Used by The Metropolitan Transport Authority (The Met) to provide a multi-journey trip ticket within a nominated City (CBD) area. Could be used for 10 trips. A check ticket was issued by a conductor for each trip made. Has details of the availability on the rear. Notes that the ticket is available for trams, buses and light rail. Two different versions - priced at $7.20 and one unpriced. The first has The Met logo on the rear (see item 6313 for $5.60 version). The unpriced version has the PTC logo on the rear, indicating a later issue. c1990.Demonstrates a multi-use ticket used by The Met in the City area of Melbourne.Set of 3 City Savers, printed on green card with a map of the available CBD travel area on the rear. Nos - 37482, 37494, and 277526. All have been stamped "Cancelled"public transport, tickets, the met, tramways, city saver, ptc

Newspaper clipping featuring SW6 class No. 876 dressed as the Tramgarden tram for the Melbourne Festival 20/10/1995/ Photo by John Donegan. On the rear of the cutting is an item titled "Delay on Met Tickets" about the delays in introducing Metcard ticket and contract issues. Quotes Alan Brown Transport MinisterDemonstrates a decorated tram for a Festival.Newspaper clipping from the Herald Sun 20/10/1995.tram 876, sw6 class, melbourne festival, tramgarden, metcard

Large set of photocopied documents - titled "Comeng – submission bid – to build artic trams (Contract 4000) – March 1984" - B class trams .1 - Book 1 - Commercial submission - tender response, commercial payment, schedules. .2 - Book 2 - Technical submissions, equipment from AEG, GEC, ACEC, Brush, Mitsubishi, Ganz Electric, Holec, Itoh/Garrett/Hitachi and Stromberg, drawings, and alternatives, options. Also looks at the financial aspects. Documents not in order but marked what they are. All documents stored in a single box - taped together. Dated March 1984. Has a table of contents.trams, tramways, mta, the met, b class, tenders, specification, comeng, commonwealth engineering

1 - Ticket with punch marks along the top, printed on light green card, priced $9, No. 067272, with The Met logo on both sides. On the rear has the statement that "The Met supports Olympics for Melbourne 1996" with the Olympics logo along with transport information number and Transit Patrol logo. c1990. 2 - as above, priced $10, only used twice. No. 56481.Demonstrates a ticket that could be used in Zone 1 for up to 2 sections.Ticket - 10 short trip card ticket. Two issues held.trams, tramways, the met, short trip tickets, olympics

Has reference to the MTA (Metropolitan Transport Authority), lists of Union Officers, delegates, Do's and Don't's. Has many advertisements for organisations throughout the book, including Slater and Gordon, Ansair buses and Sands McDougall. Gives information on pay rates, awards, gratuity payments and working conditions.Yields information about the ATOMEA and the awards that crews worked under in 1988.Booklet - pink card covers with an image of an articulated tram and a bus, 64 pages, centre stapled, titled "Handbook of Award, Long Service Leave and & Workers Compensation 1988".tramways, atomea, awards, unions, workplace conditions, workers compensation, annual leave, the met, mta

Issued to drivers to remind them when they had to assist disabled passengers from a train, bus or tram. Issued by the PTC disability services. Has The Met and V/line logos. c1990.Yields information about a stop reminder system for disabled passengers.Plastic folder, printed with sleeves and a pad of printed post it notes.tramways, the met, v/line, disability services, drivers

Newspaper clipping titled "Tram lines buckle as heatwave gets worse", with a photo of buckled trams lines at the top of a hill in Riversdale Road Camberwell, with tram crews, inspector looking on. Article by Bruce Tobin, photo by Mike Martin. Notes the hot temperatures, fires, and that tracks along Kingsway had also buckled, as reported by a The Met spokesman Pat Wilson.Demonstrates a rare event in Melbourne - a set of buckled tram rails due to heat.Newspaper clipping from The Age 3-1-1991,Has date in red ink "Age 3-1-91"trams, tramways, the met, camberwell, riversdale rd, trackwork, kingsway

