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 […]
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Photos from ten years ago: July 2012
Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is July 2012. Off to Sydney We start this month at Melbourne Airport, where the terminal was in disarray on July 18. But staff shortages weren’t to blame this time – but a power outage. Leaving the split-flap display board in […]
Extending the third track from Box Hill to Ringwood
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 […]
Box Hill’s $754,000 footbridge across the tracks
This is the story of the $56.5 million grade separation project at Middleborough Road in Box Hill and a footbridge that was left out of scope, only be to be built later as part of a $754,000 election promise.