September 16, 2025 • 4 mins
A global spotlight will be on the world's largest tram network in 2027 as Melbourne is set to host the next World Tram Driver Championship.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jersey and Amanda Jamnation.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Well, Melbourne, get ready, they're going to host a new
world championship in twenty twenty seven. You're ready to hear
what it is?
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Is it the Coffee and Coffee and Wearing Championship.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
No, and it's something that my husband has watched the
European version of but he's watched every show Ski racing
could be. But no, it is the World Tram Driver Championships.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
There they go.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Now, thank you the global spotlight from for all the
world's tram drivers. Yep, will come to Melbourne, which is
the world's largest tram network.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Melbourne's great with trams. We are you know the dopes
that run this city. Years ago they ripped all the
trams app because all people are going to drive the
cousin of the city. What do they do in the future, Well,
you know what, people aren't going to drive the cousin city.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Let's put trams in idiots.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Shall I continue with this information SPEs that run this city.
This weekend in Vienna, two Australian tram drivers and their
coach are battling it out against twenty four other countries
in this competition. And it's not just driving from here
to there on a track, which would.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Have they're going to go off the track.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
No, well what they do here's what you get judged on,
precision stopping, speed control challenges. Even so all of the
bits and pieces that go into it will be judged.
And this is what Harley's watched and he finds it
quite fascinating.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
But as you say, he'll watch.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
He watched jet ski raising in you all the ins
and outs he was yelling at that's all.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
How you do a porpoise?
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Well, this is a very competitive scene. It's been going
since twenty twenty two. Actually Australia first.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Joined two going for that long now.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Australia first joined in twenty three two. We were the
inaugural non European country to compete in Leipshiek.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
I've been to Leipshik. So what's their infrastructure like tram wise?
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Well, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
I'm just going to come out and say it.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
I think out of all the large infrastructure that you
can drive, driving a tram would possibly be the easiest.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Brendan, it would be the easiest I.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Could drive without any training. You could put me in
a tram and I could.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Would you be good?
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Enough to take on. Let me tea's more about the
judging criteria. Here's the judging criteria. Stop and go, smooth
starting and breaking. I've seen you drive target braking, maintaining
lateral distance. Do you know what that means?
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Of course, spectacular tasks such as tram bowling, tram curling.
This is they do curling in front of the tram, reversing,
maintaining a task hard, maintain a constant maintaining a constant speed.
Estimating the length of the vehicle for the perfect stop
and the total time of the runner included in your evaluation.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
To me, a Gold Coast tram driver, would it kill
you to put a corner in somewhere?
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Please? Why would you been a monoail driver here?
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Don't we love competition?
Speaker 3 (02:56):
I reckon that it would be harder to drive a train.
It would be harder to have one of those novelty
trains around a supermarket.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
You know those ones.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
You see it's always got some retiree with a rosy
red nose.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Come on, kids, get on this.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
A couple of dashounds in the bank. This year's winner
or twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
They should have a championship for that.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
The winner that you wouldn't even be able to keep
up with the scoring a total score of five thousand,
five hundred and ninety nine points. Vienna came first. It
sounds like two women Elizabeth Urbanitched and Florie and Osaku.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
They those over there they do this.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Oh yeah, that's true.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Niculas that that that's a tough gig. You know, you
make up a phnicula.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Well there was a big accident.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Just well, that wasn't a ficula that it was? No,
it wasn't, Yes, it was. That wasn't What did you
think it was? It was a tram, It wasn't. It
was an air. It was in the air.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
It was a nicular. It was in Portugal.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
It was in the air, you know that Lisbon one.
That was a tram like they have in San Francisco
from the air. That it wasn't from the air. It
was under the ground.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
It was overhead.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
I'm sure sure, No, it wasn't. That's a cable car.
Look is a cable cicula goes on the land. Look,
I tell you what, how about you just back away
from this stuff.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
The man handles, Well, how about the man gets excited
for Melbourne because this is going to be a big deal.
And I wish someone who drives a tram gives a
call and says, Jones, you go for patience for it.
You don't have the patience to drive it.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Why because the dopes in the city come, Why don't.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
You go an old competition, whittle your own teeth and
you'd win.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Seriously, you're such a blokes.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
The dopes that run this city.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
It's such a pain. Why are you getting to say jazz.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Because you sound one hundred years old?
