Re: Uncompleted Railways

["Lineman" <grime@sympac.NOSPAMcom.au>]

At school many moons ago,(school now J****d)I saw a map in a Victorian Gov.
book which showed a proposed line connecting Orbost and Bombala.

I have also seen an old road map which showed a railway line from Orbost to
Nowra along the coast
At a guess both lines may have had something to do with the proposed site of
the Capital and the inevitable toeing and throwing which would have gone on
between Vic.and N.S.W in that period.
Phil Carter <carterp@deakin.edu.au> wrote in message
37F2D5BC.D1A98674@deakin.edu.au">news:37F2D5BC.D1A98674@deakin.edu.au...
> 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.
>
>
>
> Roderick Smith wrote:
> >
> > I did an item in an early RNV in which I juxtaposed the map from VR
> > Newsletter with a reduction of a current street directory to give
matching
> > scales.
> >
> > Phil is obviously well informed: while many projects were discussed, and
> > many easements were reserved, I believe that very few of them were
actually
> > authorised.
> >
> > What was the status of:
> > Orbost - Brodribb (reservation shown on maps)
> > Frankston - Mornington direct (reservation made)
> >
> > --
> > Regards
> > Roderick Smith
> > Rail News Victoria Editor
> >
> > Phil Carter <carterp@deakin.edu.au> wrote in article
> > <37D7010C.52C69454@deakin.edu.au>...
> > > The line from Alphington to East Preston was authorized in 1948 and
> > > repealed by Parliament in 1959
> > > > Phil Carter wrote in message 37D60C51.952519DA@deakin.edu.au">news:37D60C51.952519DA@deakin.edu.au...
> > > > > There were about a dozen lines authorised by the Victorian
Parliament
> > > > > which were never constructed. In a number of cases land was
reserved
> > and
> > > > > even today one can see these reservations (eg Alphington to East
> > > > > Preston).