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Metlink colloquially referred to as The Met, is Melbourne's public transport system.
Consisting of mostly modern trains, trams and buses, the system shuttles hundreds of thousands of the public throughout the Melbourne CBD and the inner and outer suburbs every day.
Metlink now has a great comprehensive website which makes it easy to use and get all the travel information for public transportation. Information such as...
How to use Melbourne's public transport system
How to connect the different services
Where all the transport stops are
All timetables set out in an easy to understand and more importantly easy to navigate format
Great pocket guides, full of touristy information
In fact anything to do with train, tram and bus travel in and around Melbourne.
A single ticket, the Metcard, allows you to travel on all 3 modes of transport.
The fare system is time and zone based.
The Melbourne city and suburbs are divided into 2 main zones.
Passengers pay for the zones they want to travel in and the time that they want to travel. For full details of the fares and zone areas visit...
One of The Met's great services is The Met Shop. All your public transport needs are provided by friendly and well informed staff.
Located at the Melbourne Town Hall at the corner of Swanston and Little Collins Streets.
Open hours...
Monday--Friday, 9:00am to 5:30pm
Saturday, 9:00am to 1:00pm
Closed Sundays and Public Holidays
The shop provides...
A full range of Metcards
Sunday passes
Skybus Super Shuttle tickets
Access to the Met's website for timetables and the Journey Planner
Printing is also available for...
Information on planning a journey
Information on using public transport
timetables
public transport brochures
Local travel guides
Maps and travel merchandise
Cash and credit cards are preferred methods of payment.
There are 2 other shops in the outer suburbs...
1) Shop 65, Chadstone Shopping Center
2) Shop 307, Highpoint Shopping Center
The Met Travel Guide is free from all the Met shops and railway stations. This shows fare prices, fare zones, the railway network and other general information.
Traveling into the country?
On Metlink's website you can find a great section on Viclink, The Met's country cousin and how to connect the two for a smooth traveling experience into Victoria's beautiful countryside.
For all details on traveling into the country, visit Viclink.
The Intrastate passenger services are operated by diesel train and a fleet of locomotive hauled trains.
The public can connect with these services at the rebuilt Southern Cross Station.
The Metlink public can also connect here with the Interstate services.
For more information on these interstate services, visit the #Melbourne trains page...arriving soon.
Transportation interest you? Check out this interesting selection from Fishpond
The Melbourne Tram Book This new edition of The Melbourne Tram Book is a gloriously colourful and compact tribute to Melbournes famous and iconic trams, one of the citys most enduring symbols.
More than 200 photographs and illustrations show the trams in the streetscapes of today and yesterday.
The Tram to Bondi Beach Set in 1932 against the magical backdrop of Bondi Beach, in the year the Sydney Harbour Bridge opens, the days of Phar Lap and Charles Kingsford Smith, Keiran a boy from Bondi hopes to help his family survive the depression.
The Bus Ride That Changed History: The Story of Rosa Parks Take a ride through history with this unique retelling of what happened when one brave woman refused to stand up so that a white passenger could sit down, which sparked America's civil rights movement.
Full color.
For all your public transport travel needs visit the Metlink website as this is an invaluable tool to help you plan the best family getaway ever. I have found it easy to use and understand.