Re: Swanston Street Works

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

Ron BEST wrote:
Yet another query: Where were ALL the manually-controlled junctions

> (including termini) in  Melbourne? (excluding railway crossings)
>
> To my knowledge. there was/is:
>
> Franklin St
> Elizabeth St terminus
> Batman Avenue terminus
> Camberwell Junction (went auto 30+ years ago?)
> St Kilda Junction (went auto when rebuilt in 1968/69)
> All/most depot entrances?
>
> was the "third road" at Domain Interchange ever manually controlled?
>
>

No. Domain Road Interchange was never manually controlled. By "Manual Control",
I am assuming
points controlled from a signal box/cabin rather than by points bar.
AFAIK, no depot entrance had manual control using this definition.
There were/are many junctions controlled by tram drivers using poweron/off
contactors.

John McCallum