Comments on: Gone but not forgotten – the route 24 tram https://wongm.com/2015/05/gone-not-forgotten-route-24-tram/ Marcus Wong. Gunzel. Engineering geek. History nerd. Mon, 28 Feb 2022 20:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Photos from ten years ago: February 2012 - Waking up in Geelong https://wongm.com/2015/05/gone-not-forgotten-route-24-tram/#comment-817593 Mon, 28 Feb 2022 20:33:00 +0000 http://wongm.com/?p=5642#comment-817593 […] Who remembers tram route 24? […]

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By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2015/05/gone-not-forgotten-route-24-tram/#comment-362713 Tue, 12 May 2015 21:27:04 +0000 http://wongm.com/?p=5642#comment-362713 In reply to James A.

I’m guessing the Google Transit trams layer hasn’t been updated because it was manually created years ago, and whoever was original responsible has ended up somewhere else in Yarra Trams.

As for the railway station icons, that is an interesting pickup – Cardinia Road is also missing, but Lynbrook does appear.

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By: James A https://wongm.com/2015/05/gone-not-forgotten-route-24-tram/#comment-362174 Sat, 09 May 2015 01:18:44 +0000 http://wongm.com/?p=5642#comment-362174 In reply to Adam.

The Google Transit trams layer for Melbourne hasn’t been updated in a number of years. Its laziness both on the part of Yarra Trams and Google. It’s inaccurate in terms of stops (where stops have been moved or removed), extensions (eg, along Collins St in Docklands) and of course, routes (24, 112, 79, etc etc).

Another note is that the blue train icons that are on the map are also outdated. New stations like South Morang and Williams Landing don’t have a train icon, simply a dot that would usually denote a business listing or in WL’s case, no icon at all.

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By: Adam https://wongm.com/2015/05/gone-not-forgotten-route-24-tram/#comment-362130 Fri, 08 May 2015 13:48:02 +0000 http://wongm.com/?p=5642#comment-362130 This is not the only “bug” on Google Maps relating to trams. I don’t know how long ago it was removed, but Google Maps still shows a tram stop on the corner of Swanston and Grattan Streets, as well as many other Swanston Street tram stops being placed on the map nowhere near their actual locations.

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