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Re: Peterborough Railway Station(slightly vandalised)
Maurie Daly,
Thanks for your comments Maurie, I will have several
photos of the Peterborough Station ready Tuesday and I
will send copies to who ever wants them, They will be
posted on (alt.binaries.pictures.rail) what a pity the
is no Australian binaries News Group , could one be started.
The Peterborough Station with all its outbuildings was one
of the largest in South Australia and the vandalism nearly
makes me cry, to see all that beaut equipment being
destroyed by mindless youths with nothing better to do.
The main office block is a double story affair built of brick
all the windows have been boarded up, but one window
on the top story at the western end has been removed
giving fairly easy access to Monkey brained kids who
climb the fancy brick wall ,they then have access to
interior of the building where they can have there disgusting
fun and games, I have been rebolting the doors on the
Station building but have been unable to repair the broken
window on the office block nor have I been able to gain
entrance to see the extent of the Damage being done.
These buildings are not shacks but very well built
structures and I realy do not understand why the
Government has let "The Rott Set In"
Thanks all for the great response to the article
it might make some one in power take urgently
needed action.
The Train Watcher,
Robin.
Peterborough. Tel : 08 86 513018.
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Maurie Daly <mauried@commslab.gov.au> wrote in article
<mauried.133.368CA9E3@commslab.gov.au>...
> In article <mauried.157.368C66D5@commslab.gov.au> mauried@commslab.gov.au
(Maurie Daly) writes:
> >From: mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly)
> >Subject: Re: Peterborough Railway Station(slightly vandalised)
> >Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 06:10:29 GMT
>
> >In article <76hbs7$alv$1@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net> "David
Proctor" <daproc.spambait@umpires.com> writes:
> >>From: "David Proctor" <daproc.spambait@umpires.com>
> >>Subject: Re: Peterborough Railway Station(slightly vandalised)
> >>Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 13:26:25 +1100
>
> >>dirtcircuitvideos wrote in message
<01be3517$a29a6560$LocalHost@default>...
>
> >>>The Authorities responsible for this Station should
> >>>be made aware of the shocking damage being done
> >>>to Electric switch gear and the Interior of the Office
> >>>Block.
>
> >>GSR are not going to do anything for a station that is only used four
(soon
> >>to be six) times a week.
>
> >>DaveP
>
> >I dont think thats what the original poster asked .
> >GSR dont own the station , the real question is who does ?
> >I suspect possibly the SA Dept of Transport or worse still the Federal
Dept of
> >Transport.
> >The same question could also be asked of all the other derelict stations
in
> >country SA like Tailem Bend , Murray Bridge and Bordertown.
> >Its quite possible that the above organizations dont know they own any
> >stations.The sale of AN to ASR and the transfer of the track to ARTC
didnt
> >include things like stations .
>
> >I suspect that a question of the local member may be the only way to get
some
> >answers.
>
> >MD
>
>
> Further on this thread a bit, the above problem reveals one of the
> fundamental flaws of horizontal integration , ie where railways are run
by a
> variety of differant organizations each with a differant viewpoint.
> GSR are a private train operator who run passenger trains,but own no
stations
> or locomotives, only rolling stock.
> They lease one station namely Keswick.
> Its understandable why they want SG facilites at Adelaides Central
Station ,
> then they wouldnt need to lease any stations at all.
> In order to run their trains they rely on other organizations to provide
> station facilities, ie the stations at the major capitals.
> All the other minor country stations arnt really necessary for GSRs
operation
> and are only used for passenger purposes simply because they are
> there.
> Obviously in SA , the prior owner of the stations , namely AN, doesnt
> exist anymore,so its quite likely that such stations will fall into
> disrepair.
> One must wonder also what will happen in Victoria when Vline pass
> and Vline freight are privatised.
> Who will assume the responsibility and ownership of stations like
> Ararat,Stawell,Horsham,Nhill and Kaniva and Serviceton.
> Also will stations like Benalla and Wangaratta SG platforms continue to
exist?
>
> Obviously Dimboola will remain as its used by the freight operators.
> The other major player ARTC , only owns the track , but runs no trains ,
ie
> its an access provider, so it has no interest in owning stations as they
dont
> directly generate any revenue.
>
> I must confess I cant see any simple solution to any of this.
> If no-one wants to accept responsibility for ownership and maintenance of
> little used country rail stations,then it may be the best thing to
bulldoze
> them .
>
> Maybe Craig could comment on the situation that WCR faces with the
stations
> beyond Geelong on the Warnambool line.
>
> cheers
> MD
>
>
>