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Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, The Met, "Announcing the arrival of Melbourne's new Metropolitan Transit system", late 1983
... The Met...The Met ...Set of 9 pamphlets about the Neighbourhood ticket system - basically the same with changes for each neighbourhood. .1 - Eight page, A4, colour printed on gloss paper, centre stapled, titled "Announcing the arrival of Melbourne's new Metropolitan Transit system - Ringwood Neighbourhood" Explains the revised ticketing system, known as Neighbourhoods, notes the formation of The Met, uses a cartoon characterisation of vehicles, explains how the system works, boundaries, various options, travel cards, concessions and introductory offers. Pamphlet focused on the Ringwood Zone, has a detailed map of the public transport routes within the zone. 2nd copy added 14-5-2016 from the estate of Charles Craig. .2 - Inner .3 - St Albans .4 - Dandenong .5 - Box Hill - (two copies held) .6 - Frankston .7 - Moorabbin .8 - Greensborough .9 - Werribee - added 26/10/2016.trams, tramways, map, the met, tickets, fares, ringwood -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, The Met, Set of ten "Inner Weekly Travelcards", 1984 to 1989
... The Met...The Met ...Set of ten "Inner Weekly Travelcards" - printed on light weight card - yellow and white, varying styles. All stamped with a large date stamp. .1 - 19 August 1988 - issued at Caulfield - No. 284512 .2 - 16 Jan 1985 - $10, 210676 .3 - 13 Sept 1989 - issued at Ormond - 971383 .4 - Anywhere weekly travel card Concession - $8, 26 May 1985 .5 - ditto - unpriced, 26 Oct. 1988 .6 - Inner weekly concession - $5 - 16588 - 22 Nov. 1984 .7 -ditto, unpriced - 30 May 1986 .8 - Inner plus one weekly travel card - clipped for St Albans, 13 Oct. 1989, issued at Flinders St .9 - ditto, priced at $14, 26 Oct. 1985. .10 - Moorabbin plus inner 0 14 Dec 1984 - No. 82854 - with yellow and pink colours. All have the first The Met logo on the rear and the travel conditions.trams, tramways, tickets, weekly tickets, the met -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Timetable - Met Bus - set of 5, The Met, 1996/97
... The Met ...Set of 5 Met Bus timetables - all with a route map on the rear. 1 - Routes 216 and 219, Deer Park West - City - Brighton Beach/Gardenvale - dated 27/10/1996 2 - route 220 - Sunshine - Gardenvale - dated 14/4/1996 3 - Routes 223 and 215 - Yarraville Station to Highpoint and Deer Park West to Highpoint - dated Dec. 1996 4 - Route 232 - Altona North - Victoria Market via West Gate Freeway and Crown Casino - dated 14/4/1996 - this service effectively combined the two railway tram routes. 5 - Route 600 - St Kilda to Southland via Elwood, Brighton, Sandringham, Black Rock and Cheltenham - dated March 1997Yields information about some of the Met Bus services in 1996 and 1997.Set of five Met Bus timetables, DL size, printed in two colours.maps, bus services, route 216, route 219, route 220, route 223, route 215, route 232, route 600, met bus -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, The Met, "Vintage tram no. 646", 10 Dec. 1987?
