Re: Second rate Melbourne stations

["Craig Potter" <mikado@omni.com.au>]

Even more it even had Edmonson tickets on issue!  I have one in my
collection.  I think a Sunshine station assisistant went there when
necessary with a portable ticket cabinet.

Geoff Lambert wrote in message <7g43vs$n7g$1@mirv.unsw.edu.au>...
>Jennifer Richmond <richmond@melbpc.org.au> wrote:
>>Excuse my ignorance/youth, but I was only born in 1980. What was Whitecity
for?
>>When did Whitecity/Mobiltown close?
>
>If you went to the dogs, you went to White City.  It was a platform
>for greyhound coursing events, although, as one respondent noted, it
>was also used in the peak for workers at a local factory.  Amazingly
>enough (but still before your time), at least one train per day
>originated or terminated there.  A thread on the topic of White City,
>dating from 1997/98 can be found in the newsgroup archives.
>
>Geoff Lambert
>
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