The Melbourne Tramway Museum is located in the State of Victoria, at 330 Union Lane, Bylands, just off the Northern Highway, approximately 53 kilometres north of Melbourne (Melways edition 27 map 510 L10). It is located in an idyllic rural setting, with stunning views across a valley to Mount Disappointment and the Kinglake National Park.
Unfortunately the museum is not serviced by public transport, although a taxi can be booked from Wandong Railway Station, the taxi ride will take about 15 minutes. It only takes about an hour from the Melbourne CBD by car.
The easiest route is to take the Hume Freeway (route M31) north of Melbourne, taking the Wallan exit for the Northern Highway (route B75). Proceed through the township of Wallan, up the hill known as Pretty Sally for about 7km. There is a brown tourism sign for the museum about 300m before the turn right into Union Lane. Proceed down Union Lane for about 300m and you have arrived.
(Please note that a taxi will need to be booked in advance)
The next TMSV public meeting will be on Monday the 4th of June at Hawthorn Depot, the topic will be the "Trams in film", a presentation of a collection of silent clips showing trams in their early days.
