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First Three Art TramsMelbourne Art Trams 2017/18  -  The First Three Trams Ready for the Network 

Melbourne Art Trams is a creative partnership between Melbourne Festival, Creative Victoria and Public Transport Victoria, in collaboration with Yarra Trams.

Now in its fifth year, Melbourne Art Trams is a revival of the Transporting Art project that ran between 1987 and 1993. 

This year's artwork has been selected to appear on eight of our trams. These moving pieces of art will appear on the tram network from October 2017 to April 2018. 

The 2017 Melbourne Art Tram artists, and tram details are:

  • Bushra Hasan - No' 2007 - B-Class - Route 11, 86
  • Justine McAllister - No' 273 - A-Class - Route 70, 75
  • Josh Muir - No' 2054 - B-Class - Route 58, 59
  • Oliver Hutchinson - No' 5106 - C2-Class - Route 96
  • Emma Anna - No' 3532 - D1-Class - Route 5, 6, 16, 58, 72
  • St Albans Heights Primary School's Community Hub - No' 5002 - D2-Class - Route 6,19
  • Robert Owen - No' 3008 - C1-Class - Route 48, 109
  • Matthew Clarke - No' 2012 - B-Class - Route 3, 64, 67

The first Melbourne Art Tram will be launched on Thursday 5 October.