Tramlines Broadwave

Will Ash and Jem find each other again? You, the listener, will decide the ending, depending on which stop you leave the tram.

If you’re getting off the tram at Flinders Street or after, here’s how the story ends.

Will Ash and Jem find each other again? You, the listener, will decide the ending, depending on which stop you leave the tram.

If you get off the tram between Lonsdale and Collins Streets, this ending takes place along Bourke Street.

Will Ash and Jem find each other again? You, the listener, will decide the ending, depending on which stop you leave the tram.

If you’re getting off the tram at Flagstaff Station or before, here’s how the story ends.

Today’s journey is a new fiction work by Emma Gibson: Happily, Ever Future. The optimum place to listen to it is on the route 58 tram, starting at stop 45, Bell Street and ending at stop 4, Collins Street, but it can be listened to on any tram at any time.

In the near future, Melbourne is selected for a bold experiment to solve a wicked problem plaguing urban planners around the globe: will jamming mobile phones during peak hour commutes improve safety?

Ash and Gem are regular passengers on the tram. Without screens to distract them, they make a connection, opening up the possibilities of further adventures together, but once normal mobile phone service is resumed, will they lose sight of one another again?

You decide the ending depending on which stop you depart at.

Tramlines is a podcast created by Broadwave in partnership with the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office.

Today’s journey is a new fiction work by Nadia Bailey: Route 35. The optimum place to listen to it is on the route 35 tram, starting at stop D2, Central Pier, but it can be listened to on any tram at any time.

You’re startled awake on board route 35, and are unsettled to find that you recognise four of your fellow passengers from your dream. Each passenger tells a supernatural story related to four landmarks: Flinders St, State Library, Fitzroy Gardens, Old Melbourne Goal. You are filled with a sense of foreboding that something terrible will happen. A passenger presses you for information, and you lose control and attack them only to wake up, back at the start of your journey.

Tramlines is a podcast created by Broadwave in partnership with the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office.

Today’s journey is a new fiction work by Vidya Rajan, Route 11: The Historical Simulation Museum Park Experience. The optimum place to listen to it is on the route 11 tram, starting around stop D17, Collins Landing, & ending around stop 7, 101 Collins Street, but it can be listened to on any tram at any time.

It’s the year 2300 and you’re participating in a museum simulation audio tour. Listen as the guide teaches you about 'life in the past' and you glimpse at what’s to come. Playfully surreal with grounded references to inequity, the ride is a moving, hilarious offer to connect our present to the future.

Tramlines is a podcast created by Broadwave in partnership with the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office.