The Abandoned Railway to Fitzroy
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ม.ค. 2023
- Melbourne is littered with abandoned and disused railways, some more obvious than others. One of the shortest was the branch line to Fitzroy Station and Goods Yard. While it no longer operates, it left a legacy that many thousands of people enjoy today.
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MORE INFORMATION
Fitzroy Goods Yard history website: fitzroygoodsyard.wordpress.com/
My website: philipmallis.com
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
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Hey Phillip,
For the rail enthusiast, when I commenced my rail career in 1976 as a trainee and eventually a driver, this railway line was still operating as a daily goods train with briquettes & timber as I recall for some factories around that very industrialised area as was common in those days around Melb and also including the Upfield line with all those factories adjoining the rail line & served by the Victorian Railways, and onto Fitzroy & branch off @ Royal Park Station onto the single rail line, it was usually a 'B Class ' Loco and sometimes a bank engine on the rear end to propel the train up the steep track from McCauley station to Royal Park then the bank Loco will uncouple and return light to Melb Yard. What an absolute menace it was to stop the train at every unprotected level crossing walk onto the road (no flashing lights or boom barriers) using a 'Red flag' to stop motor vehicles, many motorists blatantly ignored the red flag and kept going until the Loco was just nudged onto the road, they soon stopped.
That's my memory of the old Victorian Railways and this old rail line to the rail yard at Fitzroy, the old VR as I remember, thanks for the memory, well done
Cheers
Jerry
Fantastic, thanks for sharing!
And they wondered why the rail line wasn't getting good enough patronage to justify continuuing. Bikes and pedestrians now get the same treatment on the same reservations. Vicroads: "Can't inconvenience the motorist and make them wait for 15 seconds for a bunch of cyclists to cross! They probably don't even pay taxes!"
Thanks Philip. I moved to Princes Hill in North Carlton, in 1965. I was 7 years old. My lovely parents rented a terrace house in Garton Street, over-looking Princes Park footy ground. Princes Hill Primary School backed onto the Prince Of Wales Light Horse barracks. Not too far from North Carlton Station. Not only my bothers and I, but all the kids we knew, were so mischievous when exploring this train line. From the Red Rattlers and the shiny new Blue ones going towards Coburg. Goods trains on the other line, would go some way to North Fitzroy. Dodging trains on the track. I found a time table from 1916 for the Melbourne to Clifton Hill & North Fitzroy / Clifton Hill to Melbourne (Prince's Bridge) and reverse trip, when demolishing the interior of a house in Fitzroy North in the 1980's. I currently work next to that old line and my memory's of it are for the taking. Love.
Wonderful, thanks for sharing!
As a person that has lived in Melbourne my whole life I had heard of the Inner circle before however never realised it only closed in the early 1980's. I had never heard of the Fitzroy branch line before. I had previously thought the Inner circle closed in the 1950's like the Kew branch line did. Thanks for the well researched video.
I understand that the line carried passenger trains during the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. This allowed trains to be more easily rotated. Some train buffs may able to add to this information. Thank you for posting the video.
Thanks! And yes the Inner Circle Line was briefly reopened for the Olympics, but I don't believe that this included the Fitzroy Branch. Happy to be corrected on this one - I didn't anything in my research though
Correct. As the 1956 Olympic Village now sits across the road from the CSL plant, a high security criminal mental facility and a remand centre for boys under the age of 21.
Old Olympic Villagefrom 1956 was made into homes and apartments and behind it you can see the freeway that is also flemmington Rd.
The other Olympic Village is in hiedelburg plenty Rd. Now a dilapidated shopping centre sits ont hat site and hasent changed for over 30 years.
@@paiganbrady6200 There was also one in Ballarat, which was converted into a big part of the residential area in Wendouree West after the Olympics and was part of the Ballarat Town Common beforehand.