Speaker 1 (04:42):
If you sit, how slow the trams run deliberately? You
can't work it out.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
So now the people are the idiots. Yes, the city
is people are idiots, and the people who run the
city of the idiots.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
I'm moving to Melbourne. I don't do a showdown there,
do it
Jersey and Amanda Jamnation.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Well, Melbourne, get ready, they're going to host a new
world championship in twenty twenty seven. You're ready to hear
what it is?
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Is it the Coffee and Coffee and Wearing Championship.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
No, and it's something that my husband has watched the
European version of but he's watched every show Ski racing
could be. But no, it is the World Tram Driver Championships.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
There they go.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Now, thank you the global spotlight from for all the
world's tram drivers. Yep, will come to Melbourne, which is
the world's largest tram network.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Melbourne's great with trams. We are you know the dopes
that run this city. Years ago they ripped all the
trams app because all people are going to drive the
cousin of the city. What do they do in the future, Well,
you know what, people aren't going to drive the cousin city.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Let's put trams in idiots.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Shall I continue with this information SPEs that run this city.
This weekend in Vienna, two Australian tram drivers and their
coach are battling it out against twenty four other countries
in this competition. And it's not just driving from here
to there on a track, which would.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Have they're going to go off the track.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
No, well what they do here's what you get judged on,
precision stopping, speed control challenges. Even so all of the
bits and pieces that go into it will be judged.
And this is what Harley's watched and he finds it
quite fascinating.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
But as you say, he'll watch.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
He watched jet ski raising in you all the ins
and outs he was yelling at that's all.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
How you do a porpoise?
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Well, this is a very competitive scene. It's been going
since twenty twenty two. Actually Australia first.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Joined two going for that long now.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Australia first joined in twenty three two. We were the
inaugural non European country to compete in Leipshiek.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
I've been to Leipshik. So what's their infrastructure like tram wise?
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Well, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
I'm just going to come out and say it.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
I think out of all the large infrastructure that you
can drive, driving a tram would possibly be the easiest.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Brendan, it would be the easiest I.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Could drive without any training. You could put me in
a tram and I could.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Would you be good?
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Enough to take on. Let me tea's more about the
judging criteria. Here's the judging criteria. Stop and go, smooth
starting and breaking. I've seen you drive target braking, maintaining
lateral distance. Do you know what that means?
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Of course, spectacular tasks such as tram bowling, tram curling.
This is they do curling in front of the tram, reversing,
maintaining a task hard, maintain a constant maintaining a constant speed.
Estimating the length of the vehicle for the perfect stop
and the total time of the runner included in your evaluation.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
To me, a Gold Coast tram driver, would it kill
you to put a corner in somewhere?
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Please? Why would you been a monoail driver here?
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Don't we love competition?
Speaker 3 (02:56):
I reckon that it would be harder to drive a train.
It would be harder to have one of those novelty
trains around a supermarket.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
You know those ones.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
You see it's always got some retiree with a rosy
red nose.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Come on, kids, get on this.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
A couple of dashounds in the bank. This year's winner
or twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
They should have a championship for that.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
The winner that you wouldn't even be able to keep
up with the scoring a total score of five thousand,
five hundred and ninety nine points. Vienna came first. It
sounds like two women Elizabeth Urbanitched and Florie and Osaku.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
They those over there they do this.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Oh yeah, that's true.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Niculas that that that's a tough gig. You know, you
make up a phnicula.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Well there was a big accident.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Just well, that wasn't a ficula that it was? No,
it wasn't, Yes, it was. That wasn't What did you
think it was? It was a tram, It wasn't. It
was an air. It was in the air.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
It was a nicular. It was in Portugal.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
It was in the air, you know that Lisbon one.
That was a tram like they have in San Francisco
from the air. That it wasn't from the air. It
was under the ground.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
It was overhead.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
I'm sure sure, No, it wasn't. That's a cable car.
Look is a cable cicula goes on the land. Look,
I tell you what, how about you just back away
from this stuff.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
The man handles, Well, how about the man gets excited
for Melbourne because this is going to be a big deal.
And I wish someone who drives a tram gives a
call and says, Jones, you go for patience for it.
You don't have the patience to drive it.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Why because the dopes in the city come, Why don't.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
You go an old competition, whittle your own teeth and
you'd win.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Seriously, you're such a blokes.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
The dopes that run this city.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
It's such a pain. Why are you getting to say jazz.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Because you sound one hundred years old?
Speaker 1 (04:42):
If you sit, how slow the trams run deliberately? You
can't work it out.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
So now the people are the idiots. Yes, the city
is people are idiots, and the people who run the
city of the idiots.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
I'm moving to Melbourne. I don't do a showdown there,
do it
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