... The Met...The Met ...Pamphlet - DL size, single side, brown printing on light manila coloured stippled card, titled "Vintage tram no. 646", giving details of the tram history and its replacement by more modern vehicles. gives some technical details. Possibly distributed on the last day of its service. Vicsig.net accessed 31/8/2016 gives Thursday, 10th December 1987 - Carried auxiliary board stating 'FINAL W2 IN REGULAR SERVICE. 1923-1987. 64 YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE'.trams, tramways, the met, w2 class, vintage trams, last tram -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, The Met, "MetTicket Tram Operations Employee Information (No. 2)", Late 1989
... The Met...The Met ...Report - 10 pages - stapled in the top left hand corner, titled "MetTicket Tram Operations Employee Information (No. 2)", giving a update on the details of the new scratch system, implementation, redeployment and retraining, operating procedures for one person trams and details of the new tickets and fares. Not dated, late 1989.trams, tramways, tickets, scratch tickets, the met, reports, tram drivers, drivers, one man trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Manual, The Met, "MetRail Passenger Fares and Conditions", "Summary of "A" Circulars issued in reference to the Metropolitan Transit Authority tickets introduced after 13-11-83", 1983 - 1985
... The Met...The Met ...Manual - approx. 115 A4 pages with card board manilla covers white comb bound with a yellow plastic front cover. Titled "MetRail Passenger Fares and Conditions". At about the 1/.3 point has another card cover titled "Summary of "A" Circulars issued in reference to the Metropolitan Transit Authority tickets introduced after 13-11-83. Issued late 1983, prepared by Ian Yarde of the MetRail Projects Officer for use at Stations by Booking and Ticket Checking staff. Has a note on the second page about the introduction of the new fare system for Neighbourhood tickets, rail, tram and private buses - signed by L. A. Strouse Managing Director, dated 13/11/1983. Has an index to the type of tickets. The second parts includes an index, gives changes up to early 1985, including the Bundoora tram extension.In the top right hand corner in red ink "VR - 20" and in blue ink "Group 74". Numerous notes and minor changes noted throughout the book.trams, tramways, metcard, tickets, manual, the met, metro trains, neighbourhood tickets, bundoora -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Accessory - Paint Sample, The Met, "MTA (tram) Paint Samples Oct. 1983", c1983
... The Met...The Met ...Set of three paint samples on Scothcal brand film by 3M showing the MTA paint colours used on the trams in Oct. 1983. .1 - yellow ochre .2 - green .3 - cream (brownish)trams, tramways, paint, colour schemes, tramcars, the met -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - List, The Met, "Z3 class Bogey Assembly - Car Set - Truck shop", 26/03/1981 12:00:00 AM
... The Met...The Met ...List - 5 foolscap Gestener sheets, stapled in top left hand corner titled "Z3 class Bogey Assembly - Car Set - Truck shop" list the stores item number, description, quantities, and stock balance for each car. Dated 26/3/1981, car 176.trams, tramways, z3 class, workshops, lists, bogies, the met, tram 176 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Accessory - Paint Sample, The Met, Paint sample or paint chip sample or paint chi, 1980's - 2000
... The Met...The Met ...paint sample or paint chi from a tramcar showing various colours that had been applied over a number of years to the tramcar - shows about 12 different colours - green, undercoats, gold, city circle red.trams, tramways, paint, colour schemes, tramcars, city circle, the met -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instruction Book, The Met, late 1980's or early 1990's
... The Met...The Met ...Document - 10 A4 pages, stapled in the top left hand corner, photocopied - comprising a number of sheets that would have been given to trainees by the Training Centre. 1. - 600V System 2. - How to assess a ticketing system 3. - Problem Check Sheet - W class 4. - MTA - Trainer Drivers Check List - preparing tram for service and on road. 5. - AVM Centre notes - 6 pages - design, use, operation, system and AVM control head - revised July 1989.trams, tramways, the met, drivers, driver training, instructions, ptc, w class, electrical systems, avm, automatic vehicle monitoring -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instruction Book, The Met, "Instructions to Drivers on Z class trams", 1/05/1989 12:00:00 AM