Ran one of the last trains to go down to Fitzroy Goods/ We were BONA (ZL van)on the down from the Center Yard, and a half doz GY/RY and one ELX with the ZL on the return trip
I enjoyed you educational Video on the Fitzroy branch. I had a number of runs over this line on goods trains, and twice got to grive a DERM to Fitzroy . I also had a few runs across the Inner circle railway, the last being as Fireman on D3 629 in the 60's'
I retired in 2011 due to ill health, having eventually ending up as a driver on the Tallarook - Yea - Mansfield & Alexandra railway. I was lucky enough to have captured a lot of the North Fitzroy & Fitzroy area on film. It felt strange driving trains through a parkland enviroment. Lance Adams, Retired Driver, Yea.
We moved into the area around 18 years ago. At that point in time the housing now occupying the station area had not been built, and the overbridge for the station was still in place. I believe there were still a few tracks remaining under the bridge (although that is testing my memory) so the public housing was built after 2004. A small amount of infrastructure remained. When the Bears won the premiership, all of the streets in the surrounding area were full of cars illegally parked as fans returned to the mother ground of the Fitzroy Football Club
Imagine if they had been able to take the train there.
@@timconnors The 11 tram runs very close and the 86 tram is not much further away. If the CBD is your objective, then these are a much better option than the quite circuitous railway. If there had been a direct underground link south, then a completely different story.
The Fitzroy goods was the first "road" job I did after starting on the railways in 1978 as a trainee enginemen (eventually driver). It was a quite interesting job even if it took a whole shift to complete.
G'day. Maybe you could enlighten me on something.
In 1983 us kids rode over to this line from Burnley on sunday afternoon.
We were having a look at the North Carlton station, it was all boarded up with no entry to the building.
What surprised us was the goods train that came through the tunnel from Royal Park as we thought no trains ran along this line anymore back then.
It was from memory a VR Y class loco with 2 or 3 red VR enclosed wagons and a red guards van.
It continued on through North Fitzroy and into the Fitzroy timberyard.
Do you know what and why this train was used for?
Cheers.
@@garynewton1263 I joined VR as a trainee engineman in November 1968.Early 1969 I ran a goods train to Fitzroy.Only wished I had taken my camera.
Well done, although most of the comments were about the inner circle as such. It wasn't reopened for the Olympics: it hadn't been closed. It was used for trains arriving from the west and north via Flinders St, disgorging at Jolimont, then continuing anticlockwise to Spencer St to lay over. In the afternoon, the reverse: clockwise empty, pick up, head for home.
Fitzroy was a popular destination for railway-enthusiast tours over many years. Entry was slow, with flagmen at the level crossings. The inner circle was electrified; Fitzroy never was. Surprisingly, the trainloads of briquettes were often hauled by mainline diesels. The 1892 cessation of passenger service was linked to many other closures, and were a result of a major depression. The most economically shaky of the 1880s boom extravagances succumbed. The reason for approaching Fitzroy from the north: further south was built up; the inner circle was effectively a greenfields belt line. An older line cut through from near what now is Royal Exhibition: Yan Yean tramline, for construction of the water scheme. Its route can be traced through this area too. Various earlier schemes for a Melbourne underground involved Fitzroy. IIRC one was a link from St Kilda under Swanston St to Fitzroy. It could well have had a renewed life.
Great video as always. Some incredible aerial shots that I've never seen before. The North Carlton Station (which is now a Neighbourhood House, formerly an early learning centre) is almost worthy of a follow-up video. For many years it was actually a private home, I think that Vic Rail owned it at the time and I seem to recall seeing an article in a Sunday newspaper in the 1970 's along the lines of "This family live in a train station!" It's a really lovely place these days and the station building itself is absolutely gorgeous.
Thanks very much! And yes you're right. This Carlton Community History Group has some more information on North Carlton Station and some of the other history of the Line around that time: www.cchg.asn.au/newsletter22.pdf
@@philipmallis Excellent! And of course we've got the Railway Hotel in Nicholson Street and Station Street in North Carlton. Neither make much sense unless you know that there was a railway there.
Family living in North Carlton station?
There was nobody living in it around 1983 as us kids rode over there from Burnley one sunday afternoon in 1983 and it was all boarded up at the time. We even had the pleasure of seeing a goods train come through unexpectedly. A VR Y class loco with a few red VR wagons and guards van.
