Re: Second rate Melbourne stations

[cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au (Christopher_Martin GORDON)]

: > Right then, I dont know if this has been covered before but here goes
: anyway.
: > Can anyone tell me the relevance of General Motors station (on the
: Pakenham
: > line) my theory was that only v-line trains stopped there, until I went
: past
: > and it was a cheapo station, but it had a thingy you press the button to
: hear
: > what time the train is coming. Do any trains ever stop there?

: More importantly... how many people use that station everyday?

A few trains stop there:
To Flinders Street:
0708, 0751, 1626, 1641
>From Flinders Street:
0653, 0714, 0741, 1638

There used to be a few train that terminated there, it even has some points
not sure where they are controled from, but not used in a long time.

Just think if you push the button say at 8:00am and it says
"Trains departing General Motors Platform 1 are the four twenty-six
Flinders Street train, stoping all stations to Flinders Street in 506
minutes, the four........."

One wonders how much longer General Motors will stay, after all there
are no other special stations left. (Whitecity, Mobiltown all gone)



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Chris Gordon
http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~cmgord