... The Met...The Met ...Document - 9 A4 pages, stapled in the top left hand corner, photocopied double sided - titled "Instructions to Drivers on Z class trams". Provides information on the operation, faults, defects, line breakers, track brake, lights, points, PA, Safety, Hot Weather, design changes on Z5, notes on the Z3 tram, power limiting switch, overspeed, faults -when it will not drive. Dated 1/5/1989. Original copy replaced 1/7/2020 with a better copy from Keith Kings.trams, tramways, the met, drivers, driver training, instructions, ptc, z class -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Letter, The Met, "Fleet Ops Incidents - Tram 22 to 25 Nov. 1987", 27/01/1988 12:00:00 AM
... The Met...The Met ...Original letter (Metropolitan Transit Letterhead), dated 27/1/1988 to John Prideaux with detailed the reports prepared by Fleet Operations Centre (Nicholson and Gertrude) copies of reports of disruptions to services for the period 22 to 25/11/1987. Eight attached sheets, stapled in the top left hand corner. Signed by C. W. O'Carroll Manager Freedom of Information."Fleet Ops Incidents - Tram 22 to 25 Nov. 1987" in ink along the top edge.trams, tramways, the met, freedom of information, foi, reports, inspectors, traffic officers, delays, incidents, events, fleet operations centre -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Form/s, The Met, "Tram Defect Report", mid 1980's to mid 1990's
... The Met...The Met ...Set of three "Tram Defect Reports" .1 - Printed on orange card with a centre crease for folding "Tram Defect Report: - mid to late 1980's - mentions AVM's with some 65 defects listed and notes. Has space for Tram Number, Date, Run Number. Form No. 10247. Appears to be applicable to "All Electric" trams. Has space on the rear to record accident damage. .2 - "W class Tram Defect Report" - has spaces for faults, not convectively numbered. Photocopied form on A4 paper.. .3 - "Z, A, B class Tram Defect Report" - photocopied onto white A4 paper..1 "c1980" in ink in top centre. .2 - "Form for crew use at depot's" and "c1995" .3 - "C1995" in top right hand corner.trams, tramways, forms, the met, faults, w class, z class, a class, b class -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, The Met, Scratch ticket - 2 hour adult- Zone 1, c1990
... The Met...The Met ...Scratch ticket - black printing on yellow /white printed card and areas where a person could scratch out the month and day of the month areas to validate the ticket. Has the number on the base of the ticket. Gives an example of how the five pack cards were sold, a further four tickets attached to the right hand side. 2 hour adult- Zone 1, No. C01188280 - used for 5pm, 22.7 A stub from another five pack collected at the time. Part of a box tickets that were selected from the donation ex AETA. See Reg Item 4699 for a sample of five tickets. See Reg Item 5393 for other samples.trams, tramways, tickets, scratch tickets, the met -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, The Met, Set of Daily 60 plus Scratch tickets, c1990
... The Met...The Met ...Set of Daily 60 plus Scratch tickets - purple printing on white printed card and areas where a person could scratch out the month and day of the month areas to validate the ticket. Has the number on the base of the ticket. Shows three different styles of printing ticketing numbers and background styles - all Daily 60 plus. Ticket numbers SS31180. SS273517, W007309654.trams, tramways, tickets, scratch tickets, the met -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, The Met, Set of five scratch tickets, c1990
... The Met...The Met ...Set of five scratch tickets - black printing on yellow /white printed card and areas where a person could scratch out the month and day of the month areas to validate the ticket. Has the number on the base of the ticket. Gives an example of the five pack cards were sold: 2 hour adult- Concession Zone 1, No. C01088466 to 470, used during August and September. See Reg Item 4682 for a sample of how the five tickets batch was sold.trams, tramways, tickets, scratch tickets, the met -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Form/s, The Met, "Vehicle Passing Stationary Tramcar", c1991
... The Met...The Met ...Form - photocopy - A4 sheet - "Vehicle Passing Stationary Tramcar" on Metropolitan Transit Authority letterhead, form 3/285. Requests extensive details of the incident. Two copies held.trams, tramways, the met, forms, incidents, reports, police -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Folder with papers, The Met, "Metropolitan Transit Authority", 10/07/1983 12:00:00 AM
