--- InTramsDownUnder@..., "onelinenine"
<onelinenine@y...> wrote:
>

> Bill,

>

> I offer this information (writing from Sydney!) taken from the ARE

> Time-line History of Melbourne's Government Trams and Buses

> (published 1997) and a map entitled `The History of Melbourne's

> Tramways 1885-1996'.

>

> The first part of the present East Brighton line from Glenhuntly

Rd
> to North Road (Brighton Cemetery) was opened on 1st March, 1925

and a
> service was provided from North Road to Windsor via Dandenong Rd.

> This terminus in Dandenong Rd was, I presume, at the end of the

> reserved track east of Chapel St, close to the railway station.

Trams
> in Chapel St did not reach this point until October, 1926. A line

in
> Wellington St to connect to St Kilda Junction was opened on 27

Dec,
> 1925 when the Brighton Cemetery service was extended to St Kilda

> Beach (I guess at the Esplanade.)

>

> If you did not take the train from Windsor to the City, there were

> trams along St Kilda Rd meaning two fares - was there a transfer

for
> a through journey?

>

> On Nov 29, 1936 a service was provided from Caulfield (Balaclava

Jct)
> to the City via Balaclava Rd, High St (St Kilda, I presume - this

was
> its old name), and St Kilda Rd. The `History' also notes this

service
> started on October 16, 1938 - I do not know which is correct.

>

> Then on December 5th, 1937 the line was extended south to Point

> Nepean Rd from Brighton Cemetery but it appears the terminus

remained
> St Kilda Beach with destination `South Caulfield'.

>

> On October 16, 1938 the East Brighton to City service commenced

> routed via Balaclava Rd and I presume it was given route No. 64 at

> this time (plus the other short workings such as 61 and 62).

>

> On July 10, 1055, route 64 was altered to work via Hawthorn and

> Dandenong Roads to the City while a peak-hour City via William St

> service continued to run via Balaclava Road.

>

> The most recent change to route 64 was extension of its City

terminus
> north to the University with other Swanston St routes in April,

1991.
>

> Writing this from Sydney has its hazards - I would appreciate

clarity
> on some queries noted above from local historians.

>

> Ian Brady

The Brighton Cemetery route was run by the Melb O class
trams,before their sale to Adelaide in 1927.
April 10 1955 is when 64 was re routed straight along Dandenong Rd.
Jeff
>