Last week I wrote about the history of third track proposal between Box Hill and Ringwood – and now to look at a transport fad of the 2000s: ‘flyer trains’. Rail patronage was still in the doldrums during the early-2000s, so transport planners floated the idea of off-peak express trains between the Melbourne CBD and […]
Passengers on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines get the most express services of any line on the Melbourne rail network, thanks to the separate ‘express’ and ‘local’ tracks that run between Box Hill and the CBD. So what work would be needed to extend the track further east to Ringwood? Some history Originally built to […]
Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is June 2009. Remember how open and spacious Southern Cross Station used to be? Nevermore! But one thing that has changed for the better is the queue to buy V/Line tickets – on the Friday night before the Queens Birthday long […]
Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time a three part post on January 2009. Road trip! An extended road trip through Western Victoria was on the agenda, starting down the Princes Highway to Warrnambool. As I followed the daily freight train down to the container terminal at Warrnambool. Then […]
Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is November 2008. Checking the progress of the Geelong Ring Road seems to be an ongoing theme, and it comes up again this month. I also paid a visit to what is now the site of Waurn Ponds station, where I […]
