Many will be aware that Whittlesea station became the terminus of the Fitzroy-Preston-Whittlesea when the full route was opened on 23 December, 1889; ditto Hurst’s-bridge (Hurstbridge) station opened on 25 June, 1912 as the terminus on the original Heidelberg line of 1887. The line north of Lalor station was closed on 29 November, 1959 ending […]
Tag: Railway
1888 : The Battle for Preston Station
Although the locals along with their neighbours in Northcote had fought for many years for a railway service, there was certainly no consensus of opinion as to where Preston actually was! Then classified as a Shire (the lowest level of local governmant authority), Preston was effectively split in two: residents of the area around Regent […]
Princes Bridge to Hurst’s Bridge
The story of the Hurstbridge railway, with its strange and disjointed origins linked to the “railwaymania” of the 1880s, has much of interest to social, local and railway historians Oddly, the first section of it to open to traffic was completely isolated from the rest of the rail network. When the railway to Heidelberg was opened, at […]
Eltham Railway Trestle Bridge
Mona Bromely was in her early twenties when she first moved to Eltham, after marrying a pioneer to the area, Jack Bromley, who worked as an engineer building the Railway Trestle Bridge at Panther Place, Eltham. Mona is profiled in Celebrating Nillumbik Women 2010. Age 97, she is a resident of Eltham of more than […]
Watsonia Pine trees
The following article was contributed following the first reminiscences session held at Watsonia library April 2008.The pine trees at the Watsonia Railway Station were planted by the Railway Station masters husband, Mr Phillips around 1940. The Station masters house was demolished with the Greensborough Highway in the mid 1970’s. By Helen Tamme (2008) Comment received […]
Diamond Valley Miniature Railway
The railway is located amidst a natural bushland setting, along the banks of the Diamond Creek in the Eltham Lower Park, Eltham, Victoria. It is a popular tourist attraction in Eltham especially for families. Trains include scaled diesel locomotives and real miniature steam engines, suburban red rattlers and sugar cane trains. The railway operates between […]
Greensborough Railway Station
The following article is reproduced by permission of Noel Withers and extracted from “Banyule City Council Spring Outdoors Programme 2008: Greensborough & the Plenty River Pioneer Trail With Dennis Ward & Noel Withers. A ramble from the lower part of town and along the river bank learning about historic sites and the pioneering families that […]