Getting around Melbourne – guide on how to get around by public transport in Melbourne

Well done on deciding to travel to Melbourne, probably Australia’s best city when it comes to infrastructure (roads, public transport and parks), food, quality of life, culture and entertainment. Thanks to some visionary Victorian Premiers like the current leader Daniel Andrews, we have seen so many improvements in public infrastructure with much more to come like the Melbourne Airport Link, Metro and Suburban Loop.

Guides to getting around Melbourne

Here are some travel guides to help visitors to Melbourne get around by public transport:

• Melbourne Airport to Melbourne: click here
• Melbourne to Dandenong: click here
• Melbourne to Glen Waverley: click here
• Melbourne to Springvale: click here

Brief summary of Melbourne’s public transport and infrastructure

Melbourne’s public transport consists of trains, trams (and light rail) and buses.

All Melbourne’s train lines come out of the city with the bulk of the train lines on the east as opposed to the west. This reflects the history of the west being more industrial land

Since 2014, there has been an acceleration in infrastructure improvement across the entire state to the extent that the State Labor Government has:

• removed most rail level crossings across the Melbourne metropolitan areas;
• extended train lines (e.g. Mernda line);
• added new stations (e.g. Southland Station); and
• constructed new roads and highways (e.g. Westal extension, Mordialloc bypass).

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