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{{Short description|Former tram route in metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2013}}
{{Infobox tram route
|number        = Route 8
|bgcolor       = #71BE43
|titlecolor    = #ffffff
|image         = Yarra Trams D1.3525 in South Yarra.jpg
|caption       = [[D-class Melbourne tram|D1 class tram]] at [[South Yarra]], December 2016
|system        = [[Trams in Melbourne|Melbourne]]
|operator      = [[Yarra Trams]]
|depot         = [[Brunswick tram depot|Brunswick]]<br>[[Malvern tram depot|Malvern]]
|vehicle       = [[Z-class Melbourne tram|Z3 class]]<br>[[B-class Melbourne tram|B2 class]]<br>[[D-class Melbourne tram|D1 class]]<br>[[D-class Melbourne tram|D2 class]]
|open          = 17 October 2004
|close         = 30 April 2017
|locale        = [[Melbourne]], Australia
|start         = [[Moreland, Victoria|Moreland ]]
|via           = [[Brunswick East]]<br>[[Lygon Street]]<br>[[Swanston Street]]<br>[[St Kilda Road]]<br>[[South Yarra]]
|end           = [[Toorak]]
|length        = 15.7 kilometers
|timetable_link= [https://web.archive.org/web/20170306214100/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/view/991 Route 8 timetable]
|map_link      = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160828174446/http://ptv.vic.gov.au/getting-around/maps/metropolitan-trams/view/991 Route 8 map]
|previous_line = [[Melbourne tram route 6|Route 6]]
|next_line     = [[Melbourne tram route 11|Route 11]]}}

'''Melbourne tram route 8''' was operated by [[Yarra Trams]] on the [[Trams in Melbourne|Melbourne tram network]] from [[Moreland, Victoria|Moreland]] to [[Toorak]]. The 15.7 kilometre route was operated out of [[Brunswick tram depot|Brunswick]] and [[Malvern tram depot|Malvern]] depots with [[Z-class Melbourne tram|Z]], [[B-class Melbourne tram|B]] and [[D-class Melbourne tram|D1]] class trams. It ceased on 30 April 2017 and was replaced by [[Melbourne tram route 6|route 6]] and [[Melbourne tram route 58|route 58]].

==History==
Route 8 started on 17 October 2004, when the old route 8, which had been running between [[Melbourne University tram stop|Melbourne University]] and [[Toorak]] merged with route 22 which had been running between [[Moreland, Victoria|Moreland]] and [[Melbourne Arts Precinct|Arts Precinct]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130514051205/http://www.yarratrams.com.au/media-centre/news/articles/2004/from-toorak-to-moreland-on-route-8/ From Toorak to Moreland on Route 8] [[Yarra Trams]] 13 October 2004</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041103234625/http://www.yarratrams.com.au/network_improvements/new_routes.asp New improved routes for Melbourne's tram network] Yarra Trams October 2004</ref><ref>Route changes in Melbourne ''[[Trolley Wire]]'' issue 299 December 2004 page 16</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170226023218/http://www.yarratrams.com.au/media/43839/tramroutenumbers.pdf History of Melbourne Trams Routes from 1950 to 2009] Yarra Trams</ref>

In February 2015, Yarra Trams released plans to build a centre platform at Toorak, 100 metres west of the existing terminus.<ref>[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-east/councillors-slam-proposal-for-new-toorak-rd-tram-terminus/story-fngnvlpt-1227224002894 Councillors slam proposal for new Toorak Rd terminus] ''[[Herald Sun]]'' 19 February 2015</ref> The work was completed in December 2015.<ref>[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-east/route-8-toorak-rd-tram-terminus-gets-38m-upgrade/news-story/00520ffce026f8cf8b4af8b92c680b40 Route 8 Toorak Rd tram terminus gets $3.8m upgrade] ''Stonnington Leader'' 9 December 2015</ref>

