Re: Odd short workings (was Electric Route Numbers 4)

--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "Paul Nicholson" <pn1@b...> wrote:

Trams running into Camberwell Depot during my time there from 1974

to

1976 showed route 76 regardless of whether they were travelling via
Swan Street (Wattle Park route) or Bridge Road (Burwood route).

There

was an interesting working in the morning peak that ran from

Princes

Bridge to the Camberwell Junction crossover east of Burke Road
showing route 76. It then "ran in" after using the crossover. Crews
hated it and would try to get a short shunt at the Depot especially
if there were no passengers for the Junction.
I recall another run in the mornings that went to from Princes

Bridge

to the Junction and then turned into Burke Road and did at least
one "round" on Camberwell. So it was possible to travel from

Princes

Bridge to Camberwell terminus on the one car. But you would have

had

to, officially, pay two fares: one when you got on and another

after

the Camberwell Junction.
There was a similar situation at Kew when a couple of services ran
off Church Street (routes 78/79) into Victoria Street and continued
to North Balwyn. This gave Balwyn High School students living in
Richmond a "through" service! Wonder if there were other instances

of

this sort of thing! Would be good to document them some time.
The cars running in from the Camberwell route showed 73 and used

the

now removed curves from Burke Road into Riversdale Road.
Paul in Melbourne

--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "graeme bennett" <wgbtttco@b...> wrote:

----- Original Message -----
From: Ronald Scholten
To: WALTER Bennett
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 7:47 PM
Subject: Electric Route Numbers 4


East Brighton - City 64
Brighton Cem - City 62
Sth Caulfield Jn - City 61
Darling Rd - Elsternwick 65
Darling Rd - Pt Ormond 66
Pt Ormond - Elsternwick 67
Darling Rd - St Kilda Bch 68
Cotham Rd - St Kilda Bch 69
Wattlepark - Elgar Rd - City 70
Wattlepark - Boundary Rd - City 71
Riversdale - City 72
Burwood - City 74
Hatwell - City 75
Camberwell Jn - City 76
Prahran - City 77
Nth Richmond - St Kilda Bch 79
Burnley - Princess Bridge 80

St Kilda Bch - Caulfield 67

(CW5)

Paul,

>From memory,that was run no V7,as Iremember it running before
Camberwell lost route 72.Another Camberwel working was the run that
came from Kew Depot<where some Camberwell Cars used to have their
wheels ground> via routes 42 & 69 to Balaclava Junction,reverse and
then run to Malvern Rd and run to City via route
72/. ,>. R


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