, proposals for the street to become entirely car-free have continuously gained support and momentum.
In November 2008, newly elected Lord Mayor of Melbourne Robert Doyle proposed to return private vehicle traffic to the street.
The move attracted opposition from the Public Transport Users Association, Australian Greens and Bicycle Victoria. This proposal was rejected and by January 2010, plans to make the entire length of Swanston Street in the city car-free, were announced by the Lord Mayor himself, representing a complete reversal on the issue.
On 27 January 2010, it was announced that the entire length of Swanston Street would become car-free. The $25.6 million proposal included plans for several city squares along the street and several large tram stops.
Aside from trams, the only motorised vehicular access is for small-scale freight at certain times, and emergency vehicles. The construction program commenced in late 2011 and was completed in late 2012.
I.D.s 421 & 00351 photographed by John Ward on 1971-04-12 using a 35mm camera producing a colour positive in slide format and then scanned and digitized.
Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board SW6 class tram 872 on Route 55 West Coburg Via William Street on reserve track near Royal Park Zoo at Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Arriva London/The Shires (SW6, LK16 BYG, Garston/St Albans Road (GR)-based) at Harrow Bus Station, College Road, Harrow-on-the-Hill, London. Body no AN196, delivered new 16/07/2016 via Heysham Docks. Apologies for the mark on the left hand side of the photo, caused by a clump of sensor dust that got into one of the filters in my camera lens.
Lewis Hall cuts in from the wing and bursts past Kieran Trippier and Miguel Almirón.
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Ex-New York Central SW8. The flatcar is used to pick up Christmas trees selected by participants at the Paradise Christmas Tree lot. December 5, 2020. © 2020 Peter Ehrlich
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Sugar Cane: 247 Lavender Hill, London SW11 1JW, UK
I.D.s 1091 & 04100 photographed by John Ward on the date of 1963-05-17 using a 35mm size camera and employing black and white roll film. Subsequently scanned and digitized
Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board P.C.C. (President's Conference Car) tram 980 showing Route 96 City-Spencer Street heads into the single track section at Hawker Avenue on its way to the terminus in Plenty Road at Tyler Street, East Preston, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Tram SW6 No 1000 also on Route 88 City-Spencer Street waits for its chance to enter the single track section whilst another tram is further away heading towards the City.
Continuing From The Previous Photo..Zammo The Leader Seen here `Now In His Fifties!.....Classic Grange Hill Series 7....Comeragh Road The Only One In The UK.....A Flat At No 32 Was Sold For £520,000 In 2019...Just Say No!...Charing Cross Hospital Just Visible In The Rear...Note The Abandoned Christmas Trees...
Reconstructed model of the Abbey by N J W Gaffney as it may have appeared in 1539.
Pitkin Pictorial Postcards published by Topical Press Ltd., 11 Wyfold Road, London, SW6.
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Nostalgia from my Melbourne years (1978-1996), inbound No. 944 snapped turning from Miller St. into St. Georges Rd. in Preston near the Preston Workshops where it would eventually finish up being stored once withdrawn from service, where, as at October 2010, it was part of the ready reserve fleet.
SW6.944: In service 1949. Worked from Hawthorn, Glen Huntly and Preston depots, and apparently now currently stored at Newport Workshops along with many other trams of the W class fleet.
Tram: SW6.944
In Service: Thursday, 20th October 1949
Current Status: Stored
Operator: PTC (Ready Reserve)
Allocated Depot: Preston Workshops
Livery: MMTB Green and Cream
History and Events for SW6.944
1958
May O2 Overhaul
1962
December O3 Overhaul
1964
September O1 Overhaul
1971
January Headlights and Brake/Tail light units fitted to aprons
1983
May Livery changed to MET Green and Yellow
September O3 Overhaul
Why are most of the W class trams now stored?
In 1990, the National Trust classified all remaining W class trams, thereby making them Heritage items. A combination of the Trust, unions and the State Government put an end to W class trams being removed from Victoria. This means that the trams listed as being stored at Newport Workshops are sitting in a bloody big warehouse gathering dust and slowly rotting away instead of either being sold or donated to individuals and/or groups that would take care of them and restore them to their former greatness.
Another set of trams is listed as being part of the Ready Reserve fleet stored at Preston Workshops. These 50 trams were supposed to be kept for emergency services such as extras for sporting events etc. but 43 of them have been stored in the old Plate Shop at the back of Preston Workshops, all bar five are not on rails. SW6 936 is stored in the workshops yard as it would not fit in the Plate Shop. Another 7 have been stored at various suburban depots.
Fulham Palace, Bishops Park. Fulham Palace was the country home of the Bishops of London from the 11th century until 1975.
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There are reports of a pub by this name on this site as early as 1455 & in the 16th century Shakespeare was a visitor.
The original building was demolished & the new Golden Lion built in the 1830s.
In the 1970s the pub had a reputation as a rock pub & was a haunt for Led Zeppelin in their early days & also Emerson, Lake & Palmers Manticore Studios were close by in a old cinema & they & associated acts used the pub.
Didier Drogba with the Premiership trophy, Matthew Harding stand, Stamford Bridge 2010
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Scanned from Trolley Wire, August/September 2009, 1946 Melbourne tram No. 916 snapped by Ian Green on 7 August 2009 at Lou Arthur's transport depot in Footscray on the first stage of its journey to San Francisco where it arrived on 16/9/2009 and is now used in regular service on the F Market & Wharves line.
Tram No. 916, of the SW6 subclass, entered service in Melbourne on June 21, 1946. The most visible advance over the earlier W class designs (such as Muni’s W2 tram No. 496) was the installation of sliding doors in the center section, keeping the car far warmer in winter (Melbourne’s climate is similar to San Francisco’s).
SW6 tram 918, in a striking Dja Dja Wurrung scheme painted by a local indigenous artist, approaching the Charing Cross stop in central Bendigo.
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Occasionally touching base with the Melbourne tram scene in hindsight of my some 18 years in Melbourne before returning to NZ in November 1996, SW6.866 of 1941 decorated for Christmas at Waterfront City captured by Ian Green on Sunday, 29th November 2015.
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I.D.s 418 & 00320 photographed by John Ward on 1971-04-12 using a 35mm camera producing a colour positive in slide format and then scanned and digitized.
Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board SW6 class tram 881 leaving Malvern Tram Depot in Coldblo Road, Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
A meet! Melbourne, Australia SW6 916, in its first day in San Francisco service, is in shuttle service, as W2 496 passes by working the E-Embarcadero line in regular E-Line service. September 8, 2019. © 2019 Peter Ehrlich
the first floor windows of this house ‘wink’ as you pass by. I can’t find any info about it online, but the ‘eyes’ look like they are printed on lenticular screens. Unfortunately there’s a big tree in front of the house that blocks a full frontal shot!