Re: Crap Maps -- was Re: Second rate Melbourne stations

["John Wayman" <trecker@bigpond.com>]

I think that they are very generous to rail enthusiast who want to explore
these lines, you can find out whether your mobile phone will work.

Disused lines are also valuable to the locals in these areas that still have
the abandoned right of way as a land mark to indicate the same.

Why complain? It is a win win situation,

Cheers
John Wayman


Chris Brownbill <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au> wrote in message
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> >
> > Don't trust every map. I have a copy of a 1992 CFA map which shows the
> > Lancefield - Kilmore line which was closed 15 Jul 1903.
> >
> > David Langley.
>
> Very true.  I have a supposedly current Optus mobile digital telephone
coverage
> map for
> Victoria, Tasmania and Sth NSW dated November 1998.  It is based on an
AUSLIG
> map and shows an inordinate number of long closed railway lines including:
>
> Nyora-Wonthaggi
> Carlsruhe - Daylesford - North Creswick (!!!)
> Whittlesea
> Kerang - Stony Crossing(!)
> Millewa South
> Warrnambool-Hawkesdale (but no further)
> Elmore to Diggora West then Gunbower to Cohuna but not in between
> Wangaratta-Bright and Beechworth
> Wiltshire to Stanley and Smithton
> Bungendore to Captains Flat
> Wagga Wagga to Tumbarumba
> Cootamundra-Tumut-Batlow-Kunama(!)
> The Rock - Westby
> and very many others
>
> Of these lines, only one - Westby, is marked as disused.