Re: Sydenham electrification

[Mick <banjunkmail.mzs@eastwood.apana.org.au>]

Reuben Farrelly wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Yuri J Sos <steam4me@enternet.com.au> wrote in message
> 363fc5c1.55474@news.enternet.com.au">news:363fc5c1.55474@news.enternet.com.au...
> >The two local newspapers, "Brimbank Independent" and "Brimbank
> >Messenger" today carry front page news of the electrification to
> >Sydenham.
> >
> >Major points:
> >
> >- Current Sydenham station to be demolished and new station built at
> >Watergardens Shopping Centre north of the current station; new station
> >will include a 1000 car carpark and bus interchange;
> 
> Hmmm...I don't quite understand...the present Sydenham station is about as
> close as you can get to Watergardens without diverting the track or creating
> a massive siding.  Does this mean that the new station will be further away
> from the W/G complex itself?  As in, further to walk between the shopping
> complex and railway station?
> 
> I also noted in the Sunbury Telegraph, how the State Liberal MP Bernie Finn
> appears to be very opposed in electrification to Sunbury "It will not
> happen", but yet is reported to have said that Sunbury will benefit from the
> project, presumably because of the slightly shorter travel times.  He's
> obviously very happy to see Sydenham electrified and have electric trains,
> rather than comfortable V/line diesels but clearly doesn't want them in
> Sunbury  :)
> 
> Reuben


I personally like the idea as shown in the 1993 edition of the Melways.
In case
the latest editions don't show (I MUST update one of these years!)....

Proposed stations at:
          (1) (name unknown): North side of Taylors Road - close to a
large
              shopping centre.
          (2) "New" Sydenham: Approx 1Km south of the current Sydenham
station.
          (3) (name unknown): At the North end of (proposed?) Western
Institute
              of Technology (Keilor Campus) - also has the advantage of
being
              at the southern end of Calder Park and a (proposed)
industrial
              estate....

The current Sydenham station is poorly located - getting out of the
station car
parks (especially the eastern side) and heading east towards the
shopping centre
is a nightmare due to heavy traffic and no lights at the Melton H/way
entrance!
Besides, it is well away from anything - houses, shops, etc...  If the
shopping
centre had been built next to the station instead of half a mile down
the road it
wouldn't have been so bad!

I'd also like to see a bike track build along the railway line - there
is plenty
of room for one on the eastern side of the line! AND SOME TRAFFIC
LIGHTS/pedestrian
crossing at the station! :-)

Mick.