Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is August 2007.
Archive for August, 2017
Promoting V/Line to new residents of regional Victoria
August 22nd, 2017
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From time to time you will see a rail operator going out and chasing new passengers via a marketing campaign – but this campaign by V/Line to new residents of regional Victoria was quite clever.
How V/Line could cater for future growth
August 15th, 2017
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Patronage on V/Line rail services has surged in the past decade, with the delivery of new VLocity trains struggling to keep up. So what options does V/Line have other than ‘keep buying more trains’? Let us take a look via the magic of photoshop.
Then and now at ‘E’ Gate
August 8th, 2017
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Once upon a time the land between the Melbourne CBD and the water was occupied by a sea of railway sidings, not windswept streets and poky apartments. The bulk of this past life has been demolished with the development of Melbourne Docklands, but some traces still remain today at ‘E’ Gate.
Looking back at when V/Line ran longer trains to Geelong
August 1st, 2017
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Next time you are squeezed onboard an overcrowded a train to Geelong, remember this – until a few years ago V/Line used to run trains longer than they run today. So how did they come about, and why did they disappear?