Scared the crqp out of us when we saw it coming through the tunnel from Royal Park.
@@NewFalconerRecords I lived in two houses in Station St on the 'south' Carlton side: one right near the Dan O'Connell pub and the other near the Elgin St end.
I lived in McKean Street next to the foot bridge for 47.5 years. I saw the last goods train come into Fitzroy station in 1978. The goods train was converted into a party where staff were celebrating the last goods train to go into Fitzroy station.
My mother grew up in McKean st in the 20's & 30's😅.
I lived across the road from the old power station on Park St and have vague memories of the train line being used in the late 70s as I was only about 5 yrs old. Heading east took you toward the now removed silos and old fire station.
I would love to see more of this kinda videos and old stations in Melbourne that are closed
As a Melbourne born in 1961, it is fascinating to see the changes in Melbourne and the railway over this time. Thanks for presenting this and putting in the hard work. Subscribed and 304 liked.
Many thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Love this history that I didn’t know 😮
So cool; I can't believe that the Fitzroy station was still there until 1981! I didn't make my way across to Fitzroy until I was a bit older, so I missed seeing this part of history in the area where I now live. Thanks for the history!
Great to see the footbridge restored and still serving its original purpose, even if in a completely different location.
Loved the video, i hope the future inner rail loop is not a disaster
Hi Phillip, I wished I'd taken some photos of North Fitzroy station around 1986 as it was still intact then with both single sided platforms in good condition. My and my friends who had ridden from Burnley around 1982/3 had the pleasure of seeing one of the last trains running on this line. From memory it was a VR Y class diesel locao with a couple of coal cars and wagons and a guards van travelling east from royal park through to Fitzroy timber yard.
North Carlton station was bordered up back then.
There were no buildings on either of North Fitzroy's platforms in 1986 when I last drove past it.
Sad about North Fitzroy station.
I had the pleasure of seeing it many times while my father and I crossed over Nicholson street I believe it is whilst heading to Brunswick some saturday mornings in the mid 1980s.
Back then it was in quite good condition with two single sided concrete platforms.
I remember us kids riding along the Inner Circle line one sunday and there was a short diesel hauled goods train headed by I think a Y class VR loco with some read VR wagons and a guards van. I have no idea what purpose the train served but it was heading east and went into the Fitzroy timber yard.
1983 I think it was.
North Carlton station was all boarded up back then with no entry to the building. It only ever had 1 platform I believe.
Nice one Philip! I used to live nearby and remember the Fitzroy sheds and footbridge... I also remember the branch line into the APM site in Fairfield. Trains cut diagonally across the Grange and Heidelberg roads intersection. Most entertaining!
Thank yoU!
The APM siding, yes I remember when I got my first car in 1987 I used to drive along the Chandler Bridge from Richmond and see Loco's coming across Heidelberg road.
Of course in the 1880s/90s there was Fulham Grange station just north of Heidelberg rd.
Well researched and presented Philip, I grew up close to north Fitzroy station near Nicholson street. I do recall goods trains travelling along park street. I look forward “back to the future” when north Fitzroy station will be reinstated albeit underground.
Harry
This station would be used frequently by many residents today! Given the significant increase in population in the Fitzroy North and Carlton North area.
I lived and worked in this area about 1992-1995. I never heard or knew about this before. 👍👍
Used to see the remnants of those tracks when we walked to Edinburgh gardens for school sports in the 90s. Great video dude - love it
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow. The shot at 3:15 triggered a bunch of memories I'd forgotten all about. I remember the briquette factory (or at least the briquettes strewn about) I remember it being abandoned and exploring the whole area at that time and I remember the community action to make it community land.
I am so glad that they succeeded in gaining the linear park. I was born in South Mebourne. They called our area "slums". The houses were small. But we were well served with parkland. Later policy reduced or eliminated significant parkland. Entire suburbs lack a single decent park. This park isn't the most necessary park but it was possible to have and keep it. Further out there is nothing available so it is all too late. If the country wants to force DENSER living it also needs to return to the days of substantial public space. Yet governments and developers want to have their cake and eat it too. Being to the detriment of all citizens.
