Re: New railway stations in Melbourne

["Johann Fan" <yags@geocities.com>]

Tony, wrote in message <351A10A5.3E86@cybertune.com.au>...
>Peter Mason wrote:
>>
>> I was waiting for my train at Flinders St Stn last night and while the
>> Met folks played around trying to uncouple a 6 car set and run two 3 car
>> sets, someone was setting the destination indicator to Alamein.
>>
>> Interestingly one of the names that came up on the destination roll was
>> "Baxter" - last time I rode the Stony Point line (about 3 months ago)
>> there was no power to Baxter.
>>
>> Is there a long term Met plan to run the wires to Baxter and beyond?
>
>Hitachi destination rolls included East Doncaster (up the middle of the
>Eastern Freeway according to the Street Directory), they also included
>Coldstream and Deer Park West.
>
>Comeng rolls have been blanked on the spot that had Holmesglen (drop the
>passengers, run to Glen Waverley and Come Back???)


Maybe it was for when they constructed the SE freeway... so the trains ran
Glen Wav. to Holmsglen, then bus to Darling/East Malvern, then train to the
city??

>Sunbury has been seen as well, and Cragieburn was in there too.
>
>Many of these ideas are from Governments (and employees) long gone..
>
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>
>Thanks
>Tony G.