Melbourne trams

Sadly I was unable to take any radio gear with me to Australia recently, so here is a picture of a tram!

A tram in Melbourne outside Flinders Street railway station

This particular tram runs around the CBD and is free to travel on. Melbourne is nice in that all trams within the CBD are free, with payment only necessary outsude that area. Payments are by Myki card which are used on touch pads in the trams. There is a cap on daily usage too, similar to the London Underground, where if you make two charged trips it then costs no more for that day no matter how many journeys you take.

The view out of the rear of the above tram showing the driver's controls

Trams otherwise are of course much more modern but keeping the older style tram for the circular route is a nice touch.

A Mebourne tram