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Collingwood Railway Station
Collingwood railway station is located on the Mernda and Hurstbridge lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Abbotsford, and opened on 21 October 1901 as Collingwood Town Hall. It was renamed Collingwood on 1 May 1909. Whilst it is named after Collingwood (and, originally, the adjacent Collingwood Town Hall), the station is actually located in the neighbouring suburb of Abbotsford. History Collingwood station opened on 21 October 1901, when the direct line between Princes Bridge and Clifton Hill opened. During 1986 and 1987, the station buildings and platforms were rebuilt, and were in use by 7 September 1987. Platforms and services Collingwood has two side platforms. It is served by Mernda and Hurstbridge line trains. Platform 1: * all stations services to Flinders Street * all stations services to Flinders Street Platform 2: * all stations services to Mernda * all stations and limited express services to Macleod, Greensborou ... [...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] |
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] |
Hurstbridge Railway Station
Hurstbridge railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Hurstbridge, and opened on 25 June 1912 as Hurst's Bridge. It was renamed Hurstbridge on 9 December of that year. History Hurstbridge station opened on 25 June 1912, when the railway line was extended from Eltham. Like the suburb itself, the station was named after a local settler, Henry Hurst, who built a log bridge across the Diamond Creek to access a property named "''Allwood''". In 1957, a goods train service between Eltham and Hurstbridge was withdrawn. In 1962, a siding that operated to a cool store was abolished. Accidents and incidents On 16 February 1973, Tait trailer carriage 202T was destroyed by a fire while stabled in No. 1 road. On 9 April 1983, Comeng motor carriage 315M and Tait motor carriage 472M were destroyed by a fire whilst at the station. Both cars were later scrapped. Shortly before 2:00& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eltham Railway Station, Melbourne
Eltham railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Eltham, and opened on 5 June 1902. Eltham is the terminus for a number of peak and off-peak services on the line. Five stabling sidings are located to the west of Platform 2, with the site previously having been a goods yard. The last timber trestle bridge on the Melbourne suburban network is located to the south of the station. History Eltham station opened on 5 June 1902, when the railway line from Heidelberg was extended. It remained a terminus until June 1912, when the line was extended to Hurstbridge. Like the suburb itself, the station is named after the district of Eltham in Kent, England. In 1960, Platform 1 was converted from a south-facing bay platform to a through platform, with a connection to the main line provided at the down end of the station. Also in that year, the current station building was provided. In 1969, flashing light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greensborough Railway Station
Greensborough railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Greensborough, and it opened on 5 June 1902. Because of the curvature of the line, northbound (Hurstbridge) bound services head south-east upon departing the station and, likewise, southbound ( Flinders Street) bound services head north-west. After the station, Hurstbridge bound, the double track becomes single for the remainder of the line. A number of peak-hour services to and from Flinders Street terminate at Greensborough. History Greensborough station was a single track, single platform station built in 1902, for service to (at the time) the outer north eastern suburb of Greensborough. At the time of construction, it was serviced by steam engines inbound and outbound from the Melbourne CBD, until the completion of the electrification from Heidelberg to Eltham in 1923. The original platform was located on the south western side o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macleod Railway Station
Macleod railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Macleod, and it opened on 1 March 1911.Macleod Vicsig History Macleod station was completed by November 1910, and was opened to traffic on 1 March 1911. The station is named after Malcolm Macleod, who acquired land in the area in 1903.MacleodVictorian Places When the State Government acquired land from Macleod in 1910, to build a |
Mernda Railway Station
Mernda railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Mernda, and it opened on 26 August 2018. History The original Mernda station opened on 23 December 1889, when the railway line from Epping was extended to Whittlesea. It was originally named South Yan Yean, and was renamed Mernda on 1 December 1913. Mernda operated until the closure of the line beyond Lalor on 29 November 1959, following the electrification of the line as far as Lalor. Epping was re-opened on 29 November 1964, with the electrification of that section of the line. The remaining section of track from Epping to Whittlesea was dismantled in the 1970s, although the former right-of-way remained intact. Prior to the rebuilding, all that remained of the former station was a degraded platform, which was overgrown with exotic vegetation, including a peppercorn tree. The station-master's house was believed to have bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flinders Street Railway Station
Flinders Street railway station is a train station located on the corner of Flinders Street, Melbourne, Flinders and Swanston Street, Swanston streets in the Melbourne city centre, central business district (CBD) of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Opened in 1854, the historic station serves the entire Public Transport Victoria, metropolitan rail network, as well as some country services to eastern Victoria. Backing onto the Yarra River in the heart of the city, the complex includes platforms and structures that stretch over more than two whole city blocks, from east of Swanston Street nearly to Market Street, Melbourne, Market Street. Flinders Street is served by Metro Trains Melbourne, Metro's List of Melbourne railway stations, suburban services, and V/Line regional services to Bairnsdale V/Line rail service, Gippsland. It is the busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with an average of 77,153 daily entries recorded in the 2017/18 fiscal yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Side Platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, one for each direction of travel, is the basic design used for double-track railway lines (as opposed to, for instance, the island platform where a single platform lies between the tracks). Side platforms may result in a wider overall footprint for the station compared with an island platform where a single width of platform can be shared by riders using either track. In some stations, the two side platforms are connected by a footbridge running above and over the tracks. While a pair of side platforms is often provided on a dual-track line, a single side platform is usually sufficient for a single-track line. Layout Where the station is close to a level crossing (grade crossing) the platforms may either be on the same side of the cross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Railway Historical Society
The Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS) aims to foster an interest in the railways, and record and preserve many facets of railway operations. It had divisions in every state and the Australian Capital Territory, although the ACT division was wound up in 2016, along with the Victorian division in 2020. Since 1967, when each division incorporated, the state divisions have operated as separate entities. Each still trades under the ARHS brand, except in Western Australia, where the division is called Rail Heritage WA. Individual membership exceeds 2,500. Background The ARHS was founded in Sydney in 1933 as The Railway Circle, becoming the Australasian Railway and Locomotive Historical Society shortly afterwards. The society's name was changed to the present form in 1952. Divisions were later formed in most states, most of which established a railway museum, namely: *ACT - Canberra Railway Museum, Kingston *Queensland - Rosewood Railway Museum *South Australia - SteamRang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newsrail
''Newsrail'' is a monthly railway magazine covering the railways and tramways of Victoria, Australia. It was launched in January 1973 by the Australian Railway Historical Society The Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS) aims to foster an interest in the railways, and record and preserve many facets of railway operations. It had divisions in every state and the Australian Capital Territory, although the ACT divis ...'s Victorian Division, superseding the ''Divisional Diary'' title that had been published by the society since November 1957. Since May 2020, it has been published by Victorian Rail Publishing Inc. Details * Issue December 2019 is Vol 47 No. 12. * Period = monthly * Size = 245 mm (H) by 170 mm (W) (to Dec 1991), A4 (from Jan 1992) References External linksOfficial website Magazines established in 1973 Magazines published in Melbourne Monthly magazines published in Australia Rail transport magazines published in Australia 1973 establishments in Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifton Hill Railway Station
Clifton Hill railway station is the junction for the Mernda and Hurstbridge lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Clifton Hill, and it opened on 8 May 1888.Clifton Hill Vicsig Immediately to the north of the station, the Mernda and Hurstbridge lines diverge. History Clifton Hill opened on 8 May 1888. In December 1981, the station building was damaged by fire, although the heritage-registered verandah escaped serious damage. In 1990, the station was renovated, with a matching verandah built on the western platform (Platform 2). In 1992, boom barriers replaced[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
