Re: Second rate Melbourne stations

[Tony Gatt <baulko@tig.com.au>]

Christopher_Martin GORDON wrote:

> : *snip*
>
> 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.

found in the interlocking register:

GENERAL MOTORS

18-11-1956 Provision of 'A' pattern interlocking a/c duplication and
 power signals between Dandenong and Narre Warren.

The signalbox is nearby. As far as I am aware it has not been abolished.

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

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Thanks, Tony.

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