Thanks for a very interesting description of that rather little used line. In the 60s I was living in Parkville and occasionally saw a goods train pass uner Royal Parade going to the Edinborough Gardens Depot. In much later times I used to lead a walk from Moonee Ponds to the Inner Circle Railway to Fairfield then the Outer Circle Railway to Hughesdale with a walking club. Now I live in Sweden so it is nice to see video presentations of places I am very familiar with.
Just stumbled across your coverage of the Fitzroy branch while viewing other TH-cam clips and I have to say it brought back some great memories of the early 1960's for me. I had the privilege of riding the goods train on one occasion and learned basic shunting procedures and air brake practice as an impressionable young teenager several years before starting my railway career. I did a walk from Sydney Road to Fitzroy back on a beautiful November day when spring was at its best and noted the platform and track relics at North Fitzroy (including the old weighbridge track), the track at Alfred Street and the location of the sidings at Fitzroy (unfortunately access through the housing estate wasn't available for obvious security reasons). Your historic photos certainly hit the spot and reminded me of the layout of the place as I knew it. One interesting thing you may not be aware of is that the briquette contractor there also had mallee roots brought in by rail as many locals preferred wood fires to briquettes. Thanks for posting.
Love history and the way you present it. Obviously you have done extensive research to all your videos. It is sad to think that your videos might become the only memories of such historical changes in time to come. Keep up the good work. As a South Australian, I don't know of anyone doing the same for SA as you are doing for Victoria but i find your videos enjoyable.
Thank you very much and glad you enjoyed it! I hope that others also get into making local history videos - as you say, it may be the only record of many important things.
Hi and thank you. This answered many questions I had. It is a shame that we don't appreciate what is until it gets destroyed. Even having worked at D24 I knew little of this.
Pat.
The integrated bridge with Royal Parade is also a tell tale sign of a past railway too
Hey Philip. As a kid, I remember this line being in operation. I was lucky enough to see a train crossing as we were waiting at the Lygon street crossing. It was definitely a goods train. Thanks for the memories.
thanks for the video as always Philip :) I live right near here, so this one is extra fun!
I think the North Calrton Neighbourhood House is the old North Calrton Station, there's a cute little community garden there. I'm very glad the community was able to get this area made public space!
You are absolutely correct. Bit of a shame he didn't feature it in this video.
Thanks very much! I didn't cover the other stations on the Inner Circle Line in this video as I was just talking about the branch to Fitzroy. One day I may do one on the rest of the Line
Thankyou Phillip for another great video. Extra special for me as I have lived in this area since 1990 and walk or ride through the areas this video covered.
I remember when we first moved in there used to be a steam train on the path in Edinburgh Gardens just near those tracks you mentioned crossing Alfred Crescent. It disappeared a long time ago probably around the early '90s.
Glad you enjoyed it!
It was K174. A 2-8-0 Consolidation steam loco. It is now at Moorooduc - along with the footbridge.
I walked across the then derelict footbridge back in the 80s - not the safest thing I've ever done. On the weekend that I moved into North Fitzroy in 1980 there were hoppers parked adjacent to the wheat silos there. They were gone when I came home from work in the following week. I never saw any rail vehicles on the line again.
Interesting video - I used to live in Fitzroy North - had absolutely no idea of any of this history, thanks.😃
Saw maybe one of the last goods trains near Princess Park heading towards Royal parade in the early 80’s. A bit of a shock as l was driving up to it. Wife’s family lived close by and we had walked around the area, but assumed it was rarely used.
Awesome. I lived on Pigdon Street (200 meters from the North Carlton Station) and followed these locomotives through Carlton to Fitzroy back in the 70's. They were the good old days. Some days there would be 2 or 3 locomotive hauls (wheat and coal wagons with the old caboose). . .
