Melbourne Transport
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Melbourne Airport
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Melbourne Airport is an accessible 20-minute-drive from the city. It’s currently rated among the world’s top five airports, according to Business Traveller magazine. On average, 465 international flights and 2,786 domestic flights arrive at Melbourne Airport each week, bringing over 4.5 million international and nearly 18 million domestic passengers to Melbourne every year. Melbourne’s is Australia’s largest, curfew-free passenger and freight airport.
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Weekly direct international services (same aircraft ) to Melbourne
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Source: Tourism Victoria 2007
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Ports
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Melbourne has three key ports: Port of Melbourne, Geelong Port and Port of Portland.
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The Port of Melbourne, like the city’s airport, never closes. Situated close to the CBD, it is Australia’s largest and busiest port. It handles AU$ 70 billion in trade and contributes AU$5.4 billion to the Victorian economy each year. Users of the Port have access to over 300 ports around the world via 40 shipping lines.
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Approximate shipping costs from Melbourne
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Source: Approximate tariffs provided by Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) 2009
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Train, tram and bus network
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Victoria’s trains provide established links between metropolitan and regional areas. An AU$2.9 billion program launched in 2006 to deliver extra rail services is set to enhance Victoria’s established rail network even further.
For over 120 years, trams have been a proud Melbourne hallmark. The network is the third largest in the world and consists of 245 km of track, 500 trams and 1,770 tram stops.
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Road Network
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Victoria’s 200,000 kilometres of roads carry more than 30 billion tonne-kilometres of freight and 50 billion vehicle-kilometres of travel per year. Almost all goods in the metropolitan area and more than 80% of goods in country Victoria are carried by road. Little wonder roads are kept in premium condition.
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