Visitor information

Opening hours

The Melbourne Tram Museum @ Hawthorn Depot is open to visitors on the second Saturday of every month, and the fourth Saturday between October and March (except for December). Admission is by gold coin donation, and opening hours are:

• October to March: 11am – 5pm
• April to September: 1pm – 5pm

The museum is home to 21 fully-restored trams including:

• a ‘toast-rack’ bodied V-class from 1906 – one of the first electrified trams in Melbourne
• several versions of the iconic Melbourne W-class trams
• the experimental X-class tram designed for lightly patronised routes
• the prototype of the Z-class which marked the steady modernisation of the fleet when it was introduced in 1975.

Encounter a part of the history of Melbourne at a unique heritage location.

Group visits may be arranged outside normal opening hours. Contact info@hawthorntramdepot.org.au for details.

How to get there

The Melbourne Tram Museum @ Hawthorn Depot is located at 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn, Victoria. Use the embedded Google Map at the bottom of this page to obtain detailed directions; the museum location is highlighted with an ‘A’. The Melway reference for the museum location is Map 45, B12.

Please note that car parking spaces at the depot are very limited, so you may need to park some distance away and walk, if using your own vehicle.

Public transport access to the museum is excellent: the closest tram stop is at the corner of Riversdale Road and Power Street, Hawthorn on tram routes 70 (Docklands – Wattle Park) and 75 (City – Vermont South). A short walk from the tram stop down Wallen Road will bring you to the museum entrance. For timetable details, or public transport directions, visit the Metlink website.

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