Re: VIC - Platform Trivia

[Chris.Brown@mail.spectrum.com.au]

On Sat, 13 Jan 2001 05:24:08 GMT, "Sam Eades" <seades@bigpond.net.au>
wrote:

>1) In the Melbourne Electrified area (excluding city loop stations and
>Flemington Racecourse) where (and how long) is:
>- The Longest Platform?

Flinders St 1/14, at 572m, unless you count Flinders St as a city loop
station, in which case I'm not sure (perhaps Lilydale platform2, at
172m?)

>- The Shortest Platform?

Essendon, platform 1

>2) Which heavy rail line has the shortest average platform length in the
>Melbourne metro area?

Hurstbridge?

>3) What is the shortest platform in Victoria with a regular passenger rail
>service currently scheduled to stop there?

Leawarra or Morradoo (not sure which is shorter)

>4) Name 2 Melbourne stations where the platforms don't all face the same
>direction (and I don't mean when 1 is curved the other is not, I mean the
>tracks go off on different angles).

Footscray, Brighton Beach

>5) Name a Victorian station (formerly a V/Line station, now on the suburban
>network) where services have been suspended, then resumed.

Cranbourne.

Regards

Chris Brown