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Baxter Railway Station
Baxter railway station is located on the Stony Point line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Baxter, and it opened on 1 October 1888 as Mornington Junction. It was renamed Baxter on 6 May 1918.Baxter Vicsig Baxter was formerly the for the , which closed in 1981. The junction, which was relocated to its current location in 1962, can still be seen at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Junction (rail)
A junction, in the context of rail transport, is a place at which two or more rail routes converge or diverge. This implies a physical connection between the tracks of the two routes (assuming they are of the same gauge), provided by ''points'' (US: switches) and signalling. Junctions are important for rail systems, their installation into a rail system can expand route capacity, and have a powerful impact upon on-time performance. Overview In a simple case where two routes with one or two tracks each meet at a junction, a fairly simple layout of tracks suffices to allow trains to transfer from one route to the other. More complicated junctions are needed to permit trains to travel in either direction after joining the new route, for example by providing a triangular track layout. In this latter case, the three points of the triangle may be given different names, for example using points of the compass as well as the name of the overall place. Rail transport operations refer to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Stations In Melbourne
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer facili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearcedale, Victoria
Pearcedale is a township and coastal rural locality in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 49 km south-east of Melbourne, Melbourne's Melbourne city centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Casey and the Shire of Mornington Peninsula Local government areas of Victoria, local government areas. Pearcedale recorded a population of 3,867 at the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census. A bus service operates to and from Frankston railway station, Frankston station via Baxter, Victoria, Baxter. Geography Pearcedale is a township and rural locality on the northwestern corner of Western Port, in the northern extremities of the Mornington Peninsula. The land is relatively flat with a rich and sandy soil type ideal for market gardening. Its mangrove saltmarsh coastline on Watson Inlet, west of Quail Island (Victoria), Quail Island, includes the Langwarrin Creek estuary as well as numerous other small creek estuaries. These mangrove saltmarshes are of interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ventura Bus Lines
Ventura Bus Lines is a large bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, operating a fleet of 893 buses on 141 bus routes, including 2 SmartBus routes and 2 V/Line services. It commenced operations in December 1924. History Early history Ventura was founded in December 1924 by Henry Cornwall. The name and company colours (dark blue, light blue and yellow) derived from Ventura County, California where Cornwall had spent time after serving in World War I. A former employee of Track & Kintrack, St Kilda, Harry decided to form his own bus company when his employer refused to run a bus service along dirt roads through what was then Melbourne's outer east.The Ventura Story - 75 Years of Moving People ''Australian Bus Panorama'' December 1999 page 19 Cornwall began operating a bus route between Box Hill and Melbourne central business district, and in 1930 began running buses between Box Hill and Mentone. The first depot was behind the petrol station on the corne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leawarra Railway Station
Leawarra railway station is located on the Stony Point line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Frankston, and it opened on 30 November 1959 as Railway Stopping Place No 16. It was renamed Leawarra in 1962. On 22 June 1981, the passenger service between Frankston and Stony Point was withdrawn and replaced with a bus service. On 16 September 1984, promotional trips for the reopening of the line began and, on 27 September of that year, the passenger service was reinstated. In 1988, the platform was extended to accommodate a DRC railcar with an MTH carriage. Even then, at 44m, it was the shortest platform in Victoria with a regular rail passenger service. When Sprinter trains were introduced on the Stony Point line in 2008, the platform was again extended, and is now 60m long. Vicsig In 1989, |
Langwarrin Railway Station
Langwarrin was a railway station on the Stony Point line, in Victoria, Australia. It opened in 1888, to serve the newly established Langwarrin Military Reserve. The station operated until 1981, and was closed at the same time as the section of the Stony Point line, between the Long Island Junction and Stony Point railway station. Although the line reopened in 1983, Langwarrin station remained closed. Most traces of the station were removed by 1988, and all that remains of the station is the platform mound, located just off McClelland Drive, in between Tea-Tree Track and the Centre Break track, in the Langwarrin Flora and Fauna Reserve. 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 authorit ... announced in 2014 that it was investigating the possibility of re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankston Railway Station
Frankston railway station, in Victoria, Australia, is the terminus of the suburban electrified Frankston line and diesel-hauled services on the Stony Point line. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Frankston, and opened on 1 August 1882.Frankston Vicsig History Frankston station opened on 1 August 1882, when the line was extended from .Frankston LineVicsig On 1 October 1888, the line was extended to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mornington Railway
The Mornington Railway is a heritage railway near Mornington, a town on the Mornington Peninsula, near Melbourne, Victoria. The line is managed by the Mornington Railway Preservation Society and operates on part of the former Victorian Railways branch line which ran from Baxter to Mornington. History The Mornington railway line was a rural railway branching from the Stony Point railway line at Baxter. The line operated for 92 years before closing. Ten years later, the line was reopened as a heritage railway. *1888—In August the contract for building the line was given to David Munro for £25,000. A short branch line was built to Moorooduc quarry to transport stone for ballasting the line. *1889—Baxter to Mornington railway line opened on 10 September. *1981—The line was closed. *1984—The Mornington Railway Preservation Society (MRPS) was formed. *1988—Locomotive K163, restored and began running on the mainline network. *1991—The MRPS negotiated the lease of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Level Crossing
A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, Trail, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an Overpass#Railway, overpass or tunnel. The term also applies when a light rail line with separate Right-of-way (railroad), right-of-way or reserved track crosses a road in the same fashion. Other names include railway level crossing, railway crossing (chiefly international), grade crossing or railroad crossing (chiefly American), road through railroad, criss-cross, train crossing, and RXR (abbreviated). There are more than 100,000 level crossings in Europe and more than 200,000 in North America. History The history of level crossings depends on the location, but often early level crossings had a Flagman (rail), flagman in a nearby booth who would, on the approach of a train, wave a red flag or lantern to stop all traffic and clear the tracks. Gated crossings bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail Directions
Railroad directions are used to describe train directions on rail systems. The terms used may be derived from such sources as compass directions, altitude directions, or other directions. However, the railroad directions frequently vary from the actual directions, so that, for example, a "northbound" train may really be headed west over some segments of its trip, or a train going "down" may actually be increasing its elevation. Railroad directions are often specific to system, country, or region. Radial directions Many rail systems use the concept of a center (usually a major city) to define rail directions. Up and down In British practice, railway directions are usually described as "up" and "down", with "up" being towards a major location. This convention is applied not only to the trains and the tracks, but also to items of lineside equipment and to areas near a track. Since British trains run on the left, the "up" side of a line is usually on the left when proceeding in the "u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stony Point Railway Station
Stony Point railway station is the terminus of the diesel-hauled Stony Point line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Crib Point, and it opened on 17 December 1889. In 1910, a turntable was provided at the station. By November 1960, it was out of use, and was removed by March 1963. In 1976, a siding at the Up end of the station was removed. The following year, in 1977, the goods yard was closed. On 22 June 1981, the passenger service between Frankston and Stony Point was withdrawn and replaced with a bus service, with the line between Long Island Junction and Stony Point also closing. On 16 September 1984, promotional trips for the reopening of the line began, with the passenger service reinstated on 27 September 1984. A run-around loop exists to the north and west of the station, but has not been regularly used since locomotive hauled services ceased in April 2008. Platforms and services Stony Point has one platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Stony Poin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