On 30 April 2017, as part of works associated with the closure of [[Domain Interchange]] and construction of [[Anzac railway station]], route 8 ceased.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170430141950/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/getting-around/network-changes/tram-changes/new-route-58 Say hello to Route 58] [[Public Transport Victoria]]</ref> The southern portion was replaced by extending [[Melbourne tram route 55|route 55]] from Domain Interchange to Toorak as [[Melbourne tram route 58|route 58]], while the northern section was replaced by extending [[Melbourne tram route 6|route 6]] from Melbourne University to Moreland.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161104001609/http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/metro-tunnel-to-transform-melbournes-tram-network/ Metro Tunnel to Transform Melbourne's Tram Network] Minister for Public Transport 25 October 2016</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161231113309/http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/trams-to-head-west-route-58-to-be-born-in-network-overhaul-next-year-20161024-gs9i52.html Trams to head west, route 58 to be born in network overhaul next year] ''[[The Age]]'' 25 October 2016</ref><ref>{{Victorian Rail-Newsrail|title=New Tram Timetable|month=6|year=2017|page=182}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Melbourne tram route 8 evolution
!Dates
!Route
!Notes
|-
|21 November 1929 - 15 April 1991
|City ([[Victoria Street, Melbourne|Victoria Street]]) to [[Toorak]]
|
|-
|15 April 1991 - 17 January 1996
|City (Queensberry/[[Swanston Street]]) to [[Toorak]]
|Some services terminated at Melbourne University
|-
|17 January 1996 - 16 October 2004
|[[Melbourne University tram stop|Melbourne University]] to [[Toorak]]
|
|-
|17 October 2004 - 30 April 2017
|[[Moreland, Victoria|Moreland]] to [[Toorak]]
|Replaced by routes [[Melbourne tram route 6|6]] and [[Melbourne tram route 58|58]]
|}

==Operation==
Routes 8 was operated out of [[Brunswick tram depot|Brunswick]] and [[Malvern tram depot|Malvern]] depots with [[Z-class Melbourne tram|Z]], [[B-class Melbourne tram|B]] and [[D-class Melbourne tram|D1]] class trams.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131113213847/http://www.yarratrams.com.au/using-trams/route-guides/route-8/ Route 8] Yarra Trams</ref>

From 2016, [[D-class Melbourne tram|D2 class trams]] from Brunswick depot operated on route 8, after the transfer from [[Southbank tram depot|Southbank]] to Brunswick of this class to operate [[Melbourne tram route 19|route 19]].

==Route map==
{{Routemap
|style=float:left
|text-width=,313,0,0,291,
|title={{Color box|#00C0F3|border=darkgray}} Route 8
|top=Some trams are wheelchair accessible. Free Tram Zone covers stops 8 to 13. [[myki|Fare zone 1]] applied from stop 133 to 7, and 14 to 42.
|map=
~~Connections~~ ~~ ! !~~ ~~''[[Moreland, Victoria|Moreland]]''~~ ~~Stop

[[Brunswick tram depot]]~~ ~~ ! !\uKDSTa\CONTg~~ ~~ ~~''{{RoutemapRoute|Licon=U|Towards [[Anstey railway station|Anstey]]|enclosed=no}}''

''{{RoutemapRoute||Cameron Street|Ricon=U}}''~~ ~~ ! !\uSTR\STR

{{rint|rail}} [[Upfield railway line|Upfield]]~~ ~~ ! !\uBHF!~HUBaq\ACC!~HUBeq~~ ~~[[Moreland railway station|Moreland station]]~~Cameron Street~~133

''{{RoutemapRoute||Moreland Road|Ricon=D}}''~~ ~~ ! !\\uSTR\STRl\CONTfq~~ ~~ ~~''{{RoutemapRoute|Licon=R|Towards [[Coburg railway station|Coburg]]|enclosed=no}}''

