Re: Second rate Melbourne stations

["Michael" <mk@netstra.com.au>]

Okay, i could be wrong, i thought i saw it in a fairly old Melway thats all.
It was a long time before i saw that melway (1981 btw) laying around. Im
sure it mentioned something about the Altona line being closed, if not, at
least Mobiltown which im probably confused with.

Michael.


Michael Walker wrote in message <925391494.3133@woody.hotkey.net.au>...
>>Early 80's as far as i know - i am not too sure myself, being born only in
>>1979 myself. I think Mobiltown was closed at the same time the then Altona
>>line was closed. AFAIK, upon reopening of the Altona line (with the
>>Altona-Westona-Laverton extension) in the mid 80's i think,
>
>Is this correct? I don't recall the Altona line ever being closed. Indeed
>the Melbourne rail map I have says that Altona opened 1-12-1917 as Altona
>Beach and was renamed Altona 3-10-1938. Westona opened 21-1-85 and the link
>Westona-Laverton opened 14-4-85. Indeed I have the intermediate timetables
>somewhere of before Westona, after Westona and after the full extension
>opened.
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