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Dandenong Railway Line Triplication
The Dandenong railway line triplication project was an initiative of the Government of Victoria, Australia, to add sections of third track from Caulfield railway station, Caulfield to Dandenong railway station, Dandenong on the Gippsland railway line to increase capacity of and relieve congestion. The project underwent a reduction in its scope after being first announced in 2006. The triplication was initially planned to extend for the entire Caulfield-Dandenong section of track, but in July 2008 it was announced that it was unlikely there would be a third rail track for the full length. According to VicRoads the more likely outcome would be that there would be three tracks for some sections and the existing two tracks in others.Minutes o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Victoria
The Victoria State Government, also referred to as the Victorian Government, is the Executive (government), executive government of the Australian state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. As a parliamentary system, parliamentary constitutional monarchy, the State Government was first formed in 1851 when Victoria first gained responsible government. The Constitution of Australia regulates the relationship between the Victorian Government and the Commonwealth level of government, and cedes legislative and judicial supremacy to the federal government on conflicting matters. The Victoria State Government enforces Act of Parliament, acts passed by the parliament through government departments, statutory authorities, and other public agencies. The government is formally presided over by the Governor of Victoria, governor, who exercises executive authority granted by the Constitution of Victoria, state's constitution through the Executive Council, a body consisting of senior cabinet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stateline (TV Program)
''Stateline'' is a brand used by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for in-depth local and state-based news stories and interviews. Some of the stories feature on a monthly program called Stateline, which airs on the ABC News Channel and is available on ABC iview. It is hosted by James Glenday. Stateline was previously a weekly, Friday night television current affairs program. It provided analysis of state and municipal politics as well as insight into state and regional issues in a current affairs journalistic style. The program was known for its interviews with politicians, and for its coverage of important regional issues. The program premiered on 16 February 1996 at 6pm. It moved to 7:30pm in February 2001, which resulted in ''The 7.30 Report'' being removed from Fridays. The ABC announced in December 2010 that the state-based current affairs program ''Stateline'' would be folded into a new '' 7.30'' brand from March 2011. The change saw ''7.30'' extended to five ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakleigh Railway Station
Oakleigh railway station is a commuter railway station in the suburb of Oakleigh, Victoria, Oakleigh in the south-east of Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. The station opened in 1877 as the up end of the Gippsland line, with the station being electrified in 1922. Oakleigh is a ground-level premium station, consisting of two sides that are connected to each other via the adjacent roads, and both platforms are connected to each other via a pedestrian subway. Oakleigh station is currently served by the Pakenham railway line, Pakenham and Cranbourne railway line, Cranbourne lines, which are both part of the Railways in Melbourne, Melbourne railway network. The station is further served by 11 bus routes, including two SmartBus services. The station is approximately 15 kilometres (9.4 mi) or around a 27-minute train ride away from Flinders Street railway station, Flinders Street. Description Oakleigh railway station the main station in the suburb of Oakleigh. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. Its Parkville Campus (University of Melbourne), main campus is located in Parkville, Victoria, Parkville, an inner suburb north of Melbourne central business district, Melbourne's central business district, with several other campuses located across the state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. Incorporated in the 19th century by the State of Victoria, colony of Victoria, the University of Melbourne is one of Australia's six sandstone universities and a member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, Universitas 21, Washington University in St. Louis, Washington University's McDonnell International Scholars Academy, and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities. Since 1872, many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Mees
Paul Mees (20 March 1961 – 19 June 2013) was an Australian academic, specialising in urban planning and public transport. Mees died on 19 June 2013, 14 months after the diagnosis of kidney cancer. He was 52. At the time of his death he was an associate professor in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies at RMIT University. A committed educator and prolific researcher, Mees was also well known outside academic circles for his advocacy and activism in support of public transport as a means of sustainable transport, particularly in urban areas. In both his campaigning and academic work Mees confronted powerful interests, questioned the status quo and challenged common community perceptions of good policy and practice – often courting controversy. It was the distinctive fusion of his achievements as a scholar and as an activist that set Mees apart from many of his academic peers. Shortly after his death, Senator Penny Wright, a fellow law student and debating colleagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flinders Street Railway Station
Flinders Street railway station is a major railway station located on the corner of Flinders Street, Melbourne, Flinders and Swanston Street, Swanston streets in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the busiest railway station in Victoria, serving the entire Railways in Melbourne, metropolitan rail network, 15 tram routes travelling to and from the city, and V/Line services to Gippsland V/Line rail service, Gippsland. Opened in 1854 by the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company, the station, but not the current building, is the oldest in Australia, backing onto the Yarra River in the Melbourne central business district, central business district. The complex now includes 13 platforms and structures that stretch over more than two city blocks, from east of Swanston Street to nearly at Market Street, Melbourne, Market Street. Flinders Street station is served by Metro Trains Melbourne, Metro Trains services, and V/Line regional services to Bairnsdale V/Line rail service, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond Railway Station, Melbourne
