Re: Victorian Closure Rumours

[cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au (Christopher_Martin GORDON)]

: > Heard on the grape vine that Westall Siding HUME ??? in Melbourne is due to
: > be removed this weekend.  The information came from a person with Bayside Trains. 
: > Can anyone shed some light on this siding?  Is it related to the APEX siding at Westall?

: The Humes siding was an electrified siding which formed 2 tracks within
: the Humes' plant at Westall. It is still connected via a set of trailing
: points to the up Dandenong line, approximately 200 metres up from the
: Westall platform.  The current industrial site is being used by an
: engineering company.  There are still sevaral other former industrial
: sidings around the area.

That is correct, the points ahve beend spiked out of use for some time now.

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