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Melbourne is famous for being the home of the Australian Football League and for its large [[Greece|Greek]] community (Melbourne is reputed to be the third largest Greek city in the world). | Melbourne is famous for being the home of the Australian Football League and for its large [[Greece|Greek]] community (Melbourne is reputed to be the third largest Greek city in the world). | ||
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| + | Melbourne has a reasonably extensive [[freeway]] network, as well as a large suburban railway system and one of the largest tram systems in the world. | ||
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| + | Earlier freeways radiated out from the fringes of the inner city, but in more recent times a freeway has been built connecting three of these radial freeways through the inner city, and a ring road has been constructed around the outer suburbs to the west and north. | ||
| + | A freeway running north-south through the eastern suburbs is currently (2007) under construction. | ||
| + | The inner city connecting freeway and the north-south freeway under construction are both electronically [[toll]]ed. | ||
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| + | The railway system is broad gauge (5' 3") and electrified at 1500 volts D.C. on overhead wires. | ||
| + | It is a radial system based on the inner city, with [[underground]] lines around the central business district allowing services from most lines to serve all the CBD's five [[station]]s. | ||
| + | Services operate seven days a week, from around 5 a.m. to midnight or most days, and generally with 15 or 20-minute frequencies in off-peak times, and more frequently in peak times. | ||
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| + | Melbourne's tram system is standard gauge (4' 8½") and electrified at 600 volts D.C. on overhead wires. | ||
| + | Although it is mostly a radial system, there are several cross-suburban lines. | ||
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| + | A feature of Melbourne's tram system is trams converted to operating restaurants that take diners on a tour of the city. | ||
==For further reading== | ==For further reading== | ||
Revision as of 12:59, May 17, 2007
Melbourne is Australia's second largest city and the capital of the state of Victoria. Melbourne is the collective name for the City of Melbourne and greater suburban area and is home to circa 3.7 million people.
The City of Melbourne is located on the banks of the Yarra River and is renowned for its parks and gardens. The Victorian state parliament is located in the inner city. The Greater Melbourne area has an extensive system of street trams and suburban railway lines.
The Greater Melbourne area surrounds Port Phillip Bay. Due to a rapid increase in population and a consequent increase in land and house values the metropolitan area now extends almost to the tip of the Mornington Peninsula and the City of Geelong.
Melbourne is famous for being the home of the Australian Football League and for its large Greek community (Melbourne is reputed to be the third largest Greek city in the world).
Transport
Melbourne has a reasonably extensive freeway network, as well as a large suburban railway system and one of the largest tram systems in the world.
Earlier freeways radiated out from the fringes of the inner city, but in more recent times a freeway has been built connecting three of these radial freeways through the inner city, and a ring road has been constructed around the outer suburbs to the west and north. A freeway running north-south through the eastern suburbs is currently (2007) under construction. The inner city connecting freeway and the north-south freeway under construction are both electronically tolled.
The railway system is broad gauge (5' 3") and electrified at 1500 volts D.C. on overhead wires. It is a radial system based on the inner city, with underground lines around the central business district allowing services from most lines to serve all the CBD's five stations. Services operate seven days a week, from around 5 a.m. to midnight or most days, and generally with 15 or 20-minute frequencies in off-peak times, and more frequently in peak times.
Melbourne's tram system is standard gauge (4' 8½") and electrified at 600 volts D.C. on overhead wires. Although it is mostly a radial system, there are several cross-suburban lines.
A feature of Melbourne's tram system is trams converted to operating restaurants that take diners on a tour of the city.