... The Met...The Met ...Folder - folded card sheet, green with yellow outlines and the Metropolitan Transit logo containing A4 sized papers at the time of the launch of the "Metropolitan Transit Authority". Contains the following documents: .1 - cover .2 - sheet advising of the formation of the "Metropolitan Transit Authority" .3 - sheet discussing the logo or symbol and its meaning .4 - heavy politicised sheet with the logo or symbol and name .5 - Two sheets - detailing the new colours and technical aspects of why the colours were selected. .6 - Two sheets - showing the uniforms in front of a bus and tram and the specification of the uniforms and what would be issued. .7 - Two sheets - Press Release or news release dated 10/7/1983 about the MTA - issued by the Minister of Transport Mr. S Crabb. Note the first sheet has been printed on longer paper - folded to fit. .8 - single sheet titled "Super trains" giving the specification of Comeng Trains and a photo.trams, tramways, the met, mta, uniforms, logos, colour schemes, railways, comeng, minister for transport -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Magazine, The Met, "Matinees - Vol 1, No. 9 December 1985", Dec. 1985
... The Met...The Met ...Magazine - 20 A4 pages centre stapled - titled "MetLines - Vol 1, No. 9 December 1985", staff newspaper of the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Has a number of "Santa Claus" on the front cover. Contains an article on page 8, "Keeping tram lines clean" and "Scrubber Cars" - featuring Frank Reale-Key posing in front of Scrubber 8W. Also has a photo of scrubber No. 11. Gives a background to the cars, when they are used, operated by Civil Branch. Gives hours of use and crews. Another item is "Tram centenary celebrations a success" - Event and cavalcade of trams on 11/11/1985, celebrating the commencement of the cable car services in Melbourne. Notes the unveiling of a plaque by Mr Roper, assisted by Keith Kings of the TMSV. Other items tramway related are the celebration - 70th marriage celebration of Harry Heaton who worked at Preston, Glenhuntly depot cricket team and on the rear cover a photo of Norm Maddock at the Picnic function at Wattle Park. On page 3 is a follow up to a question on a MTOC conductor with the large safety pins of the era. Not all pages scanned.trams, tramways, scrubber tram, the met, conductors, track, mto co, centenary, cable trams, cavalcade, tram 8, tram 11 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket - "Neighbourhood ticket - Caulfield Moorabbin - Sandringham", The Met, 1983
... The Met...The Met ...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 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket - "Zone 2 to Melbourne - Off Peak", The Met, 1983
... the met...The Met ...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 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Timetables - Route 96 and 111, The Met, 12/1992
... The Met...The Met ...Light Rail Timetables from 6 Dec. 1992 for routes 96 East Brunswick to St Kilda Beach and route 111 - Port Melbourne to Exhibition St. Gives frequency of the trams for weekdays and weekends. Has the depot locations and numbers for further information.Demonstrates a set of The Met timetable for routes 96 and 111 for 1992.Timetable - set of two A4 printed sheets.tramways, the met, route 111, route 96, timetables, light rail -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Timetables - Route 30, The Met, 26/6/1989
... The Met...The Met ...Timetable - City - Brunswick St via La Trobe St - gives details of the route, timetable, timing points, and sections - for Monday to Friday's only and notes re the services such as where they start or end their trips. Dated 26/6/1989.Demonstrates a set of The Met timetable for route 30, dated 26/6/1989. Timetable - A4 printed sheets.tramways, the met, timetables, route 30, brunswick st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera, The Met, "Trams replacing buses - Route 3", 8/1993
... The Met...The Met ...Customer Bulletin - "Trams replacing buses - Route 3" - East Malvern - City from Sunday 8/8/1993 advising that the replacement bus, route 377 will cease to operate. This was part of an industrial agreement with the State Government after the big 1990 strike. Gives the timetable at various timing points to Melbourne University. See item 7578 for a similar notice for routes 57 and 82.Demonstrates a notice advising trams replacing buses on route 3.Timetable - A4 printed sheet.tramways, the met, timetables, route 3, buses, east malvern -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera, The Met, "Trams replacing buses - Route 57", 8/1993
