Comments on: Photos from ten years ago: July 2010

By: Old photos from July 2010 – Daniel Bowen

Old photos from July 2010 – Daniel Bowen — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 22:26:21 +0000

[…] time was despatch paddles on the platforms of the busiest stations. As Marcus Wong notes from his equivalent post of photos from July 2010, these were gone by 2012.Also note the people reading real books and newspapers while waiting for […]

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 00:24:32 +0000

In reply to Adam.

Cranbourne, Pakenham and Gippsland line passengers also got free travel in December 2018 due to level crossing works.

https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/news-and-events/news/free-travel-on-the-cranbourne-pakenham-and-gippsland-lines-in-december/

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 12:04:49 +0000

V/Line did also offer all travelers on the Gippsland line free travel for about 21 days during October – November 2014.

https://www.gippslandtimes.com.au/story/2652454/free-travel-while-vline-repairs-gippsland-line/

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 06:08:29 +0000

In reply to rohan storey.

The plan was to restore the veranda, but someone messed up and sent the parts to the scrap yard!

https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/564592/clunes-train-station-historic-verandah-removal-sparks-anger/

By: rohan storey

rohan storey — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 04:55:49 +0000

You might have covered this but at Clunes ‘they’ made the rather crazy decision to raise the platform in front of the old station building, and demolished and disposed of the historic verandah ! It was eventually replaced with a modern version, stopping short of the edge of course. At Talbot and Creswick new platforms meant no such porblem.