Tramlines

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Tramlines

Tramlines: part audio book, part spoken word and part locative literature. This podcast celebrates Naarm/Melbourne’s tram network, its rich history and everyday stories. Tramlines is a podcast created by Broadwave in partnership with the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office.

25/06/2023

Route 58: Ending 3, Flinders 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 Flinders Street or after, here’s how the story ends.

4 min
25/06/2023

Route 58: Ending 2, Lonsdale 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 get off the tram between Lonsdale and Collins Streets, this ending takes place along Bourke Street.

3 min
25/06/2023

Route 58: Ending 1, Flagstaff Station

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.

3 min
25/06/2023

Route 58 by Emma Gibson

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.

28 min
17/06/2023

Route 35 by Nadia Bailey

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.

44 min
08/06/2023

Route 11 by Vidya Rajan

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.

18 min
01/06/2023

Route 19 by Shivaun Plozza

Please note that this episode mentions sexual assault — if you or someone you know needs assistance, please contact: Lifeline (13 11 14) or 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732). Today’s journey is a new fiction work by Shivaun Plozza: The Giants of Albion, read by Sarah Vincent. The optimum place to listen to it is on the route 19 tram, but it can be listened to on any tram at any time. Two sisters are side by side on the street. They wear school uniforms, pale blue check and royal blue blazer. One has a ribbon in her hair; she fidgets, looks at her older sister, then down at scuffed shoes. Both girls should be in school, behind the concrete wall they lean against. Instead, they are side by side at the tram stop, waiting. Tramlines is a podcast created by Broadwave in partnership with the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office.

39 min
24/05/2023

Route 6 by Nova Weetman

Today’s journey is a new fiction work by Nova Weetman: Love on the number 6. The optimum place to listen to it is on the route 6 tram, starting at stop 126, Stewart St and Lygon St, and ending at stop 46, Fraser St and High St, but it can be listened to on any tram at any time. He lives in St Kilda. South side of the river. She lives in Brunswick. North side of the river. Both have sworn allegiance to their own side. Sold their cars because they believed they'd never have to cross the mighty Yarra. When they met out of town at a festival, they argued playfully over which side was better. Now the only way they can see each other is by tram. About 40 minutes on a good day will take him to her, or her to him. Plenty of time to see things differently, and to fall in love. Tramlines is a podcast created by Broadwave in partnership with the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office.

44 min
16/05/2023

Route 109 by Fiona Hardy

On the tram from Box Hill to Port Melbourne, a young woman grieves for her beloved late uncle. As she considers the inheritance he left her and her brother — a house in the Tasmanian forest for the two siblings to live the full life that he could not — the tramline traces the path of their time together over the years. As her memories unfold, and the past catches up with the present, it becomes clear that her brother has different plans for the gifted house, and that the death of their uncle may not have been an expected tragedy... The optimum place to listen to it is on the route 109 tram, starting at stop 58, Box Hill Central, and ending at stop 129, Beacon Cove, but it can be listened to on any tram at any time. Tramlines is a podcast created by Broadwave in partnership with the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office.

44 min
07/05/2023

Route 59 by Sharmini Kumar

Today’s journey is a new fiction work by Sharmini Kumar: School Days Past. The optimum place to listen to it is on the route 59 tram, starting at stop 41, Essendon North Primary School & Keilor Rd, and ending at stop 59, Matthews Ave, but it can be listened to on any tram at any time. A woman has taken her 12 year old daughter for high school orientation at a school near Essendon train station. As they take the tram home (towards Airport West), the mother tells her daughter about her own high school days, the memories she has of catching the tram, of meeting boys at the Airport West shopping centre, and her experiences of high school. She talks to her daughter about enjoying life, about friends and family. It is clear that the daughter is not particularly interested, even though she loves her mother. Tramlines is a podcast created by Broadwave in partnership with the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office.

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Tramlines: part audio book, part spoken word and part locative literature. This podcast celebrates Naarm/Melbourne’s tram network, its rich history and everyday stories. Tramlines is a podcast created by Broadwave in partnership with the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office.

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