Waking up in Geelong

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is May 2016.

Level crossing removals (and additions!)

The level crossing at Blackburn Road on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines was on borrowed time.

A trope that keeps coming up when discussing escalators serving railway stations is “LONDOn DiD a sTUDY ANd ThEy foUnD iT Is mORe efFIcienT tO sTANd ThAn wALk up ThEM”. But the truth – while London Underground did do such a study that found that, the escalators you are debating probably don’t look like those the findings relate to.

Wattle Park in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs has a long tramway history, but it is also a place where retired W class trams get fed to vandals – so let us take take stock of our fallen friends.

Some history

Wattle Park was...

On Sunday morning something exciting happened – the first of Melbourne’s new X’Trapolis 2.0 trains entered passenger service, running a single trip from Flinders Street Station to Upfield and return.

Some background

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