Re: Overland loading

[Andrei Souprounovich <andrei@ausisp.com>]

John Duncan McCallum wrote:

> Chris Brownbill wrote:
> >
> > Well they closed most of the intermediate stations last year, so if you live in
> > Stawell, Murtoa, Nhill, Kaniva, Wolseley, Keith, Tintinara or Tailem Bend you
> > don't have the option of catching the Overland - not even a conditional stop!
>
> I am surprised that Stawell was eliminated as an Overland stop.
> Of all the towns listed, Stawell has the largest population.
> The last time I looked, I think Stawell was larger than Ararat.

from "Towns in Time: Data ... Census statistics for Victoria's towns ... "
Dept of Infrastructure, April 1999.
                                   Overland
1996 populations:           stops
Stawell       6,272
Murtoa          839
Nhill            1,890
Kaniva           765
Ararat         6,890           X
Dimboola    1,557           X
Horsham   12,591           X
Geelong  127,081           X