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Re: Bayside,Hillside sale.

This is no different to the Altona line which is constant use, and has a
better future in store than the Williamstown line.

Cheers
John Wayman

David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> David McLoughlin (davemcl@REMOVEiprolink.co.nz) wrote:
> > David Bromage wrote:
> > >
> > > Immediately before the change of government in 1993, MetTram had
almost
> > > clinched getting funding to extend the 42/109 to Box Hill and the 48
to
> > > Westfield Doncaster. The grand plan was then to link the two (along
Tram
> > > Rd?) by about 2000.
>
> > I have heard this story but never seen it in print, only on the Net.
>
> Somebody from the Met spoke about it at ARE. I think the new government
> hushed it up.
>
> > The section called Tram Road is named after the route of the first
> > electric tramway in the Southern Hemisphere, from where Shoppingtown now
> > is to Box Hill station. In the 1880s/90s there was no demand for such a
> > remote tram route
>
> It wasn't built for commuter purposes. It was built specifically to take
> prospoctive land buyers from Box Hill to the area intended to be developed
> for housing.
>
> Cheers
> David
>