Fascinating. I have noticed the railway track remnants close Edinburgh Gardens but didn't realise there was a branch line to Fitzroy. Its amazing that it only closed in 1981.
Moved to North Fitzroy in 1989 from Shepparton. Later knew about this line but jeez,1981 wasn't that long ago. Such a shame it wasn't kept as transiting across from the city via bus is quite cumbersome.
An excellent piece of little known history, thankyou. That Nth Fitzroy rise on the capital city trail is always a pain in the arse when you're knackered from work and just wanna get home, thankyou for your historial background on it, there's quite a bit of original bluestone around there to let us know it was something much more signifigant before.
Wonderful history lesson. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for this video. I used to live on Alfred Crescent in North Fitzroy a number of years ago, and while I knew there was a railway there in the past (the old circle line being quite obvious - given the old railway buildings in carlton north, what I think is an old railway building at Park St/St Georges and of course the Railway Hotel - and the knowledge that old rail yards used to be present til the 80's where parts of Edinburgh gardens are now), all the detail in your video about the Fitzroy branch is really illuminating. Also makes total sense now why there's a lot of former industrial sites in the area of the former station, particularly as you move closer towards Queens Parade.
Very interesting. Thanks Philip.
Glad you enjoyed it
Another great video. Thanks 👍
Thanks!
Great research!
…can’t believe I was just scrolling through TH-cam and my old best mate from primary school pops up. Loved this. Hope you’re ace! Subscribed x
haha it's a small world! Great to hear from you again
Excellent Phil, thanks mate
No worries and thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
Fascinating... love what you are doing.
Thank you!
I remember the train we use to get on it when I was young I lived In Fitzroy north we use to go all the way to Carlton on it with out the driver seeing us I lived in Ivan street north Fitzroy went to Alfred crescent state school
Thank you Philip for the history lesson great video’s.
Thanks very much, glad you like them!
Love this mate, perfect video 👑
Thank you 🙌
When I first moved to Melbourne many, many years ago, I always thought it odd there was no train or tram service across these very areas you mention. Now I know why. So if I want to get to North Fitzroy these days, I have to either go towards the city and then go back out OR walk blocks across to Nicholson Street to jump on a tram.
Great vid. I remember walking with my dad along the inner circle train tracks before they tore up the tracks. The overhead wires had been removed but the tracks were still there.
I enjoyed this video and the way you present Melbourne’s history is engaging and enjoyable.
Many thanks!
Great video. Very interesting rail history. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
For may decades there was a steam locomotive in Edenburough Gardens left as a play area beside the old tracks.
It was retrieved some years ago, apparentyly to be restored by some historical group.
You can still see the old train line from Royal Park station. Just like the old train line in Broadmeadows that specifically was built to carry supplies and military personnel to Major Barracks in Camp Rd, now part of a bike and walk track from Broadmeadows station all the way towards westmeadows.. formally known as old Broadmeadows.
That line sat behind broadmeadows outdoor pools which that sits has been demolished and flattened and is currently still in development of being a new state of the art park and reserve. A new playground is sitting in its place but yet to be finished currently.
Amazing facts
Great video of the old inner circle rail line. Back in the 1970's i did see a few B class Loco's with G wagons make their way along the line as i drove to or from my work place in Maribyrnong. Thanks for the video.
I remember this line well as during the 1960's my dad worked in a small iron foundry at McKean street not far from the briquette yard where the line terminated and very close to the mentioned footbridge that's now at Mooroduc station. I can also remember what looked like silos adjacent to the line
Always informative!
I've lived in Melbourne over 20 years and only discovering these things through your channel!
Thanks, glad you like them!
Great job! Melbourne has such a rich history and luckily there’s people like you who help us explore it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Mate, I literally just discovered your channel. It popped up in my feed. What a wonderful surprise. Absolutely love this video. Looking forward to exploring all of your other videos. Bravo!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I travelled to Fitzroy on a special pulled by an X class, I remember the second person (fireman) held the red flag in St. Georges road for the passing of the train. Apparently the frequency of traffic did not justify wooden gates or ding-dongs and so required a flagman.