{{rint|tram|1}} [[Melbourne tram route 19|19]]~~ ~~ ! !uCONTgq\uTINT\uCONTfq~~ ~~[[Sydney Road]]~~ ~~132

uHST~~ ~~De Carle Street~~ ~~131

uBHF~~ ~~Barrow Street~~ ~~130

''{{RoutemapRoute||Moreland Road|Ricon=U}}''~~ ~~ ! !uSTR

{{rint|bus|1}} 510; {{rint|tram|1}} [[Melbourne tram route 1|1]]~~ ~~ ! !\uABZg+l!~lINT\uCONTfq~~ ~~[[Nicholson Street]]~~ ~~129

''{{RoutemapRoute||Holmes Street|Ricon=D}}''~~ ~~ ! !uSTR

uHST~~ ~~Donald Street~~ ~~128

''{{RoutemapRoute||Holmes Street|Ricon=U}}''~~ ~~ ! !uSTR

{{rint|bus|1}} 503~~ ~~ ! !uBHF~~ ~~Albion Street~~ ~~127

''{{RoutemapRoute||[[Lygon Street]]|Ricon=D}}''~~ ~~ ! !uSTR

uHST~~ ~~Stewart Street~~ ~~126

{{rint|bus|1}} 508~~ ~~ ! !uBHF~~ ~~Blyth Street~~ ~~125

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\\uLSTR\\

\\uHST\\~~ ~~Victoria Street~~ ~~124

uHST~~ ~~Albert Street~~ ~~123
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{{rint|bus|1}} 506~~ ~~ ! !uBHF~~ ~~Glenlyon Road~~ ~~122

uHST~~ ~~Weston Street~~ ~~121

{{rint|bus|1}} 504~~ ~~ ! !uBHF~~ ~~Brunswick Road~~ ~~120

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\\uLSTR\\

\\uHST\\~~ ~~Park Street~~ ~~119

uHST~~ ~~Pigdon Street~~ ~~118

uHST~~ ~~Richardson Street~~ ~~117

uHST~~ ~~Fenwick Street~~ ~~116
-endCollapsible-

uBHF~~ ~~[[Melbourne General Cemetery|Melbourne Cemetery East]]~~Newry Street~~115

{{rint|bus|1}} 546~~ ~~ ! !uBHF~~ ~~Princes Street~~ ~~114

uBHF~~ ~~Lytton Street~~ ~~113

''{{RoutemapRoute|Licon=U|Lygon Street|Elgin Street|Ricon=D}}''~~ ~~ ! !uSTR

{{rint|bus|1}} 200, 207~~ ~~ ! !uACC~~ ~~[[Lygon Street]]~~ ~~112

''{{RoutemapRoute|Licon=U|Elgin Street|[[Swanston Street]]|Ricon=D}}''~~ ~~ ! !uSTR

{{rint|bus|1}} 402~~ ~~ ! !uINTACC~~ ~~[[Melbourne University tram stop|Melbourne University]]~~Faraday Street~~1

uACC~~ ~~Lincoln Square~~Pelham Street~~3

uACC~~ ~~Queensberry Street~~ ~~4

''{{RoutemapRoute||[[Victoria Street, Melbourne|Victoria Street]]|Ricon=L}}''~~ ~~ ! !uexCONTgq\ueABZg+r\

uACC~~ ~~[[RMIT University]]~~Franklin Street~~7

{{rint|tram|1}} [[Melbourne tram route 30|30]], [[City Circle Tram|35]]; {{rint|rail}} [[City Loop]]~~ ~~ ! !uCONTgq!~HUBc2\uKRZxr!~lINTACC!~HUB3\uCONTfq~~ ~~[[Melbourne Central railway station|Melbourne Central station]]~~[[La Trobe Street]]~~8