Indicated or provided a location to tram drivers and passengers of a tram stop that trams had to be hailed or be requested to stop. Gives details of the fare section. Produced by The Met, possibly during the 1980's. Stop 115 on route 55 (changed to route 58 in May 2017) is in Queensbridge St at the Southbank/Casino tram stop.Demonstrates the form of tram stop that The Met used to replace former tram stop signs and shows the typical tram stop sign of the era. These have since been replaced with Yarra Trams badged signs.Sign - "Stop 115, Route 55", aluminum folded sheet overlain on both sides with a printed reflective sheet with the image of a person hailing or signalling or requesting a tram to stop. Formed with a short angle on one side drilled with three holes for attaching to a pole. Has two holes along the top edge where it was secured to a stop structure. Has The Met logotram stop, signs, the met, route 55, queensbridge st, trams, tramways

Advertisement for Phillips Radio system, promoting the installation of the Automatic Vehicle Monitoring System for Metropolitan Transit Authority in the National Times with a photo of W5 735. Provides some information on the system's purpose. The tram was built in 1935.Provides a advertisement promoting Phillips Radio and Vehicle Monitoring.Photocopy of a newspaper advertisement from The National Times, 16-9-1983 for Phillips Radio systems, titled "You're looking at one of the world's most sophisticated transport systems" trams, tramways, phillips, avm, vehicle monitoring, the met, mta, w5 class, w5 735

Postcard Spring Street, Parliament House Z3 224 - route 88. Tram entered service September 1983. In The Met livery with the Met logo. Yields information about Z3 class trams and Parliament house mid 1980s.Postcard colour - Spring Street, Parliament House Z3 224 - Colour Tech Productions. Card Number CTM 115Ktrams, tramways, z3 class tram, spring street, route 88, parliament house

Postcard - image of Flinders Street Railway Station, corner of Swanston Street with a green and yellow Z1 class tram and SW5 779 in the view. Based on photo of the Z class tram has been painted in The Met colours, photo mid 1980's. Tram 779 has a The Met sticker over the former MMTB logo. It was withdrawn during Oct. 1989 and sold during 1990. There are advertisements for Fish Paste and Canon typewriters. Produced by Australian Souvenirs and Marketing Pty Ltd of Moorabbin. Has an AMS logo.Demonstrates an iconic Melbourne image, Flinders Street Station with trams during the changeover from the MMTB to The Met.Postcard colour - Flinders St Station - Australian Souvenirs & Marketing Pty Ltd, card No. 40-03-1007trams, tramways, flinders street station, swanston street, z class tram, tram 779, sw5 class tram, the met

Postcard looking west along Collins Street. just to the east of Swanston Street. At the time of the photograph all trams have been converted to The Met colour scheme. Swanston Street was converted into Swanston walk during 1992, so photo is late 1980's or early 1990's. There are seven trams in the view: A1 239 (City Route 42), SW5 749 in Swanston Street, A1 232 (Mont Albert Route 42), two advertising cars. Collins Street is busy. Note the Hook Turn signs supported off the overhead wires.Yields information about Collins Street late 1980's or early 1990s prior to the construction of Swanston WalkPostcard - red boarders, Collins Street - Biscay Greetings, BG 275collins street, swanston street, a1 class tram, sw5 class trams, tram 239, tram 232, tram 749, trams, tramways

Used by The Metropolitan Transport Authority (The Met) to provide a system of weekly tickets across all Melbourne travel zones, used in the early 1980s. These could be used on all transport forms - trains, trams, and buses. Would be date stamped on the left hand side to show validity. Conditions of use printed on rear. Show one of many types of Travelcards used in Melbourne when the metropolitan ticketing system was brought under one body - The Met.Set of three light card printed tickets - Ticket - Travel Card - Weekly Zone1 Nos. 287144 and 145 Zones 1 and 2 - Nos. - 878511 and 512 Zones 1, 2 and 3 - Nos. - 769646 and 647public transport, tickets, travel cards, the met, zones, weekly tickets, travelcard

Used by The Metropolitan Transport Authority (The Met) to provide a multi-journey trip ticket within a nominated City (CBD) area. Has been used for 10 trips. A check ticket was issued by a conductor for each trip made. Has details of the availability on the rear. Notes that the ticket is available for trams, buses and light rail. Previous issues did not have light rail listed. The light rail to St Kilda and Port Melbourne commenced in Nov. 1987. Has The Met logo on the rear. Demonstrates a multi-use ticket used by The Met in the City area of Melbourne.City Saver –No. 23457 - $5.60 printed on a green card with a map of the available CBD travel area on the back.public transport, tickets, the met, trams, tramways, city saver

