Re: Rowville extention - Two proposed routes.

[John Cleverdon <johnc@cdi.com.au>]

Michael Kurkowski wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was going to get to the East Doncaster line in a later post, but here
> goes anyway:
>
> The (politically) most favoured plan for the East Doncaster link is a
> light rail service. The light rail would begin at Bourke Street and
> Spencer street and continue up along the same route as the #86 tram,
> until Alexander Parade where it will turn right. There will be a stop
> located at Victoria Park station, with a direct link to the rail station
> so tram passengers can transfer to train and vice versa. There will be
> stops located at: Chandler Hwy, Belford Rd, Burke Rd, Bulleen Road, and
> Doncaster Road, where it will turn off and run along the centre of
> Doncaster Road until it reaches Doncaster Shoppingtown.
>
> <SNIP>

The East Doncaster line actually made it as far as being shown in the Melways
around 1980.
The route given had the line branch off at Victoria Park, run along the Eastern
Fwy to around 1.5 km east of Bulleen Rd, and then heading northeast, and later
east, before terminating at the corner of Blackburn Rd and King St (East
Doncaster/Templestowe).
Intermediate stations were to be at Kapman St (Bulleen) and Williamsons Rd
(Doncaster). Note that this bypasses Doncaster Shoppingtown, which I thought
would attract more traffic.
Another point of interest is that not all of the line would be underground after
turning off the Eastern Fwy - some sections would be above ground (a similar
setup to Sydney's ESR??)

John
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