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Bairnsdale Railway Station
Bairnsdale railway station is the terminus of the Gippsland line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the city of Bairnsdale, and it opened on 8 May 1888.Bairnsdale Vicsig Until 1987, the line continued to . This has been redeveloped as the , a shared bicycle, walking, and horse-riding track. History The railway line opened to Bairnsdale in 1888, and from 1916, continued through to |
Public Transport Victoria
Public Transport Victoria (PTV) is the brand name for public transport in the Australian state of Victoria, Australia, Victoria. It was the trading name of the Go Public Transport Development Authority (PTDA), a now-defunct statutory authority in Victoria, responsible for providing, coordinating, and promoting public transport. The PTV began operating on 2 April 2012, taking over many of the responsibilities previously exercised by the Director of Public Transport and the Department of Transport (Victoria, 2008–13), Department of Transport. It also took over the marketing of public transport in Victoria from Metlink and Metlink#Viclink, Viclink, as well as responsibility for the myki ticketing system, formerly handled by the Transport Ticketing Authority. PTV's functions were transferred to the Department of Transport (Victoria), Department of Transport on 1 July 2019. However, PTV continues to exist as the brand for public transport services in Victoria. Governance PTV is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linking Victoria
The Linking Victoria was a State Government program launched in 1999 by the Premier, Steve Bracks, to upgrade transport infrastructure in Victoria, Australia. If implemented, the estimate cost of the program would have been $3.5 billion, including improvements to road, rail and port networks. Elements Elements of the program included: * an airport rail link from Melbourne Airport into central Melbourne. Funds were committed in 2017/18 by State and Federal governments for preparation of a business case. * Regional Fast Rail project upgrading passenger rail links in regional Victoria, completed in 2009. * reinstating country passenger rail services, including those to Bairnsdale, Ararat, Leongatha and Mildura. The latter two projects were deferred and ultimately cancelled. * Geelong Freeway upgrade. * standardisation of railway gauges (deferred, and partially restarted in 2008). * Eastern Freeway extension to Ringwood. Completed in 2008. * duplication of the Calder Highway to B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlo, Victoria
Marlo is a small village in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. It is located east near the mouth of the Snowy River where the Snowy River meets and flows into the Southern Ocean. The name "Marlo" is generally accepted to have roots in tribal aboriginal language. "Marloo" meaning white clay is suggestive of the Marlo Bluff, whilst "Murloo" meaning "muddy banks" was reportedly used by the local indigenous people.Green, O.S. (1984), "Marlo - The Township, the Plains the Cape", Acacia Press, At the Census in Australia#2006, 2006 census, Marlo had a population of 564. The first settler to occupy the Marlo township area was James Stirling around the year 1875. He built a bark hut on the bluff that had two rooms, bark walls, earthen floors and a shingle roof. By 1884, this structure had expanded to a 9 roomed accommodation house and in 1886 became the Marlo Hotel when a liquor license was granted. The Governor-in-Council declared Marlo to be a township on 18 February 188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paynesville, Victoria
Paynesville is a tourist/holiday resort town in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. At the 2016 census, Paynesville had a population of 3,480. The town is located by road east of the state capital, Melbourne. It is known as the boating capital of Victoria. History Paynesville was originally called Toonalook, which is an aboriginal name for "place of many fish". The post office opened on 8 November 1879 as Toonalook and was renamed Paynesville in 1886 by the Dickson family, who still reside in the area. Raymond Island Raymond Island is a small island accessible via the Raymond Island Ferry. The island is predominantly residential and is well known for its large koala population. It has been at the centre of continued local debate over the construction of a bridge to allow for better access and further development. The town today Paynesville is a thriving town well served by a range of shops, cafes, a bank and a newly built community centre and library. Much of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bairnsdale V/Line Rail Service
The Gippsland V/Line rail service or Bairnsdale Line is a passenger service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia between Melbourne and the Gippsland region including the regional cities of Moe, Morwell, Traralgon, Sale and Bairnsdale. It operates along the Gippsland railway line. History Although the Gippsland line was extended to Orbost in 1916, from the 1930s passenger services along the line extended only as far as Bairnsdale. In 1954 the line beyond Dandenong was electrified as far as Traralgon, with services from this time provided by the L class electric locomotives. In 1975 suburban services were extended from Dandenong to Pakenham, on what is known as the Pakenham railway line. By the 1980s the motive power of trains reverted to diesel locomotives, with electrification cut back to Warragul in 1987, and to Bunyip in 1998. Suburban Comeng trains were used by V/Line to provide services from Melbourne to Warragul in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1993, passen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stratford Railway Station, Victoria
