The 6.5 kilometre route is operated out of Kew depot with A class trams.

[1] Between 1924 and 1926 the cable tram line was converted to electric traction by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board, and was extended along Church Street, forming the route as it operates today.

In the 1990s with the gradual withdrawal of the W-class, the route was operated by Z and A class trams.

W class trams were re-introduced in July 2004, after they received brake upgrades.

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