Richmond railway station is a Commuter rail, commuter and Regional rail, regional railway station on the suburban Alamein line, Alamein, Belgrave line, Belgrave, Cranbourne line, Cranbourne, Frankston line, Frankston, Glen Waverley line, Glen Waverley, Lilydale line, Lilydale, Pakenham line, Pakenham, and Sandringham line, Sandringham lines; and the regional Gippsland V/Line rail service, Gippsland line, part of the Railways in Melbourne, Melbourne and V/Line, Victorian railway networks. It serves the inner east suburb of Richmond, Victoria, Richmond, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Richmond station is an Elevated railway, elevated premium station and major junction, featuring ten platforms: five island platforms with two faces each. It opened on 8 February 1859, with the current station provided in the late 1950s. Initially opened as Punt Road, the station was renamed two times. The station was renamed to Swan Street on 12 December 1859, then it was given its current name o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Transport Users Association
The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) is a community-based public transport lobby group in Victoria, Australia, based in Melbourne. It is run entirely by volunteers and has no full-time staff. History and aims The organisation was founded in 1976 as the Train Travellers Association, and became prominent after the controversial Lonie Report recommended huge freeway expansion and closure of most public passenger transport in the city. The Association advocates a greater role for public transport and less dependence on the private car. Key PTUA policies include: * A publicly accountable authority to provide co-ordinated planning and management of train, tram and bus services, * The favouring of sustainable transport modes over cars, through appropriate urban planning decisions, and taxation and transport project resource allocations, * Opposition to major road expansion such as the building of new freeways, * More frequent public transport services, longer operating ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Glen Eira
The City of Glen Eira is a Local government areas of Victoria, local government area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of and has an estimated population of 153,858 (51.6% female and 48.4% male). The local government area was formed in 1994 from the merger of the City of Caulfield and parts of the City of Moorabbin, and takes its name from two local landmarks—Glen Eira Road and Glen Eira Mansion. The local government area was originally planned to be named "City of Gardiner" from the merger of City of Caulfield and parts of the City of Malvern. Townships and localities The city had a population of 148,908 at the 2021 census, up from 140,875 at the 2016 census. ^ - ''Territory divided with another Local government areas of Victoria, LGA'' Demographics Ages The median age for Glen Eira residents is 37 years. Children 0–14 years make up 18.0% of the population, 15 to 19 years 5.4%, 20 to 64 61.9% and those 65 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Hill, Victoria
Box Hill is an Eastern suburbs (Melbourne), eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, east of the city's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District (CBD), located within the City of Whitehorse Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. Box Hill recorded a population of 14,353 at the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census. Founded as a township in the 1850s, Box Hill has grown over the following century into a small city with its own central business district (CBD). It formed the centre of the former Local government in Victoria, local government of the City of Box Hill and has its own suburbs, including Box Hill North and Box Hill South. In the 1950s, Box Hill was absorbed into Melbourne as part of its eastward expansion. Today, Box Hill is notable for its large Chinese Australian, Chinese community, being one of the largest in Melbourne, and is home to the city's tallest high-rise buildings outside the CBD. A major transport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murrumbeena Railway Station
Murrumbeena railway station is a commuter railway station on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Murrumbeena, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Murrumbeena is an elevated premium station, featuring an island platform with two faces. It opened on 14 May 1879, with the current station provided in 2018. History Opening one month after the railway line from Caulfield was extended to Oakleigh, Murrumbeena station gets its name from Murrumbeena Road, its name believed to be derived from an Indigenous word meaning 'belonging to you', 'welcome', or 'land of frogs'. The name may also refer to a member of the native police. A siding was once located at the down end of Platform 2. In 1972, it was reduced in length and, in 1977, it was removed altogether. The station once had a signal box at the up end of Platform 1, which was removed in 1979, when boom barriers were provided at the former Murrumbeena R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grade Separation
In civil engineering (more specifically highway engineering), grade separation is a method of aligning a junction of two or more surface transport axes at different heights ( grades) so that they will not disrupt the traffic flow on other transit routes when they cross each other. The composition of such transport axes does not have to be uniform; it can consist of a mixture of roads, footpaths, railways, canals, or airport runways. Bridges (or overpasses, also called flyovers), tunnels (or underpasses), or a combination of both can be built at a junction to achieve the needed grade separation. In North America, a grade-separated junction may be referred to as a ''grade separation'' or as an '' interchange'' – in contrast with an ''intersection'', '' at-grade'', a '' diamond crossing'' or a ''level crossing'', which are not grade-separated. Effects Advantages Roads with grade separation generally allow traffic to move freely, with fewer interruptions, and at higher overall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
