Re: [Melbourne Australia] Mont Albert to Box Hill and Docklands tramway extensions

[David McLoughlin <davemcl@AXE*THISiprolink.co.nz>]

David Bromage wrote:

> 
> The Box Hill extension was seriously proposed just before the Kirner
> government was voted out. Had it gone ahead, the next project would have
> been extending the route 48 to Doncaster. After that, the two lines would
> have joined by building a line along Tram Rd.
> 


That is virtually an urban myth. There was never any such serious
proposal. It was floated by someone at a public meeting somewhere as
others in this group will tell you.

There is no need to extend the tram to Middleborough Road -- beyond
Station Street,  Maroondah Highway is well covered by the railway line
which is immediately adjacent, and by buses. The missing link is
extending the tram from Mont Albert to Box Hill and that is now finally
going ahead.

David McLoughlin
Auckland New Zealand