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Malmsbury Railway Station, Victoria
Malmsbury railway station is located on the Deniliquin line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Malmsbury, and it opened on 21 October 1862.Malmsbury VicsigMalmsbury VR History In 1968, a carriage and a number of sidings were removed. Further sidings were removed in 1978. A large |
Public Transport Victoria
Public Transport Victoria (PTV) is the brand name for public transport in the Australian state of 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. It also took over the marketing of public transport in Victoria from Metlink and 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 on 1 July 2019. However, PTV continues to exist as the brand for public transport services in Victoria. Governance PTV is the trading name of the Public Transport Development Authority (PTDA). The PTDA was established by the ''Transport Leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional Fast Rail Project
The Regional Fast Rail project (or RFR project) was a rail transport project undertaken by the State Government of Victoria, Australia, between 2000 and 2006 aimed at improving rail services on the Victorian regional railway network (operated by V/Line), specifically to reduce travel times, enhance service frequency and safety. With delays, the project was finally completed in 2009. Record passenger numbers and a substantial contribution to the growth of regional Victorian economies have both been attributed to the project with several substantial spin-off projects and subsequent calls for further upgrades and investment. The cost of the project to the government was estimated at A$750 million. History Background and 1999 state election At the 1996 Victorian election, a Liberal Party government led by Jeff Kennett was re-elected on a platform of continued rationalisation of the state's public services. This program of service reduction and privatisation, later described as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eaglehawk Railway Station
Eaglehawk railway station is located on the Piangil line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-western Bendigo suburb of Eaglehawk, and it opened on 19 September 1876.Eaglehawk Vicsig A pedestrian once existed at the Up end of the station, until it was filled in and replaced with a pedestrian crossing in 1967. The Eaglehawk– |
Epsom Railway Station, Victoria
Epsom railway station is located on the Deniliquin line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Bendigo suburbs of Ascot and Epsom, and it opened on 12 October 2014.Epsom Vicsig The original Epsom station opened on 19 September 1864 as Epsom and Huntly. It was renamed Epsom Siding on 22 May 1882, and was renamed Epsom on 1 October 1889. On 26 October 1903, it opened for passengers, and it closed on 16 March 1970, with the platform removed by 24 November of that year. In April 2014, the announced that a new Epsom station would be constructed. It is serviced six times on weekdays, by extendi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan Hill V/Line Rail Service
The Piangil railway line is a 5 ft 3 in gauge (1600 mm) railway line in north-western Victoria, Australia. It branches off the Deniliquin line just north of Bendigo, and runs in a north-westerly direction through Pyramid Hill and Kerang to the border town of Swan Hill, then roughly parallels the New South Wales border to Piangil and Yungera. The line is now open only as far as Piangil, and passenger services only operate to Swan Hill. History The line was opened from its junction with the Deniliquin line, just north of Bendigo, to Raywood in 1882. It was progressively extended to Mitiamo in 1883, Pyramid and Kerang in 1884, and Swan Hill in 1890. The line from Swan Hill was extended to Piangil in 1915, Kooloonong in 1920, and Yungera in 1926. The section from Kooloonong to Yungera was closed in 1957, and from Piangil to Kooloonong in 1981. Parts of the former route beyond Piangil, including all of it beyond Kooloonong, are preserved as the Piangil Yungera Railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bendigo V/Line Rail Service
The Bendigo V/Line rail service is a regional passenger rail service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia. It serves passengers between state capital Melbourne, Victoria and the regional city of Bendigo, Victoria. The Bendigo service is the third busiest regional rail service in Victoria (behind Geelong and Ballarat) carrying 2.59 million passengers in the 12 months ended 30 June 2017. History The Melbourne, Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway Company built the line between Melbourne to Bendigo, finishing the fully double track line in 1862. Throughout the early twentieth century, many branch lines were built along the length of the Bendigo line, but by the time V/Line took over Victorian regional passenger services in 1983, the only passengers services still using the Bendigo line corridor were the Swan Hill and Bendigo intercity services. Eventually though, a twice weekly passenger service to Echuca from Melbourne and Bendigo was reinstated in 1996. Under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redesdale Junction
