Late-night revellers are increasingly using trams, trains and buses to get home from a big night out rather than catching cabs or slogging their way home on foot.

Patronage on the Andrews government's Night Network – offering all-night hourly trains in and out of the city on most lines, half-hourly trams on six major lines, extra bus services and a 2am coach service to regional cities – has been steadily growing since a trial started in January.

The late-night transport trial includes an extra 300 train services. Credit:Craig Sillitoe

So much so that trains have now overtaken walking as the most common method of getting home, with taxi use and driving also waning.

Public Transport Victoria figures provided to Fairfax Media reveal about 10,000 people used the network on the first weekend of the year-long trial. But that has since grown to a total across Friday and Saturday nights of about 35,000.