Comments on: Precursor plans for Regional Rail Link

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By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 05:46:38 +0000

In reply to Matt. All fixed!

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 05:13:26 +0000

You Done a Typo it is Yarraville not Tarraville

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 03:50:12 +0000

In reply to Andrew.

After the Regional Fast Rail project was completed, the timetables for V/Line trains were sped up due due to the upgraded tracks in the country, but as you said: congestion around Melbourne has slowed them down again.

The Courier has been following the increase in travel times on the Ballarat line – here peak hour trains have had 12 minutes added to their timetable over the past eight years:

http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/2001057/ballarat-to-melbourne-morning-commute-getting-longer/

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 03:44:32 +0000

In reply to David Stosser.

Vicsig has the Tottenham – Brooklyn link opening on 15 February 1965, which doesn’t fit with the first appearance of the link in the signalling diagram from 1964. Inspecting the Weekly Notices around that time would pin down the date more accurately.

I also mentioned the double tracking of the line from Brooklyn to Newport, and the freight bypass track around the back of Newport: these were all commissioned during the same period. I’m guessing the VR Newsletter would confirm they had an overall plan for upgrading the route for freight.

By: David Stosser

David Stosser — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 03:29:43 +0000

Interesting to note that the 1959’s plan of linking Tottenham yard and the Brooklyn route was completed sometime between 1962 and 1964:

http://signaldiagramsandphotos.com/mywebpages/vr/Metropolitan/9%2762.htm
http://signaldiagramsandphotos.com/mywebpages/vr/Metropolitan/13%2764.htm

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 02:06:25 +0000

You’ve written a good history of the project. I am curious though about the current train times. From what I can see, there seems to be a lot of ‘fat’ in the current VLine services to the west. I assume this is to cope with train congestion in the suburbs.