On 13 April 2017 at 21:05, Mal Rowemal.rowe@... [TramsDownUnder] < TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:

>

> Front entrance and seated conductors were abandoned with the A class

> design of 1983 and the consoles in the Zs subsequently removed and replaced

> with standee space.

>


That didn't happen until well into the 90s however, just before Metcard
came in and conductors replaced with ticket machines (and after another
failed experiment of driver-only trams, eg drivers selling and checking
tickets).

Daniel