On the weekend the Metro Tunnel project held a limited public open day for local residents at the recently completed Anzac station, and I was lucky enough to be able to take a look. So let’s head inside! Headed in The open day was held on the closed off section of Domain Road, east of […]
Melbourne might not do a very good job of transit orientated development, but one thing we can do is transit orientated fast food. McDonald’s The McDonald’s in the Melbourne Central basement food court station has a serving window facing onto the concourse at Melbourne Central station. While the Box Hill Central outlet takes it a […]
I realised the other day I’ve never written a complete piece about the history of V/Line operating nine car long trains – so here goes. In the beginning The story starts back in December 2005, with the introduction of the VLocity trains to the V/Line fleet. Each set consisted of two carriages seating a total […]
Next time you turn up to a Melbourne railway station, only to discover that buses are replacing trains for level crossing removal works, and the bus stop is an epic walk away, just remember that it doesn’t have to be that way – once upon a time public transport operators actually used to put some […]
Australian locomotive #6029 – is it steam, diesel, or electric? Strangely enough, it is all three at once. The original The first locomotive numbered #6029 is a New South Wales AD60 class Beyer-Garratt 4-8-4+4-8-4 heavy goods steam locomotive, which entered service in 1954 and is now preserved by Transport Heritage NSW. The young one The […]
