This tram should go to a muesum and live on for the rest of its life.

What a delight to look up from a Melbourne footpath and see the bright lights and colour of the Karachi tram. Where are you. Please come back to cheer us up.

As a host for much of the 2006-2007 Summer season on the W-11 Tram, I had countless interesting & smile filled conversations with countless Melbourne locals, interstate & overseas visitors. They loved this talking & music filled tram bathed in the colours of the sub-continent with its white doves, peacocks & cockatoos as it toured the City Circle! This was a well patronised tram. Every Friday at Federation Square people would gather to ride the W-11. By the time she reached @ 4.28pm the W-11 was full of people & stayed that way for the 6 hour tour of the city. This tram helped people to get to know each other, it fostered friendships & invited tram patrons to celebrate another colourful transport tradition from the peoples of the Indus Valley. There's a ton of spring in Karachi's step & people keen to jump on-board. Us W-11 hosts are proud of Melbourne's tram tradition! W-11 excites people & helps patronise the rest of the system. Congradulations to the sponsors for backing the project. Lets do it again next Spring/Summer!

After a frustrating evening of cancelled and late trains, with no announcements and cancelled concerts due to rain, it was great to board a tram full of dancing people. I got talking, missed my stop and went around for the ride till we got kicked off and the end of the line. It seems that this could be its last outing, and that would be so sad. Surely it can be run again, maybe in other parts of Melbourne, say at street festivals, or as a party tram.

Today is Friday March 23. I haven't been on the wonderful tram since the Commonwealth Games. As soon as I finish writing this I'm off to the city to wait for a certain tram! WHY take it off just because daylight saving has ended? Melbourne still has visitors. People still need to smile and feel good. Why does there have to be a special reason for it to run???? One day a week isn't enough, although even that is better than not at all - or not until next daylight savings time! DON'T TAKE THE W-11 OFF THE RAILS!!

Each morning I stand on the same train station platform at the same time, surrounded by the same people. I never talk to them, and they rarely acknowledge me. As commuters & travellers we exist in our own micro-bubbles, and the concept of "community" is diminished by the way we all bustle through our lives so self-importantly.
But every Friday night during summer, I have left my office and walked across Flinders St to the tram stop, knowing that soon I will board a tram where conversation is rife, merriment is the norm and dancing & music are essential parts of existence. The Karachi Tram is an absolute joy to ride on and a true treasure of Melbourne... it breaks down the barriers which exist between us, and encourages us to engage with our neighbours without worrying about our silly inhibitions.
The Tram builds community, it fosters friendship, and it nurtures joy & laughter. Not to mention that it looks simply gorgeous. It should run all the time! Please don't take it away!!

Simple - Run it every summer!

Participating in a W-11 discussion was a highlight of my summer in Melbourne. Please keep it going. It's one of the creative quirks of the city. Can you extend the concept to Perth (where I now live). The buses here are pretty bland.

As an obvious testament to sustainable transport, community Arts & Development, as well as tourism, "Tramtactic" is novel and an outstanding example and aid to all of these. PLEASE keep it on track! :-)
PS Perhaps you could run it along the No.1 route as we are still trying to get a tram to run tourists through Port Phillip as close to the beach as was the original tram route in Melbourne?

The W-11 is one of the rare places where the experience of 'life=art' can take place. The collective and community space of a tram is highlighted and made valuable by the rolling existence of the W-11. It should stay on the rails for all special events and festivals, and have another run on the Fridays of next summer.

I haven't had a chance to board one of the trams yet, but I think it's a great idea and would love to see it continue. I really like the idea of "conversations" on trams that people can participate in actively and performances on trams (would be great if this happened all the time). These are all things we don't expect on a tram but trams are perfect locations for them as they're intimate spaces ripe for these kinds of interactions and connections. I'd think they would make travelling on public transport human.

We run a Bollywood Dance school (www.jhanak.net) and we went on the tram with some of our student dance troupe a few weeks ago along with some tamborines to add effect and it was such a fun experience !! It was great trying dance and stay balanced at the same time :) We all loved it !! Pls keep the tram running ! We plan to go again this Fri 2nd march.

Make all trams in Melb like the w11 and make them run full time.

What a delight to walk out of work in William Street last Friday night to catch the tram home along LaTrobe Street and along came the W11! It put a smile on thousands of faces. Wide eyed kids pointing and laughing, Chinese tourists running after it with their cameras and people on board instantly in a happy mood. Please keep this great little tram going on Friday nights on the city circle throughout the whole year. Or alternate it's runs e.g. city to StKilda, along Swanston to Melb Uni, along Bourke Street from Spencer Street to Exhibition Buildings. We would really be sad to see it go away.