Historical information

The MMTB Timetable details the trips from Elsternwick or Point Ormond for each day of the week.

The sheet records the time of the last tram, 1036pm, driver G Loft No. 2480, and the tram as X2 677 on 22-10-1960. The donor advised that the MMTB following the practice adopted for the Bourke St changeover in 1940, the MMTB chose to pull the tram service before the last advertised trip for the day. Those present to ride the last started early and rode up and down for quite a few runs, then, on one arrival at Elsternwick Station, the Inspector (known as grasshoppers or Braids) on board instructed the driver to keep going and we rode through to GH Depot without paying another fare. They noted a half-cab bus, destination 'Clifton Hill', lurking ready to take up the running.
The donor reported (and as you will see from the endorsements on the timetable) “I circled the time of the last run and got the signature and badge number of the driver. The rubber-stamp impressions were also applied to souvenir tickets (3d).”

Significance

Yields information about the Point Ormond Service prior to its closure and records details of the last tram service.

Physical description

Foolscap Gestetner duplicated sheet, dated 29/1/1960

Inscriptions & markings

Marked to show the last tram on 22-10-1960, time, tramcar and driver's name and number.