... The Met...The Met ...Customer Bulletin - "Trams replacing buses - Route 57" - West Maribyrnong to City from Sunday 8/8/1993 advising that the replacement bus, route 357 will cease to operate. This was part of an industrial agreement with the State Government after the big 1990 strike. Gives the timetable at various timing points to City Elizabeth St. The timetable for the Route 82 service for both Saturdays and Sundays is given on a separate sheet. See item 7577 for a similar notice for route 3.Demonstrates a notice advising trams replacing buses on route 57 and 82.Timetable Customer Bulletin set of two A4 printed sheets.tramways, the met, timetables, buses, route 57, west maribyrnong, route 82, footscray -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera, The Met, "More bus services for South Sunshine residents", 10/1987
... The Met...The Met ...Customer Bulletin - "More bus services for South Sunshine residents" advising that commencing Monday, Oct. 5 (1987) a trial service to South Sunshine, an extension of route 219. Gives times and a route map along with contact details Route 219 in 2024 is from South Sunshine to Gardenvale North Road.Demonstrates a notice advising bus services for route 219.Timetable Customer Bulletin A4 printed sheets, green ink on white paper.tramways, the met, timetables, buses, route 219, south sunshine -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Badge - "I Like TravelCard" Badge, The Met, c.1980s
... The Met...The Met ...Used for pinning onto clothing or other accessories. Advertisement on TravelCard is printed on one side. Two copies held.One of the marketing methods for the TravelCard, the main ticketing system for public transport in Victoria during the 1980s.White, round plastic badge with "I Like TravelCard" printed in front. Two black, directionally opposite arrows flank the top and bottom of the text. In the back the text "BLADON MARKETING" is inscribed below the safety pin. 2 copies held.BLADON MARKETINGtravelcard, the met, metropolitian transit authority, badge, public transport, tickets -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Letter - Letterhead, The Met, "Metropolitan Transit Authority", mid 1980's
... The Met...The Met ...Set of 3 letterheads for the "Metropolitan Transit Authority" .1 - letterhead for "Metropolitan Transit Authority", A4 sheet, when located at 60 Market St Melbourne - has telex and fax numbers - four copies held. .2 - Internal memo paper - half foolscap sheet for the Tram and Bus division - printed July 1983, printed in a pad form - 5 copies held. .3 - Inter office Memorandum - A4 sheet, titled "Metropolitan Transit" - mid to late 1980's - 4 copies held.trams, tramways, the met, mta, stationery, letterhead -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, The Met, Set of ten scratch tickets, 1989-1990
... The Met...The Met ...Set of ten scratch tickets - black and other colours printing on white printed card and areas where a person could scratch out the month and day of the month areas to validate the ticket. Has the number on the base of the ticket. Set of tickets show different number printing and type of ticket styles. .1 - stub and last ticket of a Zone 1 - 3 hour Adult ticket - priced at $7.20 - E000248885 .2 - ditto - $6.30 - F000351540 .3 - 3 hour concession - zone 1 - $0.70 - CA00653889 - part of a five pack ,4 - 3 hour adult - zone 1 $1.40 - F000351533 - part of a five pack .5 - ditto - $1.60 - E000249372 - part of a five pack .6 - Daily concession Zone 1 - $1.30 - CG00467423 - - part of a five pack .7 - 3 hour adult - Zones 1+2+3, $3.20 - AF00331334 .8 - 3 hour concession - Zones 2+3 - $0.90 - CE0079503 .9 - 3 hour adult - Zone 2 - $0.90 -AB01144275 .10 - Daily Concession - 60 plus - $1.00 - CN00360550trams, tramways, tickets, scratch tickets, the met -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Accessory - Paint Sample, The Met, nine paint samples or swatches painted onto card, c1980s
... The Met...The Met ...Set of nine paint samples or swatches painted onto card - no details as to date or who made them. Each swatch has the colour printed on top in ink. Assumed c1980s 1 - Tramways Ivory 2 - Sash Paint 3 - Tramways Cream 4 - Gully Green - has paint over run on the rear - this colour used on bumper bars during the 1960's and 1970's - refer to Destination City 5th edition. 5 - Lino Brown - appears to be used on the frame of the chocolate coloured cars at Hawthorn, eg No. 380 6 - Floor Paint - with over run on the rear 7 - Panel Green - ditto 8 - u/seat green (under seat) 9 - Chocolate browntrams, tramways, paint, colour schemes, tramcars, the met