''{{RoutemapRoute||Towards [[Flagstaff railway station|Flagstaff]]|Ricon=L|enclosed=no}}''~~ ~~ ! !tCONTgq\tINTACCq!~HUB1\umKRZt!~HUBc4\tCONTfq\~~ ~~ ~~''{{RoutemapRoute|Licon=R|Towards [[Parliament railway station|Parliament]]|enclosed=no}}''

{{rint|tram|1}} [[Melbourne tram route 86|86]], [[Melbourne tram route 96|96]]~~ ~~ ! !uCONTgq\uKRZ!~lINTACC\uCONTfq~~ ~~[[Bourke Street#Bourke Street Mall|Bourke Street Mall]]~~[[Bourke Street]]~~10

{{rint|tram|1}} [[Melbourne tram route 11|11]], [[Melbourne tram route 12|12]], [[Melbourne tram route 48|48]], [[Melbourne tram route 109|109]]~~ ~~ ! !uCONTgq\uKRZ!~lINTACC\uCONTfq~~ ~~[[City Square, Melbourne|City Square]]~~[[Collins Street, Melbourne|Collins Street]]~~11

{{rint|bus|1}} 605; {{rint|tram|1}} 35, [[Melbourne tram route 70|70]], [[Melbourne tram route 75|75]]~~ ~~ ! !uCONTgq!~HUBc2\uKRZ!~lINTACC!~HUB3\uCONTfq~~ ~~[[Flinders Street railway station|Flinders Street station]]~~[[Flinders Street, Melbourne|Flinders Street]]~~13

''{{RoutemapRoute||Towards [[Southern Cross railway station|Southern Cross]]|Ricon=L|enclosed=no}}''~~ ~~ ! !CONTgq\INTACCq!~HUB1\umhKRZa!~HUBc4\CONTfq\~~ ~~ ~~''{{RoutemapRoute|Licon=R|Towards Parliament, [[Jolimont railway station|Jolimont]] and [[Richmond railway station, Melbourne|Richmond]]|enclosed=no}}''

''[[Yarra River]]''~~ ~~ ! !uhKRZWe~~ ~~ ~~''{{RoutemapRoute|Licon=U|Swanston Street|[[St Kilda Road]]|Ricon=D}}''

{{rint|bus|1}} 216, 219, 220; {{rint|tram|1}} 1~~ ~~ ! !uINTACC~~ ~~Arts Precinct~~ ~~14

''{{RoutemapRoute||Route 1 via Southbank Boulevard|Ricon=L|enclosed=no}}''~~ ~~ ! !uCONTgq\uABZgr\

uACC~~ ~~Grant Street~~ ~~17

uACC~~ ~~[[Shrine of Remembrance]]~~Dorcas Street~~19

''{{RoutemapRoute||Route 55 via Park Street|Ricon=L|enclosed=no}}''~~ ~~ ! !uCONTgq\uABZg+r\

{{rint|bus|1}} 216, 219, 220; {{rint|tram|1}} [[Melbourne tram route 3|3/3a]], [[Melbourne tram route 5|5]], [[Melbourne tram route 6|6]], [[Melbourne tram route 16|16]], [[Melbourne tram route 55|55]], [[Melbourne tram route 64|64]], [[Melbourne tram route 67|67]], [[Melbourne tram route 72|72]]~~ ~~ ! !uINTACC~~ ~~[[Domain Interchange]]~~ ~~20

''{{RoutemapRoute||Routes 3/3a, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67 & 72 via St Kilda Road|Ricon=L|enclosed=no}}''~~ ~~ ! !uCONTgq\uABZgr\~~ ~~ ~~''{{RoutemapRoute|Licon=U|St Kilda Road|Domain Road|Ricon=D}}''