Issued by the Public Transport Corporation, PTC to provide free travel for senior citizens for a specific 8 days during April 1991. On the rear are the conditions of travel, availability, The Met logo, and contact details Demonstrates a free travel pass issued by the PTC.Ticket - Senior Citizens Free Travel Pass - set of two, printed on light card, Nos. 76679, 76680public transport, tickets, the met, trams, tramways, senior citizens, travel passes, ptc

Issued by the Ministry of Transport to provide Concession travel fares, to people who met the conditions of issue. Available for services by The Metropolitan Transit and State Transport Authorities. Has condition of Travel on rear. Demonstrates a Concession Card for public transportTicket - Ministry of Transport - Concession card - printed on light card.public transport, tickets, trams, tramways, travel passes, ministry of transport, concession card

Issued at the time (1982) of part of the trial for the Neighbourhood ticket system, a flat fare time based system that became part of Melbourne's multi-modal public transport system. The development of this system is well covered in the article by Rob O'Regan attached to this record as a pdf file.Demonstrates the first use of a Melbourne time based, multimodal ticket system.Set of four Edmondson sized tickets - "Neighbourhood - Caulfield Moorabbin - Sandringham" - printed on pasteboard, same size as a then railway issued tickets; Adult Off peak - No 46053 Concession - No. 23408 Adult - No 00290 - used 6-12-1982 Concession off peak - No. 48669 used 4-12-1982 public transport, tickets, trams, tramways, concession card, the met, railways, neighbourhood tickets

Metal badge issued at the time of the Public Transport Corporation (PTC) 1991 Open Day. Has The Met and V/Line logos.Demonstrates a momento of a public event for the Public Transport Corporation of Victoria.Metal badge with pin on the rear.trams, tramways, the met, badges, ptc, public transport corporation, open days

These tickets were a replacement for the MetroCard Off Peaks introduced in 1980. However, the times of availability were now altered to being valid from 9am weekdays, but more importantly, could be used for return rail travel anytime that day. Like the MetroCards, they also allowed unlimited MMTB tram and bus travel within the Flinders, Spencer, Latrobe, William, Victoria and Spring Streets grid. No conditions were printed on the rear of these tickets. (Extracted from reference.)Demonstrates the development of Melbourne ticketing system that allowed travel in the CBD grid using trams.Edmondson size ticket, printed on pasteboard, and printed in blue ink on a green background. Has been date stamped 6 Oct. 1983. Purchased from Seaford Railway Station. Ticket No. 16478. Blank plain coloured rear.public transport, tickets, trams, tramways, railways, off peak, the met, melbourne

Reports on a significant rear on collision between two Z class trams, Z3 171 and another in Mt Alexander Road at Thorn Street Essendon. Gives details of the event. Story by Graeme Walker and Innes Willox and Age photographer Craig Abraham. In The Age, there is a second item about the rearrangement of Transport Departments - V-line, The Met into the Public Transport Corporation and the formation of the Roads Corporation from the Road Construction Authority and the Road Traffic Authority. Quotes Mr Kennan, Minister, Mr Brown Opposition spokesman and Peter Parkinson of Trades Hall. Item written by John Masanauskas.Yields information about an accident rear on in Mt Alexander Road Essendon and transport management rearrangements.Set of two newspaper clippings; 1 - "Trams crash, 31 hurt" - The Sun 7-2-1989 2 - "A painful end to tram journey" and "Left-wing wins in transport merger" - The Age 7-2-1989tramways, trams, mt alexander road, accidents, z3 class, tran 171, unions, amalgamation, management, the met, v-line, ptc, public transport corporation

The Met, Zone 1, 3 hour Adult Scratch type ticket, yellow with black printing and areas where a person could scratch out the month, day and time to validate the ticket. Has the number on the base of the ticket. Printed for use up to December 1990. Has not been used. On the rear are the conditions of travel for the ticket, The Met logos, Transport Information and Transit Patrol telephone numbers. Demonstrates the Melbourne ticketing system used on the public transport.3 hour adult $1.40, Zone 1 scratch ticket - unused - light card with yellow front.the met, scratch tickets, public transport, melbourne

