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novelist research - Sydney/Melbourne travel in 1939
- Subject: novelist research - Sydney/Melbourne travel in 1939
- From: "Frederick Compton" <frederick@keyworld.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:08:30 +0100
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Cable Internet (post doesn't reflect views of Cable Internet)
Hi all,
I will try and be brief. I am an Austr. currently living and working in the
UK. I am doing some research for a novel, and I need a little information
about rail transport to Melbourne from Sydney in mid 1939, i.e. just a
couple of months before the war broke out. Basically, my questions are
threefold:
1) what was the name of the service - I had always thought the Indian
Pacific went via Melbourne, which shows my ignorance. Did (does) the
Syd-Mel service have a special name? Similarly, what sort of train /
carriage combo would have run the route?
2) Did the service terminate at Spencer Street as now, or did Flinders
Street cater for interstate as well then - I would prefer to terminate at
Flinders, but accuracy matters to me.
3) Time issues - were there any particular days the service would not have
run? How long did it take? What time of day was arrival in Melbourne?
I would be very grateful for any info that anyone in the group can provide.
Thanks,
Frederick Compton,
Northampton, UK.
(formally of Frankston)