Posts Tagged ‘trains’

Photos from ten years ago: January 2014

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is January 2014. Regional Rail Link Work on the Regional Rail Link project is an ongoing theme, and this month is no different. Over the Christmas and New Years break, rail access to the country platforms at Southern Cross Station was […]

Photos from ten years ago: November 2013

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is November 2013. Trains We start the month with an ongoing project – Regional Rail Link. Work was underway to make room for a third pair of tracks through Footscray. And the rebuilt station was starting to take shape. Meanwhile at […]

Myki machines and end of day processing

For most people 3am is a time when they’re tucked up warm in bed, but for me the other week I happened to be at a railway station and noticed the Myki machines were busy doing their end of day processing. So what does it look like? The first step is putting up a ‘Out […]

Photos from ten years ago: June 2013

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is June 2013. Regional Rail Link works Quite the coincidence given the works currently underway in Melbourne’s west – June 2013 was a two week long shut down of the railway lines to Sunbury, Ballarat and Bendigo for work on the […]

Metro Tunnel and rebuilding South Kensington station

With narrow platforms squeezed between passing trains, accessed by a dark and dank subway, South Kensington station is one of Melbourne’s least inviting railway stations. But despite being located in an increasingly densifying area, little has been done to improve the station, even with works for the Metro Tunnel project occurring right on it’s doorstep. […]