Where Am I? #3

alstom_888m · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:15 pm

It's not Huntingdale.

As this quiz seems to have taken a stall I'll give a throwaway clue;

<station> was built on an already open and operating line. This occurred before electrification.

At the time of my opening, the two stations on either side were more than a kilometre away. However, this is no longer the case.

This station remains open to this day, but under a different name.

I was renamed after electrification.

I am on the Northern Group.

There is only one station that meets the clues. Which one is it?

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Valvegear · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:24 pm

Strathmore - used to be North Essendon

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alstom_888m · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:43 pm

Yes, it's Strathmore, formerly North Essendon.

alstom_888m wrote:

<station> was built on an already open and operating line. This occurred before electrification.

While the line was built from Essendon to Seymour in 1874, North Essendon station was not built until 1890. Electric service commenced in the 1921.

alstom_888m wrote:

At the time of my opening, the two stations on either side were more than a kilometre away. However, this is no longer the case.

When North Essendon was opened in 1890, the two stations on either side; Essendon and Pascoe Vale, were both more than a kilometre from North Essendon. This has not been the case since 1922, when Glenbervie opened, 600m away.

alstom_888m wrote:

This station remains open to this day, but under a different name.

North Essendon was renamed Strathmore in 1955.

alstom_888m wrote:

I was renamed after electrification.

1955 is after 1921... I think...

alstom_888m wrote:

I am on the Northern Group.

If this needs to be explained I will cry.

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Valvegear · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:39 pm

I don't have the encylopaedic knowledge of many of you, so I think this will go very quickly.

" I was located beside a stone-crushing plant."

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tomohawk · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:13 pm

Ballast_Plough · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:16 pm

Upper Ferntree Gully?

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Boss · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:20 pm

Fern Tree Gully

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Metro Transit · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:34 pm

Lyndhurst?

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RoderickSmith · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:38 pm

Brooklyn

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Valvegear · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:47 am

Not Upper Ferntree Gully, Ferntree Gully, Lyndhurst or Brooklyn

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pawanoro · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:32 pm

Albion?

Metro Transit · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 4:30 pm

When you 'was', I am assuming the said station no longer exists? if that is the case, then I will say White City?

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alstom_888m · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:37 pm

Or the plant is gone?

Coldstream?

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KEG · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:38 pm

Williamstown?

Valvegear · Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 6:55 am

Not Upper Ferntree Gully, Ferntree Gully, Lyndhurst, Brooklyn , Albion, White City, Coldstream or Williamstown.

The station still exists and is in everyday use, but the plant has gone.
The plant was immediately adjacent to the down platform and station building.
I'll leave it at that for the time being; there will be more hints if they are needed.

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