Re: Richmond station [Vic.] renamed

[Chris Brownbill <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au>]

Good one - although Pic Nic was a couple of miles east of current Richmond.

To avoid confusion though, lets just call the place Turd - that's what the signs
say without actually saying it.


Roderick Smith wrote:
> 
> Hot on being renamed from Hillside, Connex has revived a name from the
> past by renaming Richmond to Picnic [originally the terminus of the line
> in an early privatisation, before the bridge over Yarra River to enter
> Hawthorn was constructed].
> As at Tues.26.9, the station was covered with 'Picnic' signage.
> 
> --
> Regards
> Roderick B Smith
> Rail News Victoria Editor