Re: It's Academic

[John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>]

David Bromage wrote:

> Bill Bolton (billboltonREMOVE-TO-EMAIL@computer.org) wrote:
> > Chris Brownbill <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au> wrote:
>
> > > > >               St Kilda
> > > >
> > > > All through trains had to reverse to continue on another line.
> > >
> > > Correct
>
> > St Kilda?
>
> To Brighton. It was originally a railway before being converted to a
> tramway.
>
> cheers
> David

Not true. The tramway was a separate line from the railway.
The original line to Brighton Beach junctioned from the Flinders St-St Kilda
line just north of St Kilda station and crossed St Kilda Road on a bridge to
Windsor and then via the existing route to Brighton Beach. The section between
St Kilda and Windsor was closed immediately after the line via Sth Yarra was
built.

John McCallum