The City Circle tram is a W class tram that more or less circumnavigates the free tram zone in a clockwise direction. It was intended as a hop on hop off tourist tram and was free long before the free tram zone came into being. It starts and terminates outside The District shopping centre.
I catch it quite often, at least for bits of its route. It is one of the trams which stops outside my place on the way back from the city. On its way to the city, I catch it from The District, or sometimes from Central Pier if I am heading to Melbourne Central or to the Queen Victoria shopping complex. I often catch it if I am coming back from that end of town and am not in a hurry
I was surprised when it turned up on Christmas morning when I was heading to the zoo. I don't know why I was surprised - I knew the trams were running to a Sunday service but I had just assumed that it wouldn't be running. It was. And it was very busy.
It's nearly always very busy! Tourists love it. It takes a leisurely route around the CBD, with a commentary on what there is around it and where you can visit if you get off at the next stop.
My only problem with it is that the steps to get on and off are quite steep. It is definitely not an accessible vehicle! So far, I can manage.
I have caught it the whole way round a couple of times now, just for fun.
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