Crew change for NR30 and NR31 on the northbound run at Brooklyn
Archive for 2022
How many train drivers does it take to drive a train across Australia?
August 16th, 2022
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Australia’s train radio “break of gauge”
August 9th, 2022
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It’s pretty common knowledge that Australia’s rail network is a mess of different rail gauges, preventing freight and passengers from travelling across Australia without changing trains. But did you know that’s not the only incompatibility holding back rail in Australia – there is also a mess of different train radio systems. How we got there […]
Melbourne’s mysterious ‘City Circle’ train
August 2nd, 2022
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The other week fellow transport Philip Mallis raised an interesting question – would the average Melbournian know what a ‘City Circle’ train is, if they were told to catch one? Philip Mallis photo The back story The City Loop encircles the Melbourne CBD, with trains services from different lines taking different routes around it at […]
Photos from ten years ago: July 2012
July 26th, 2022
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Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is July 2012. Off to Sydney We start this month at Melbourne Airport, where the terminal was in disarray on July 18. But staff shortages weren’t to blame this time – but a power outage. Leaving the split-flap display board in […]
V/Line versus Metro at Southern Cross platform 8
July 19th, 2022
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You might assume that a railway station platform is just a place for passengers to board a train, and the type of train doesn’t matter. But at Southern Cross Station platform 8 this is not the case – there is a convoluted process applied every time that usual use V/Line hands it over to Metro […]