Redesdale Junction was a railway station and junction for the Redesdale line near Kyneton in Victoria, Australia. The junction employed a station master, porter, assistant gatekeeper and ganger. A post office operated from the junction until the station master position was abolished in 1930. The junction was an important centre for the small community. In 1918 the station master was given a lavish farewell and a marble clock when it was announced he was being transferred. The sandstone used for the Shrine of Remembrance was quarried nearby and taken by train to 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 me ... via Redesdale Junction. References {{Reflist Disused railway stations in Victoria (state) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castlemaine Railway Station
Castlemaine railway station is located on the Deniliquin line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Castlemaine, and it opened on 21 October 1862.Castlemaine VicsigCastlemaine VR History The station is also the termini of the Maldon and Moolort lines, but no passenger revenue services currently operates on the latter line, with the operating [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elphinstone Railway Station
Elphinstone railway station was located on the Bendigo line, serving the Victoria town of the same name. The station opened in October 1862, and was closed to passenger traffic on 4 October 1981, as part of the ''New Deal'' timetable for country passengers. All points and signals, and the interlocked frame, were abolished in 1988. The double line block sections, Kyneton – Elphinstone and Elphinstone – Castlemaine "A" box A box (plural: boxes) is a container used for the storage or transportation of its contents. Most boxes have flat, parallel, rectangular sides. Boxes can be very small (like a matchbox) or very large (like a shipping box for furniture), and ca ..., were abolished, and replaced with double line block section, Kyneton – Castlemaine "A" box. The station building is now leased as a private residence. References External links Melway mapat street-directory.com.au Disused railway stations in Victoria (state) {{VictoriaAU-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taradale Railway Station
Taradale railway station was located was on the Bendigo line, from Southern Cross station, and served the township of Taradale. The line through the station was originally double track, but the section north of Kyneton station was reduced to a single track as a result of the Regional Fast Rail project. However, there is a crossing loop which incorporates the section of track through the former station, together with the nearby Taradale Viaduct and the closed Elphinstone station, further towards Bendigo. Taradale was de-staffed by 1974, before closing to all business on 18 November 1976. The bluestone station building survives and is now a private residence, under lease from VicTrack VicTrack, the trading name of Victorian Rail Track Corporation, is a Victorian Government state-owned enterprise which owns all railway and tram lines, associated rail lands and other rail-related infrastructure in the state of Victoria, Austr .... References External links Melway m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC News (Australia)
ABC News, or ABC News and Current Affairs, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Broadcasting within Australia and the rest of the world, the service covers both local and world affairs. The division of the organisation, which is called ABC News, Analysis and Investigations. is responsible for all news-gathering and coverage across the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's various television, radio, and online platforms. Some of the services included under the auspices of the division are the ABC News TV channel (formerly ABC News 24); the long-running radio news programs, '' AM'', '' The World Today'', and '' PM''; ABC NewsRadio, a 24-hour continuous news radio channel; and radio news bulletins and programs on ABC Local Radio, ABC Radio National, ABC Classic FM, and Triple J. ABC News Online has an extensive online presence which includes many written news reports and videos available via ABC Online, an ABC News mobile app (A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single-track Railway
A single-track railway is a railway where trains traveling in both directions share the same track. Single track is usually found on lesser-used rail lines, often branch lines, where the level of traffic is not high enough to justify the cost of constructing and maintaining a second track. Advantages and disadvantages Single track is significantly cheaper to build and maintain, but has operational and safety disadvantages. For example, a single-track line that takes 15 minutes to travel through would have capacity for only two trains per hour in each direction safely. By contrast, a double track with signal boxes four minutes apart can allow up to 15 trains per hour in each direction safely, provided all the trains travel at the same speed. This hindrance on the capacity of a single track may be partly overcome by making the track one-way on alternate days, if the single track is not used for public passenger transit. Long freight trains are a problem if the passing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
