A City with Advanced Infrastructure
1. Melbourne has an advanced infrastructure including access to broadband, advanced telecommunications and competitive utility prices. Melbourne is fully cabled, with broadband optical fibre within 100 metres of every major office location in the city. (Source: www.businessmelbourne.com.au)
2. Melbourne has Australia’s only 24-hour curfew-free International Airport – currently rated among the world’s top five. (Source: www.businessmelbourne.com.au) The Airport receives over 200 direct international flights per week, from major international destinations, with over 21 international carriers flying to Melbourne direct. (Source: www.mcvb.com.au) Melbourne Airport passenger numbers hit a record high in 2005, with the airport recording more than 20 milllion passengers in a single financial year for the first time ever. (Source: www.melbourneairport.com.au)
3. Melbourne has Australia’s largest container port, handling almost 40% of the nation’s container trade as well as being one of the largest general cargo ports.(Source: www.businessmelbourne.com.au)
4. Melbourne has one of the largest rail systems in the world, with 15 lines. The city and its suburbs are well serviced by an extensive transport network of affordable trains, trams, buses and taxis. The Paris Metro is a third smaller, while San Francisco's BART is less than half the size. (Source: 2005 Public Transport Users Association)
5. Melbourne also has the third largest tram network in the world with 245 kilometres of double track extending out to about 15km into the suburbs. It is the only suburban tram network in Australia still in existence. (Source: Yarra Trams)
6. Melbourne has an extensive road infrastructure with a network of freeways, highways and arterial roads. (Source: www.businessmelbourne.com.au)
7. Melbourne is home to what is considered to be the world's best-developed and perfectly situated cluster of sporting facilities in the world. Major facilities include the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Telstra Dome, Rod Laver Arena, Vodafone Arena, Olympic Park, Flemington Race Course and Optus Oval. (Source: www.thatsmelbourne.com.au)  |
