Comments on: That’s not my railway station… https://wongm.com/2024/06/melbourne-and-new-zealand-same-name-railway-stations/ Marcus Wong. Gunzel. Engineering geek. History nerd. Thu, 15 Aug 2024 13:41:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Greg Michael https://wongm.com/2024/06/melbourne-and-new-zealand-same-name-railway-stations/#comment-946260 Thu, 15 Aug 2024 13:41:43 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=22231#comment-946260 When I was in Wellington a number of years ago, I made a point of alighting at Box Hill (on the Johnsonville line, the former main line) just for the novelty factor.

Perhaps this item needs a photo of the station at Wellington, NSW for balance?

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2024/06/melbourne-and-new-zealand-same-name-railway-stations/#comment-946247 Thu, 15 Aug 2024 12:46:37 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=22231#comment-946247 In reply to Andrew.

Wellington even calls their public transport system ‘Metlink’.

https://www.metlink.org.nz/

The same name that Melbourne abandoned in 2012 for Public Transport Victoria.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metlink

]]> By: Andrew https://wongm.com/2024/06/melbourne-and-new-zealand-same-name-railway-stations/#comment-935015 Tue, 11 Jun 2024 07:53:25 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=22231#comment-935015 If you just put up the photo of the Box Hill sign, I would have been very confused.

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