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Nexas
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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 2:04 pm
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| Somebody in the WWW wrote: | | (Why is the main entrance from Railway Pde and not Burke road?) |
Because for much of transport history in Melbourne, the railways competed with the tramways. By putting the entrance of the station near a tram line, you are practically giving the tramways patronage and revenue.
Most inner suburbs stations near tram lines are designed like this. The one main exception is South Yarra which is right on the street as you can see here http://nexas.fotopic.net/p10283143.html
Views expressed by me are strictly my own, not of my friends, employer, or anyone else, unless otherwise stated.
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Suburban_Soldier
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Location: Grey Ghost
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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 2:55 pm
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most stations around melbourne would look very nice if it wasn't for the sorts of people who hang around them. for example footscray would be a superb station if it wasn't for all the druggies and the like who seem to live there. as well dandenong love the station hate the people. as a few others and i have travelled to every station in melbourne it just comes down to two well three factors:
the way the station was built/refurbished
how well its looked after
who hangs around it.
good: flagstaff, parliament, melb central/museum, brighton beach, boronia, prahran, windsor, burnley, former albert park, williamstown, hawthorn, dandenong
bad: south kensington, merinda park, yarraman, keilor plains, st albans, hallam, werribee, former paisley, richmond, ringwood, kananook, stony point line, jacana, frankston
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hot_dogma
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Location: Manly ferry
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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 8:11 pm
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Aesthetically the worst stations would have to be the pre-fabricated concrete structures of the mid 70's that are seen around the system.
Some examples include Bayswater, Yarraman, Kananook, Glen Iris, Tooroonga, Ferntree Gully etc.
Let's have a mass cull of Von Dutch cap wearing fashion victims!
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PalmerEldritch
Say goodnight to the bad guy
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Location: Princes Park, Carlton
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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 8:22 pm
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| hot_dogma wrote: | Aesthetically the worst stations would have to be the pre-fabricated concrete structures of the mid 70's that are seen around the system.
Some examples include Bayswater, Yarraman, Kananook, Glen Iris, Tooroonga, Ferntree Gully etc. |
I was hoping with the eventual arrival of the Mitcham-Frankston Tollway, that Yarraman station would be redeveloped into something a bit better than the smeggy looking structure that is there now. However as the tollway is going to go under the railway line just to the east of the station, I doubt that anything will be done to fix up Yarraman.
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deblaz
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Location: City of Knox
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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 8:28 pm
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| PalmerEldritch wrote: | | However as the tollway is going to go under the railway line just to the east of the station, I doubt that anything will be done to fix up Yarraman. |
I thought it was going over, but yeah I agree with revamp of Yarraman when the Tollway comes through.
| Quote: | Aesthetically the worst stations would have to be the pre-fabricated concrete structures of the mid 70's that are seen around the system.
Some examples include Bayswater, Yarraman, Kananook, Glen Iris, Tooroonga, Ferntree Gully etc |
Baywater is alright and so is FTG, there are worse.....
Oh and Upper Ferntree Gully is a good looking station also, but it be better if the underpass / bus exchange was given a bit of a refurb[/quote]
Now approaching Caulfield Station, passengers for the Rowville, Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, please change trains at Caulfield
The next station is Burnley, change here for services to Knox City
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Metlink
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Location: Camberwell Station or on Tram 109 or bus 302
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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 8:48 pm
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i think the best looking is Camberwell,Fairfield, and Watsonia. Also Royal Park
Worst. Montmorency,Highett,Franskton and Noth Melbourne
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Somebody in the WWW
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deblaz
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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 9:07 pm
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All Wattle Glen has is a fence and a metcard machine / validator
Now approaching Caulfield Station, passengers for the Rowville, Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, please change trains at Caulfield
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PalmerEldritch
Say goodnight to the bad guy
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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 9:12 pm
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| Somebody in the WWW wrote: | I don't like Broadmeadows IMO - ugly material IMO and I hate those Muslim shops within the lower section of the station building  . |
What's wrong with them? 
| Somebody in the WWW wrote: | The ones with the worst facilities are the ones with a small shelter with no building. All i can think of is:
Officer
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From pictures I've seen of it Officer is a clone of Hallam (or vice versa). Hallam needs an upgrade, it gets good patronage throughout most of the day and the 388 space carpark needs a few more spaces as it is full to overflowing much of the time.
Watch out for the mighty Blues in 2008, with Judd, Stevens, Kreuzer, Cloke and Aisake
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ShaunDXB
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John of Melbourne
The Ghost of George Stephenson
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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 10:37 pm
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| Somebody in the WWW wrote: | | Talking about ugly stations, when was the current Surrey Hills opened? When was Pakenham opened? And what about the current Victoria Park? |
Surrey Hills was probably done when the third track went through in 1971. Pakenham likely dates from duplication in the 1950s, but like a lot of suburban stations from that era had a pebble-mix cladding applied in (I'm guessing here) the late 1970s? But it has been altered more than once since, including being upgraded for Premium status. Victoria Park I don't recall, but may also be an old building that has been refurbished.
| ShaunDXB wrote: | | I once overheard someone on a train saying that McKinnon station on the Frankston line was not there from the start and was built relatively recently (maybe within 15-20 years ago). Is this true? |
If you are talking about the station building, then similar to others mentioned above, McKinnon and other stations in that area were likely replaced when the third track went through in 1987. But if you mean the station itself, it was opened in 1884, three years after the line to Mordialloc opened.
| ShaunDXB wrote: | | And was there even a North Frankston station ... |
No.
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hot_dogma
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d1-3508
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Location: Malvern Depot or out somewhere on the M>tram network
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 6:38 pm
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| deblaz wrote: | | All Wattle Glen has is a fence and a metcard machine / validator |
Sorry Deblaz, Wattle Glen looks exactly like Montmorency execpt for the signs! (shelters are Bus Stop ones!!!)
Presently advertising Yarra Trams mk3 since Friday, February 16th 2007.
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d1-3508
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 6:43 pm
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| bevans wrote: | | d1-3508 wrote: | My list 
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My local station. Further, I think Ivanhoe is nice, as is Clifton Hill. Jolimont is different. Melbourne Central is nice however, has dropped a little given the changes above the station and the new entrance. Someone is going to get seriously injured during the morning pileup coming off the escalators at the concourse level.
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My 3rd closest Station behind Northcote and Brunswick! Maybe we could have a Gunzeling night together?
Too bad the signal box there isn't restored and a Model Railway group put in!
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deblaz
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 7:27 pm
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| d1-3508 wrote: | | deblaz wrote: | | All Wattle Glen has is a fence and a metcard machine / validator |
Sorry Deblaz, Wattle Glen looks exactly like Montmorency execpt for the signs! (shelters are Bus Stop ones!!!) |
I went past there a couple of months ago so I was relying on memory. I just thought it had a fence and the machine but couldnt remember any bus stop shelters!
Now approaching Caulfield Station, passengers for the Rowville, Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, please change trains at Caulfield
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