Re: [VIC]outer loop line?

[John Dennis <jdennis@acslink.net.au>]

In article <3a5bdc07@news.iprolink.co.nz>,
  David McLoughlin <davemcl@NO***damned***SPAMiprolink.co.nz> wrote:
> Daniel Bowen wrote:
>
>> The Outer Circle went the other way, branching off the Hurstbridge
>> line near Fairfield Park, through East Kew, to where the Alamein
>> line is now, then through to Oakleigh.
>
> Did it join at Oakleigh with the Dandenong line or stop short of that
> somewhere? All trace of the line past Alamein seems to have vanished,
> though there is still plenty of evidence of the Fairfield- East
> Camberwell alignments.

There is a park running along the alignment of the line from Hughesdale
across Neerim Road towards Dandeong Road.  There is some signage in the
area indicating the history, and some of the signs are shaped like the
old suburban station name boards..

When I was young I walked (or rode on my bike) over that formation
often, Hughesdale to East Malvern.  The old level crossing over
Dandenong Road was easy to spot back in the early 60s (it's at the
bottom of the dip, between Poath and Murrumbeena Roads - I think there's
are a car yard on the north side now).

Of course, all that is from memories of almost 40 years ago (the best
sort :-) and I don't live in the area any more, so might be totally
wrong.

Cheers...JD
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John Dennis
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