City Circle (tram route)
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The City Circle is a tram loop running around the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. It has the route number 35.
The City Circle is a free tourist-oriented service which passes many Melbourne attractions while running along the CBD's outermost thoroughfares, and also through the developing Docklands waterfront precinct.
Only heritage W-class trams with a unique brown and gold livery operate on the City Circle. Trams travel in both directions with a frequency of approximately 10 minutes. However, newer trams have been known to operate on the City Circle when no older trams are available, and green liveried W-class trams fitted with Metcard vending machines and validators have also run on the City Circle when no brown & gold liveried trams are available.
The route of the City Circle trams roughly follows the outer edges of the Hoddle Grid, with only two diversions. It takes in all of La Trobe Street, Harbour Esplanade and Flinders Street. It follows Spring Street between Flinders Street and Bourke Street, but travels along Nicholson Street and Victoria Street before turning into La Trobe. Trams run in both directions around this circuit.
Tram drivers operating this service refer to it as the "City Circus".
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