Tag: 2018
Transport tip of the month – changing from buses to trains at Victoria Park Station
tl;dr version – if you are on a citybound bus on the Eastern Freeway and want to change to a Mernda/Hurstbridge train, get off at the Truro Street bus stop and walk to Victoria Park Station via Truro Street instead of Johnston Street. This tip is quite well known among regular passengers on Eastern Freeway…
Bicycle trip: Port Fairy to Warrnambool Rail Trail
The Port Fairy to Warrnambool Rail Trail follows an old passenger and freight railway that operated as a whole from 1890 to 1977. It closed in stages and eventually became truncated for passenger trains at Warrnambool, while some infrequent specialised freight services continued to operate along other sections of the track until 2002. The Rail…
Day trip to Korumburra: railways old and new
Today was a thoroughly enjoyable and interesting trip down to Korumburra in the the south-eastern part of Gippsland. Korumburra is a relatively small town on the disused South Gippsland Railway, which once ran from Melbourne all the way to Wonthaggi, Port Albert and other locations throughout the region through various branch lines. It ceased operating…