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\\uLSTR\\

\\uHST\\~~ ~~Dallas Brooks Drive~~ ~~21

uHST~~ ~~[[Melbourne Grammar School|Melbourne Grammar]]~~ ~~22

uHST~~ ~~Hope Street~~ ~~23
-endCollapsible-

''{{RoutemapRoute|Licon=U|Domain Road}}''~~ ~~ ! !uSTR

uBHF~~ ~~Birdwood Avenue~~ ~~24

''{{RoutemapRoute|Licon=D|Park Street}}''~~ ~~ ! !uSTR

uHST~~ ~~Randall Place~~ ~~25

''{{RoutemapRoute|Licon=U|Park Street}}''~~ ~~ ! !uSTR

uBHF~~ ~~[[Toorak Road]]~~ ~~26

''{{RoutemapRoute||Toorak Road West|Ricon=D}}''~~ ~~ ! !uSTR

uHST~~ ~~Walsh Street~~ ~~27

''{{RoutemapRoute||Toorak Road West|Ricon=U}}''~~ ~~ ! !uSTR

{{rint|bus|1}} 246, 969~~ ~~ ! !uBHF~~ ~~[[Hoddle Highway|Punt Road]]~~ ~~28

''{{RoutemapRoute||Toorak Road|Ricon=D}}''~~ ~~ ! !uSTR

uHST~~ ~~Myrtle Street~~ ~~29

''{{RoutemapRoute||Towards [[Prahran railway station|Prahran]]|Ricon=L|enclosed=no}}''~~ ~~ ! !CONTr+f\\uSTR\\CONTl+f~~ ~~ ~~''{{RoutemapRoute|Licon=R|Towards [[Richmond railway station, Melbourne|Richmond]]|enclosed=no}}''

{{rint|rail}} [[Pakenham railway line|Pakenham]], [[Cranbourne railway line|Cranbourne]], [[Frankston railway line|Frankston]], [[Sandringham railway line|Sandringham]]~~ ~~ ! !STRl\ABZq+l\umhTBHF!~HUBaq\INTACCq!~HUBeq\STRr~~ ~~[[South Yarra railway station|South Yarra station]]~~Osborne Street~~30

{{rint|tram|1}} [[Melbourne tram route 78|78]]~~ ~~ ! !uCONTgq\mKRZu\uTINT\uCONTfq\~~ ~~[[Chapel Street, Melbourne|Chapel Street]]~~ ~~31

''{{RoutemapRoute||Towards [[Hawksburn railway station|Hawksburn]]|Ricon=L|enclosed=no}}''~~ ~~ ! !CONTgq\STRr\uSTR\\

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\\uLSTR\\

\\uHST\\~~ ~~Tivoli Road~~ ~~32

uHST~~ ~~Como Avenue~~ ~~33

uHST~~ ~~Williams Road~~ ~~34
-endCollapsible-

uBHF~~ ~~Mathoura Road~~ ~~35

uHST~~ ~~Grange Road~~ ~~36

{{rint|bus|1}} 605~~ ~~ ! !uBHF~~ ~~Orrong Road~~ ~~37

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\\uLSTR\\

\\uHST\\~~ ~~Woorigoleen Road~~ ~~38

uHST~~ ~~Irving Road~~ ~~39

uHST~~ ~~Kooyong Road~~ ~~40

uHST~~ ~~Moonga Road~~ ~~41
-endCollapsible-

{{rint|tram|1}} 16~~ ~~ ! !uKINTACCxe!~HUBa~~ ~~[[Glenferrie Road]]^~~ ~~42

''{{RoutemapRoute|Licon=L|Route 16 via Glenferrie Road|Ricon=R|enclosed=no}}''~~ ~~ ! !uCONTgq\uBHF(L)fq!~HUBaq\ueABZqr!~HUBtg\uBHF(R)gq!~HUBeq\uCONTfq

~~Connections~~ ~~ ! !~~ ~~''[[Toorak]]''~~ ~~Stop
|bottom=^[[Malvern tram depot|Malvern Depot]] services extend to the depot via route 16.<br />Expand to show intermediate stops. Route map is not to scale.
}}
{{-}}

==References==
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==External links==
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