Re: Uncompleted Railways

["Exnarc" <gwrly@netspace.net.au>]

Phil Carter <carterp@deakin.edu.au> wrote in message
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> Phil Carter wrote:
>
> Orbost to Brodribb is interesting. Construction was authorized by
> Parliament in 1926. Have a look at a 1946 Railway map of Victoria. There
> is a dotted line from Orbost extending beyond Brodribb through Club
> Terrace, Cann River, Genoa and up the NSW east coast with a branch line
> from Genoa to Mallacoota. There's a Station Street in Cann River to this
> day. How far did plans for this railway progress?
>
> Frankston to Mornington
> In 1951 the Parliamentary Public Works Committee recommended that a new
> line be built from Frankston to Mornington, running in virtually a
> straight line between the two. The necessary land reservations were made
> at the time but only within the metropolitan area.
>
> To Beaumaris
> In 1952 there was a recommendation that a line be constructed running
> from between Moorabbin and Highett to the Beaumaris area. Land
> reservations for the line were made.
>
> In both these last 2 cases, I can't find any indication of the
> reservations from the street directory.
>
> Beyond Glen Waverley
> It was hoped this line would be extended and one can see this by looking
> at the streets beyond, such as Glen Road, that provision was made for
> its extension. I have seen an old map which shows that the line did
> extend across Springvale Road for several hundred metres (and another
> map which shows a dotted line extending for half a mile or so). Did the
> line ever cross Springvale Road or was it a slip of the cartographer's
> pen?
>
> Regards,
> Phil Carter.
>
More likely a slip?

The present Glen Waverley Station is of cause at a new location, the
original station and goods yard ran right up to Springvale Road, into what
is now the carpark for the shopping centre, is this a case of a line closure
infact?

Bob.