• 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.

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.

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.

The Metlink website.

If you would like to know more about the Metcard visit the Family Getaways Melbourne #Metcard page (on it's way).

Or in the meantime have a look at this video, it may answer some of your immediate questions.

I did and now look what I am doing here at Family Getaways Melbourne and thoroughly enjoying myself at the same time.

It's a different sort of journey but just as much fun and I get to use the Met all the time.

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