Which is it?
Having not been to shepparton for some time what is the issue with the station where it is? Is there not an overpass?
Rail going nowhere
Why not just build a bridge?
EDIT - james.au beat me to it.
Why not just build a bridge?
EDIT - james.au beat me to it.
Why a bridge, currently the only movements north of the platform is the pass loco changing ends and a Tocumwal freight say one movement a day. As Rustyrick says a pedestrian level crossing just north of the platform maybe with gates and flashing lights over to a car park with a decent bus interchange something akin to a jazzed up version of the one in Maude st, near the Coles supermarket.
Mind you a problem with shopping a t Shep these days is there is effectively 2 locations the so called central one centred on High st and Maude st. then the other area out on the Benalla rd, starting from around about the Shep Market place, mainly on the south side of the road going out 700 metres to the to the roundabout at Doyles rd (bunnings on the north side of the road) and the traffic out there can be murder and there's NO pedestarion walk ways, you simply have to drive between these shops.. Shepparton council REALLY should have put a bit more thought into this.
Note: The shopping at Shep all though spread out all over the place is really excellent, far better than Wangaratta.
woodford
What about the installation of a decent pedestrian bridge over the line, perhaps with direct platform access?
Unfortunately over the years successive State governments and Victrack have proved totally incapable of getting the private sector to develop these sort of opportunities, whilst ensuring that rail travellers get a good outcome . Like at Shepp on railway land a new private developer funded Commercial development on the CBD side of the tracks with an appropriate passenger station, bus interchange of decent proportions within the development with parking for train travellers .
Victracks outstanding debacle in this regard is Traralgon where the developers took Victrack to the cleaners and left VLP with a hole in the wall booking office, no waiting room, a bank of six seats , shared toilets in a shopping centre, and a narrow platform with absolutely no weather protection .
Government needs to employ some people with a bit of mongrel to get appropriate private development where everyone wins, Government, V/Line travellers, and the private developer with a good but not over the top outcome .
Why not just build a bridge?
EDIT - james.au beat me to it.
One, on the East side of the line.What about the installation of a decent pedestrian bridge over the line, perhaps with direct platform access?
This was my point. These bridges are common place at other main regional stations shuch as Geelong, Bendigo and Ballarat.
How many platforms exist at Shepparton?
Unfortunately over the years successive State governments and Victrack have proved totally incapable of getting the private sector to develop these sort of opportunities, whilst ensuring that rail travellers get a good outcome . Like at Shepp on railway land a new private developer funded Commercial development on the CBD side of the tracks with an appropriate passenger station, bus interchange of decent proportions within the development with parking for train travellers .I understand what you are getting at here, but a couple of points...............
Victracks outstanding debacle in this regard is Traralgon where the developers took Victrack to the cleaners and left VLP with a hole in the wall booking office, no waiting room, a bank of six seats , shared toilets in a shopping centre, and a narrow platform with absolutely no weather protection .
Government needs to employ some people with a bit of mongrel to get appropriate private development where everyone wins, Government, V/Line travellers, and the private developer with a good but not over the top outcome .
That would be OK for some where like Camberwell in Melbourne where space is none existent, but that is not an issue at Shepparton, the cost of something like that I believe could not be justified for a new shep station. As to the level crossings neither one near the station are going to be easy to get rid of and with the lines current traffic you almost never see the crossings activated. In my many years of going over to shep, I have only seen them in operation once.Why not just build a bridge?
EDIT - james.au beat me to it.
I beat both of you to it. I said build in the airspace over the track and get rid of the level crossings at the same time.
My idea was for a concourse type thing instead of a bridge which could then connect to more carparking and a bus/taxi interchange.
Neither Benalla or Wangarratta have a lot of room either (because of the old SG line) but at least in both places the car park has room for decent sized vehicles (remember.we are talking about small rural cities here).If ever there was money to burn on station and streetscape beautification, crating more carparking and parkland/walking trails.
If a works program to Increase railway vertical height clearances along the Donnybrook to Parkes corridor was to be conducted, station track rearrangements may be a worth wile option (compared to sinking tracks and or rising station access road bridges)
That would be OK for some where like Camberwell in Melbourne where space is none existent, but that is not an issue at Shepparton, the cost of something like that I believe could not be justified for a new shep station. As to the level crossings neither one near the station are going to be easy to get rid of and with the lines current traffic you almost never see the crossings activated. In my many years of going over to shep, I have only seen them in operation once.Why not just build a bridge?
EDIT - james.au beat me to it.
I beat both of you to it. I said build in the airspace over the track and get rid of the level crossings at the same time.
My idea was for a concourse type thing instead of a bridge which could then connect to more carparking and a bus/taxi interchange.
Although both High st and Hayes st are busy neither of them are on anything like fast sections of roads. Both of them have intersections almost immediately either side of the line and one has to watch carefully when approaching them are you WILL get cleaned up by another car
woodford
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