Timetable dated 6-2-1991 provides information on the East Brunswick to St Kilda Beach via Bourke Street services, including a map, route description, time points, fare secrtions and contact details. Published by The Met. Has the words "North-South Light Rail Link" on the top of the document. Yields information about Route 96 tram services on the St Kilda light rail line.Document - 10 fold sheet - Timetable - Route 96 - East Brunswick - St Kilda Beachtramways, timetable, route 96, east brunswick, st kilda beach, light rail, the met

Timetables dated 1-3-1987 - provides information on ticketing, timing points, with a description of the route and a map. Both routes were privately run for many years prior to The Met taking them over in April 1985. See reference. 1 - Route 601 - Gardenvale - City - via Orrong Road 2 - Route 602 - Brighton - City via Williams RoadYields information about bus services in the Brighton area.Set of two, The Met timetables - both 8 fold folded sheets for routes 601 and 602.timetable, the met, route 601, route 602, buses, brighton, gardenvale

For use by The Met staff, from mid 1983. The Met was created from the amalgamation of various Transport authorities in July 1983. See reference.Demonstrates uniform ties of The MetUniform tie - dark blue cloth with green and yellow stripes, polyester fabric, cut and sewn to give a tie for "The Met" staff. Has a black retainer band on rear with cleaning instructions with the name of the manufacturer - Austico.trams, the met, uniforms, ties, clothing

Staff newspaper or magazine published by the Metropolitan Transport Authority, The Met, June/July 1986 Features an article on the Chemists at the Preston Workshops with a photo of Graham Cox on the front cover and Garry Smith on pages 6 & 7 Has message from Kevin Shea, Managing Director along with items on: The Clock Shop - Mike Barker, Charlie Roonui, Peter Cohen and Ray Brun Lost Property - Peter Lopriorre, Tony Germane, Stan Mintzis, Jerry Styulianou. David Bartolo Driving buses is not easy Noel Donchi, with a photo of Munitions bus 301, AVM extended to trams - Tom Roper, Z3 223 Appointment of Russ Ingersoll as chairman of the MTA Civil Branch trackwork - Peter Kargas, Steve Chambers, Michele Giannetta, P Lombardi, S Luci, More Safety Zones for tram network with trams 967 and tram 871 New Look for Preston Workshops Shelters provide passenger comfort - with photos of four shelters Painted trams ride the track again - Tom Roper and Race Matthews - launch of new series Extra comfort for tram travellers - launch of B1 2001 Demonstrates a MTA staff magazine.Magazine - "Met Lines Vol. 2, No. 5" - 36 A4 pages, colour, centre stapled.preston workshops, laboratory, bundy clock, lost property, bus 301, buses, avm, transporting art, tram 223, track maintenance, tram 967, tram 871, safety zones, shelters, tram 2001

The specification produced by the Metropolitan Transit Authority (The Met) for manufacturing, supplying, and delivering electric trams. Has three options for delivery - 200 four-axle trams, 100 four-axle and 60 six-axle or 120 six-axle articulated trams. The last was selected. Tenders closed 27/4/1984. The donor used the book to superintend the contract by Comeng Dandenong. Has many notes for future engineering reference. See htd7741doc.pdf for source details.Demonstrates a specification document produced by the MTA for the B2 class trams.Bound specification approx 300 pages, with green cover and green comb binding. Has many loose sheets.Extensive notes throughout document for future issues, and current queries.tramways, tramcars, new tramcars, b2 class, comeng, tenders

Magazine - issued by the Public Transport Corporation announcing the split up of The Met into the parts that facilitated the later franchising of the trains and trams. Created Yarra Trams and Swanston Trams and Hillside and Bayside trains. Includes a map of the two systems, lists the senior positions and their names. Includes the launch of Principal Drivers for trains, sporting news, operator performance delivery statistics, Transcom adverts and Bairnsdale line upgrade.Yields inforamation about split up of the PTC in readiness for future franchising. Magazine - three fold to A4 sheet, printed in two colours.tramways, tramcars, yarra trams, swanston trams, ptc, bayside trains, hillside trains, management, managers

Gives a story about a 12 historic buses stored under the Westgate bridge and being "found" by the Ministry when looking for Met Ticket machines. Has a photo of Alan Brown, Minister for Transport standing in front of bus 301, Yields information about stored buses in 1993 being "found"Newspaper clipping from the Herald Sun 5-6-1993 titled Bus bonanza at the 'batcave'buses, stored buses, westgate, bus 301, alan brown