Comments on: Then, now and in between at Footscray station https://wongm.com/2021/10/footscray-station-then-and-now/ Marcus Wong. Gunzel. Engineering geek. History nerd. Fri, 04 Aug 2023 12:48:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2021/10/footscray-station-then-and-now/#comment-881664 Fri, 04 Aug 2023 12:48:31 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=10639#comment-881664 In reply to Paris.

It’s a joke, isn’t it!

https://wongm.com/2014/11/inconvenient-interchange-footscray-for-city-loop/

]]> By: Paris https://wongm.com/2021/10/footscray-station-then-and-now/#comment-880173 Tue, 25 Jul 2023 02:51:34 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=10639#comment-880173 Great to know that I am not the only person to be completely annoyed by the terrible design of the Footscray train station. First, there is no easy direct route to the platforms. There are only 6 platforms but the connections of them is so poor. there is no direct connection from upstairs to platform 1 and 6. you have to turn 180 degree to reach them.

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2021/10/footscray-station-then-and-now/#comment-790797 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:29:22 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=10639#comment-790797 In reply to arfman.

Tell me about it – they haven’t built a fit for purpose platform shelter for years!

https://wongm.com/2015/08/useless-shelters-at-melbourne-railway-stations/

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2021/10/footscray-station-then-and-now/#comment-790796 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:28:45 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=10639#comment-790796 In reply to Paul Westcott.

In November 2009 they put a 30 km/h speed restriction on trains approaching the bridge as a mitigation, it was removed in March/April 2010. I suspect some kind of tint or paint was applied to the relevant bits of the bridge to reduce the amount of light reflected.

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2021/10/footscray-station-then-and-now/#comment-790795 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:26:10 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=10639#comment-790795 In reply to Andrew.

Since covid struck I’ve been using ramps instead of the stairs, so I can stay out in the fresh air.

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2021/10/footscray-station-then-and-now/#comment-790794 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:24:59 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=10639#comment-790794 In reply to Steve Gelsi.

The “Fair-go for Footscray Rail Residents” coined the term back in 2010 after the new bridge opened but leaked like a sieve.

http://www.ffrr.footscray.org/documents/colander-bridge

]]> By: arfman https://wongm.com/2021/10/footscray-station-then-and-now/#comment-790289 Sun, 17 Oct 2021 12:55:23 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=10639#comment-790289 Whoever designs all these bridges and shelters in Melbourne, I wonder if they realised that a lot of our rain potentially get swept in from the side, but the infrastructure we have doesn’t seem to reflect this.

]]> By: Paul Westcott https://wongm.com/2021/10/footscray-station-then-and-now/#comment-789725 Thu, 14 Oct 2021 04:55:42 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=10639#comment-789725 You didn’t mention another problem with the colander bridge. Train drivers complained that its shiny metal reflected the sun into their eyes at certain times, momentarily blinding them.

I don’t recall what was done about that, if anything.

]]> By: Andrew https://wongm.com/2021/10/footscray-station-then-and-now/#comment-788905 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 22:25:09 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=10639#comment-788905 I never use those escalators, always the lift.

]]> By: Steve Gelsi https://wongm.com/2021/10/footscray-station-then-and-now/#comment-788902 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 22:11:46 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=10639#comment-788902 Never heard it called the ‘Colander Bridge’ before!

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