Re: Stony Point and former Mornington and Altona lines c.1983

[Vaughan Williams <ender2000@my-deja.com>]

These lines and also Upfield, Williamstown and Alamein (I think thats
all of them) were earmarked for closure in the Lonie Report of 1979(?)

As a result of intense campaigning by the PTUA (then the TTA), local
councils and communities, and supportive local members, one by one the
closures were revisited and cancelled by the fading Hamer government.
At the same time, they cancelled many of the inner city freeways. The
Cain govt, when elected, rescued the last couple.

As a matter of interest, the Alamein line was saved by the advocacy of
a young, ambitious backbencher in the then marginal liberal seat of
burwood, one Jeffery Gibb Kennett. This was the main issue on which the
liberals held Burwood in the landslide 1982 election.

Vaughan


In article <82sdpl$946$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>,
  cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au (Christopher_Martin GORDON) wrote:
> : > With the exception of the
> : > Mornington line, what was it that saved these apparently ill-
fated lines
> : and
> : > involved in not only keeping the Altona line open but extending
it to
> : > connect with the Werribee line?
>
> The Altona Line was the link to Laverton, and the Stony Point line
has buses
> for a while (not sure how long) before the trains came back again.
They
> should have keeped the Mornington Train it is such a nice place and
would do
> well with a train link to Melbourne.
>
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