Stratford railway station is located on the Gippsland railway line, Gippsland line in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Stratford, Victoria, Stratford, and opened on 8 November 1887.Stratford Vicsig History When Stratford opened, it was a temporary terminus of the line from Stratford Junction, a few kilometres to the west. On 8 May 1888, the line was extended to Bairnsdale railway station, Bairnsdale. Major signalling changes occurred at the station in 1986, including the abolition of the token (railway signalling)#Electric token, electric staff sections Sale railway station, Victoria, Sale - Stratford Junction, and Stratford Junction - Stratford, which was replaced by the electric staff section Sale - Stratford, wi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munro Railway Station, Victoria
Munro is a closed station located in the town of Munro, on the Bairnsdale railway line railway line in Victoria, Australia. It was 233 km from Southern Cross station Southern Cross railway station (until 2005 known as Spencer Street station) is a major railway station in Docklands, Melbourne. It is on Spencer Street, between Collins and La Trobe Streets, at the western edge of the Melbourne central busi .... The passenger platform was abolished by mid 1975, along with the goods platform. In March 1977, the Munro and Stockdale Parents and Citizens' Committee was formed, in part as a result of VicRail reviewing the viability of the siding. The group wrote to parliamentarians and the Avon Shire Council, asking them to support the siding. Avon Shire Council ultimately ended up writing to VicRail, requesting that the siding be retained. References Disused railway stations in Victoria (Australia) Transport in Gippsland (region) Shire of Wellington {{Victo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernbank Railway Station, Victoria
Fernbank is a closed station in the town of Fernbank, on the Bairnsdale railway line railway line, in Victoria, Australia. The station was one of 35 closed to passenger traffic on 4 October 1981, as part of the ''New Deal The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939. Major federal programs agencies included the Civilian Cons ...'' timetable for country passengers. It was disestablished as a Staff station on 1 December 1986, with the crossing loop spiked out of service. The crossing loop remains, along with a disused goods platform. References Disused railway stations in Victoria (state) Transport in Gippsland (region) Shire of East Gippsland {{VictoriaAU-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindenow Railway Station, Victoria
Lindenow is a closed station located in the town of Lindenow South, on the Bairnsdale railway line railway line in Victoria, Australia. The station was one of 35 closed to passenger traffic on 4 October 1981 as part of the ''New Deal The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939. Major federal programs agencies included the Civilian Cons ...'' timetable for country passengers. A disused passenger platform was located at the station but was removed in mid 2015, while the goods siding and cattle yards had been removed in the early 1980s. Can no longer be considered a station at all. References Disused railway stations in Victoria (state) Transport in Gippsland (region) Shire of East Gippsland {{VictoriaAU-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillside Railway Station, Victoria
Hillside is a closed railway station located in the East Gippsland town of Hillside, on the Gippsland line in Victoria, Australia.Hillside Vicsig Opening on 1 October 1888 as Quiggan's Siding, it was closed to passengers on 1 May 1972. By 11 February 1975, the passenger platform was removed. It was located 262 km from . Although the station has been demolished, a is located at the station, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siding (rail)
A siding, in rail terminology, is a low-speed track section distinct from a running line or through route such as a main line, branch line, or spur. It may connect to through track or to other sidings at either end. Sidings often have lighter rails, meant for lower speed or less heavy traffic, and few, if any, signals. Sidings connected at both ends to a running line are commonly known as loops; those not so connected may be referred to as single-ended or dead-end sidings, or (if short) stubs. Functions Sidings may be used for marshalling (classifying), stabling, storing, loading, and unloading vehicles. Common sidings store stationary rolling stock, especially for loading and unloading. Industrial sidings (also known as spurs) go to factories, mines, quarries, wharves, warehouses, some of them are essentially links to industrial railways. Such sidings can sometimes be found at stations for public use; in American usage these are referred to as team tracks (after the use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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