Hmm Talbot? I would have thought that Creswick would have been more viable than Talbot.
Agreed.
Creswick is a growing town.
Brian
ON TRACK: Transport Minister Lynne Kosky and Ballarat East MLA Geoff Howard at Creswick on Friday
Creswick Station too bad to fix
ONE side of Creswick Railway Station will come alive next year when passenger trains return - but the other side remains derelict and abandoned. The State Government says it would be too expensive to upgrade the existing Creswick Railway Station to V/Line standards and for wheelchair access. It announced on Friday it would build a new platform at the station, enabling the return of passenger trains to Creswick.
Creswick Station too bad to fix
ONE side of Creswick Railway Station will come alive next year when passenger trains return - but the other side remains derelict and abandoned. The State Government says it would be too expensive to upgrade the existing Creswick Railway Station to V/Line standards and for wheelchair access. It announced on Friday it would build a new platform at the station, enabling the return of passenger trains to Creswick.
Creswick platform was never on the straight line, it was always a turnout into the platform.
Creswick platform was never on the straight line, it was always a turnout into the platform.
This 1976 signal diagram suggests otherwise?
http://www.victorianrailways.net/signaling/completedia/crestal.html
If the car park was on the goods shed side they can easily access the other side through the underpass. I really think the station needs to be fixed and used for what it was built for.
Surprisingly, the locals in Creswick are not too keen on the idea of the new platform, and are in favour of the old station being used - in fact; a committee of locals has been formed to lobby the Government to utilise the old station platform and possibly the buildings. The disabled access wouldn't be an issue if a pedestrian crossing with auto gates was installed on the Down side of the platform over the track, similar to what exists at Wallan and Kilmore East on the North East route. Enough room also exists to widen the curve on the Up side of the station from Ballarat, so that the track could be slewed back across to the existing platform.If the car park was on the goods shed side they can easily access the other side through the underpass. I really think the station needs to be fixed and used for what it was built for.
It's the slope of the ramp to the old station which is the hassle. Too steep for wheelchairs, and going around via the lx is too long.
Hopefully the locals will come up with an idea to use the station building. The art display at Stawell comes to mind...
Rick
Clunes are keen to jump on board....
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/30/2700537.htm
Clunes are keen to jump on board....
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/30/2700537.htm
Looking at the timetables of the local V/Line bus services between Maryborough and Ballarat, and all services stop at Creswick, Clunes, and Talbot, why wouldn't a train do the same ? ells It would be a service downgrade for the towns that miss out on a train stopping
(Funny thing with the timetables Is that the Mildura Coach stops at Clunes and Talbot but not Creswick)
Read in Loco Lines (newsletter of the RTBULD) that services to Maryborough are expected to start during 2010. It would be logical to have a loop similar to Marshall at each intermediate station as that way loco-hauled trains could run-round at the intermediate stations in the event of something happening.
It would be logical to have a loop similar to Marshall at each intermediate station as that way loco-hauled trains could run-round at the intermediate stations in the event of something happening.