Yarra Trams is the trading name of the Melbourne tram network, which is fully owned and registered by the Victorian State Government. The current franchise is operated by a consortium named KDR Melbourne which consists of a partnership between French company Keolis and Australian company Downer EDI Rail.
Yarra Trams operates 28 major tram routes and 501 vehicles of 6 different classes in Melbourne, Australia which consists of 70 A-class; 132 B-class; 36 three-section C-class, low-floor Citadis; 5 five-section C2-class, ; 38 three-section D-class, low-floor Combino; 21 five-section D-class, low-floor Combino; 52 W-class and 147 Z-class type trams.
Yarra Trams currently employs around 1,900 staff which includes approximately 1150 tram drivers and 265 Authorised Officers. Yarra Trams operates the biggest tram network in the world with over 249 km of double track, over 1770 tram stops and 28 tram routes including Melbourne's free City Circle tourist tram.
A total of 141 million trips were taken in 2002 & 2003, rising to nearly 150 million in 2004 and in 2007 & 2008 over 158.3 million trips were taken on trams in Melbourne with trams travelling more than 24.8 million kilometres each year on timetabled services. Each week Yarra Trams operates 31,400 scheduled tram services, which results in trams operating for approximately 20 hours per day and a team of 24 hour operations staff completing network maintenance and cleaning.