Historical information
Series of colour maps for various tram and bus routes, dated 1979. Also contained, not scanned are letters, reports, and specifications for printing these maps for use in shelters etc. Some have the Transport Information Centre telephone printed on them. Some are finished with a plastic laminate finish on either one or both sides. Show the major cross streets, parks, schools, other tram routes, major stop numbers, and railway lines. See also item 3909 for another example of these.
Trams
1 - City route guide - R9/77 - showing all route numbers and destinations that passed through the CBD.
2 - Bourke St tram routes - R4/77 - East Brunswick Blyth St and East Preston Tyler St and intermediate routes, routes 95, 96, 97, 90, 89 and 88.
3 - Malvern, East Malvern, Carnegie, and East Brighton Tram Routes (from St Kilda Junction) - R1/79 - shows routes 5, 3, 67, 66, 61, 62, and 64.
4 - Elizabeth St tram routes - R12/77 - Essendon Airport, West Maribyrnong, North Coburg lines, routes 50, 58, 60, 54, 57, 52. 49, 59, 18, 20 and 19
5 - Flinders St tram routes - R5/78 - North Balwyn, East Burwood, routes 48, 40, 41, Hartwell, 28, 74 and 75
6 - Kew - St Kilda Beach - R1/79 - Route 69.
7 - Mont - Albert City - R11/77, shows routes 43. 47. 45. 44
8 - St Kilda Rd Tram Routes R12/77 - details South Melbourne Beach, route 1 and route 2 and St Kilda Beach routes 15, 16, and 55 otherwise shows where the various routes branch off St Kilda Road
9 - Batman Ave tram routes - R9/77 - Wattle Park, North Richmond and Prahran - routes 70, 71, 78 and 79.
10 - Footscray - Moonee Ponds - R3/81 - Route 82
11 - Swanston St tram guide - R1/79 - lists all routes and route numbers that branch or cross Swanston St between Grattan St and St Kilda Junction.
12 - Toorak Camberwell and Glen Iris tram route with Camberwell Junction and Malvern Town Hall, R1/79, routes 8, 7, 6, 72, and 73 shown.
13 - West Preston - Beach tram routes - R12/77 - routes 10, 11, 9 and 12,
14 - William St tram routes - R12/77 - Route 55, 56, and 63 - South Melbourne Depot and Domain.
Buses
1 - Footscray, Sunshine, Deer Park, Nth Altona & Fishermans Bend - R2/79
2 - Box Hill bus routes to Templestowe, Heidelberg & East Kew - R6/78 - notes superseded by R3/82
3 - Plan of Russell St Melbourne bus departure bays.
4 - Box Hill, Mitcham & Ringwood bus routes to East Doncaster & Warrandyte - R3/82
5 - City - Warrandyte & East Doncaster bus routes - R3/82 & R6/78
6 - Bulleen - City - Port Melbourne - Garden City Bus route - R6/78
7 - North Altona - City bus route - 11/78
8 - Clifton Hill - Elsternwick - R2/79
9 - La Trobe - Northland - West Heidelberg - City Bus Service via East Freeway - 11/79 and R3/81
10 - Box Hill, Mitcham & Ringwood Bus Routes to East Doncaster & Warrandyte - R10/84 - with the Metropolitan Transit logo.
Significance
Yields information about tram and bus routes in late 1970s early 1980s.
Physical description
Book - brown comb binding, card and clear plastic covers containing both bound and unbound maps and documents.
Inscriptions & markings
K C Painter on front cover in ink.
