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The Met
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Nexas
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 4:52 pm
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| The Met wrote: | Riding my bike down the Sandringham, i passed Brighton Beach
I noticed that the sidings are being dug out? The tracks aren't there...
Can i have info about this? Platform 3 (or is it 1) has it's tracks in there, but it looks like there no access...
Replacement tracks or a parking lot!?!!? 
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The sidings are going to be rebuilt shortly, as you have already been told on MSN.
(P.S. It's platform 1)
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station street
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 5:11 pm
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| Nexas wrote: | | The Met wrote: | Riding my bike down the Sandringham, i passed Brighton Beach
I noticed that the sidings are being dug out? The tracks aren't there...
Can i have info about this? Platform 3 (or is it 1) has it's tracks in there, but it looks like there no access...
Replacement tracks or a parking lot!?!!?
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The sidings are going to be rebuilt shortly, as you have already been told on MSN.
(P.S. It's platform 1) |
Are they intending on doing some more permanent stabling there?
I remember recently thinking to myself of Brighton Beach and for some reasonhow it would have to hold ono trains during an event or disruption. I'm scratching my head as to what it was though!
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Thanks for a good time - but I have decided to stop posting.
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Nexas
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 5:19 pm
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| station street wrote: | | Nexas wrote: | | The Met wrote: | Riding my bike down the Sandringham, i passed Brighton Beach
I noticed that the sidings are being dug out? The tracks aren't there...
Can i have info about this? Platform 3 (or is it 1) has it's tracks in there, but it looks like there no access...
Replacement tracks or a parking lot!?!!?
Wha?! |
The sidings are going to be rebuilt shortly, as you have already been told on MSN.
(P.S. It's platform 1) |
Are they intending on doing some more permanent stabling there? |
Not that I know of. Brighton Beach is often used when alterations are being done to trains, such as adding features or altering liveries.
Views expressed by me are strictly my own, not of my friends, employer, or anyone else, unless otherwise stated.
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station street
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 5:30 pm
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| Nexas wrote: | | station street wrote: | | Nexas wrote: | | The Met wrote: | Riding my bike down the Sandringham, i passed Brighton Beach
I noticed that the sidings are being dug out? The tracks aren't there...
Can i have info about this? Platform 3 (or is it 1) has it's tracks in there, but it looks like there no access...
Replacement tracks or a parking lot!?!!?
Wha?! |
The sidings are going to be rebuilt shortly, as you have already been told on MSN.
(P.S. It's platform 1) |
Are they intending on doing some more permanent stabling there? |
Not that I know of. Brighton Beach is often used when alterations are being done to trains, such as adding features or altering liveries. |
Thanks for that.
On the note of odd stabling sidings, is theremuch future for Oakleigh?
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Thanks for a good time - but I have decided to stop posting.
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The Met
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 8:05 pm
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| Nexas wrote: |
The sidings are going to be rebuilt shortly, as you have already been told on MSN.
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That was you?
Well i heard something about it signal-wise/and something about the Concorde project..
And IM NOT Crazy...
“People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones.” - Charles F. Kettering
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psr85
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:22 pm
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The sidings were used for emergency stabling, and I'm guessing when access to Melbourne Yard is limited due to the Spencer St works. They have also filmed commercials/movies there on platform 1, while the line remains operational, as it is not in the way.
A few months ago, a couple of Siemens were stabled there for a few days. They didn't appear to move at all for a few days, as the same sets were still visible.
As a stabling facility I'm guessing it is temporary and only used for emergencies. There is no cyclone fencing and would be very easy to access for the uninvited. Might go check out tomorrow, if anyone wants some photos.
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jfan
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:47 pm
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VICERS installation on Comeng, Siemens and X'Traps
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John of Melbourne
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 12:40 am
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| jfan wrote: | | VICERS installation on Comeng, Siemens and X'Traps |
What jfan is saying is that Brighton Beach sidings are going to be dedicated for a number of months to modifying the trains with the new vigilance control system.
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N466
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:40 am
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The siding tracks are being re-laid to allow better access for contractors, perhaps a little more width between trains and some vehicle access at the Beach Rd end.
It then becomes a more maintenance friendly facility like Camberwell, Ringwood, Nth Melb etc where road vehicles can drive right up beside the stabled trains.
If the train has been placed in the appropriate track !
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merlin
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 12:46 pm
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Went down at lunctime today. They've pulled up the two outside stabling tracks from just past the set of points where they join/split, but kept the platform track as-is.
They're digging at the baulks at the moment - a guy wearing a flouro mainco jacket commented that if they weren't careful, they'll excavate the tunnel!
Just looking a tthe geography, I can't see how they can widen the area noticably without cutting into the carpark space. They might be able to go from "minimum clearance" to "room to walk between" but not much more than that.
I wonder if all that expense is worth such a small gain, or if cutting into the carpark is going to happen, in which case the staunchions will need to be moved and so on...ugh!
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psr85
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:19 pm
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| merlin wrote: | | I wonder if all that expense is worth such a small gain, or if cutting into the carpark is going to happen, in which case the staunchions will need to be moved and so on...ugh! |
And we lose even more valuable parking spots. Heck why not just make it all 1 hour parking with ticket machines. Seems to be the way the neighbouring streets are going.... (well at least with 4 hour parking, no tickets yet) [/rant]
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ninthnotch
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:34 pm
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| jfan wrote: | | VICERS installation on Comeng, Siemens and X'Traps |
307M-1004T-308M-457M-1079T-458M and 573M-1137T-574M-587M-1144T-588M have been equipped, and reports are that unions are unhappy with the modifications that are to take place.
That's an attention-getter!
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EvanC
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:25 pm
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| ninthnotch wrote: | | jfan wrote: | | VICERS installation on Comeng, Siemens and X'Traps |
307M-1004T-308M-457M-1079T-458M and 573M-1137T-574M-587M-1144T-588M have been equipped, and reports are that unions are unhappy with the modifications that are to take place. |
Any idea why? From reading this article, it all seems a rather good idea to me.
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psr85
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