OMG, i had to do shunting duties once at North Fizroy yard when i was a J.S.A at Royal Park in the late 70's
Another great informative episode
Thanks!
Damn Philip your best vid yet! I walk/ride through this area daily and i've never stopped to investigate the signs of an old platform and rail line around me. Fascinating history - thankyou!
No worries at all and glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
I love this kind of story. I was quite expecting to see a part about the long disused track, near where the APM (Aus Paper Mills) in Alphington was. I think I remember my dad said it was a branch line into/out of this factory 🏭, but you know how kids don't really pay attention all that much.
Happy New Year, welcome back. Looking forward for more videos for 2023
Thanks, many more to come!
Interesting that North Carlton and North Fitzroy stations are referred to on the timetable as Langridge St and Nicholson St stations respectively. They'd probably actually see a decent level of use these days if they'd been kept as a light rail!
would be good to see a variation/extension of the 82 head down brunswick rd and connect the old line
I can remember the train line it went past the old North Fitzroy fire station which I spent some time at, the firemen hated it when the coal train went by to take briquette to APM in Fairfield the could not turn out to fire alarms north side of the line.
Nice video Philip. It was interesting.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. It’s a pity that they closed the inner & outer circles. I’ve walked from Alamein to East Malvern and I wish that line still existed.
Loved this!
Thanks!
Good doco! In the seventies I drove all around Melbourne and suburbs and the Melways was King. I often wondered about the odditties in some streets. I discovered some, but you have shown me one that I missed. Thankyou.😀
No worries at all, glad you enjoyed it!
Love that Melways Edition 1 is uploaded to their website - great for a little armchair archeology!
As a kid with my Nana and Mum to Rushall from Croxton and change to the circle line to get to The Zoo or Show. thanks for your videos. please keep them coming.
Thank you, glad you enjoy them!
This was very interesting and something I did not know.
used to go over some tracks here in a cab in the 90s.
Such an interesting video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I think the footbridge you mention, or maybe another one on the route, was apparently used for filming in the Power Without Glory tv miniseries adaptation from the 1970s
Oh wow that's interesting, thanks for sharing!
Good stuff .
Great video Philip. I went to school nearby in the 1990's and remember a bit of the old rail infrastructure and surrounds.
At the railway end of the oval was a large brick building with corrugated roof. We called it 'the factory' because we could always hear machinery operating inside. It was a great source of mystery to us kids. One day we noticed a side door was open and peaked in, only to be told off by some old bloke in coveralls having a smoke. They later knocked this down and turned it into a grassed area, and later a basketball court and another building - possibly a toilet block?
There also used to be an old steam engine up near where the skatepark is/was. I think it had a picket fence around it. Seems a shame many of those old locos are no longer about in public parks like they used to be.
No worries and thanks for sharing! I believe that there are other buildings nearby associated with the cricket ground and bowling club, may have been part of those.
And there was an old locomotive in Edinburgh Gardens for a while - K 174. It was taken by the Mornington Railway Preservation Society in 1997 to be used for parts. Details here: www.australiansteam.com/k174.htm
@@philipmallis Thanks for the link, great website
In the PTV network development plan the inner circle railway line is to be rebuilt as a passenger line with the South Morang line to be connected directly through to Royal Park Station or near that alignment. The Clifton Hill line will only serve as the line to Hurstbridge.
Thank you this is interesting
You're welcome!
Thank you.
Funny thing this there was no 'Rise' or 'Mound' at the North Fitzroy station site in the 1980s when I saw it many times. It was all flat back then. I wonder why they created a mound?
And why did they demolish that two station platforms? Surely they would have been of historical value?
It's now one of the main feeders to the Napier St cycle-commute route, most of which is bike friendly and car unfriendly. The Brunswick St Oval was (and technically sort of still is) home of the Fitzroy Football Club.
the cricket club moved to doncaster right? Maxwells Home club
@@74_pelicans I believe so. The remnants of the Football Club, after the Brisbane take-over, took on University Reds who wanted to get away from University restrictions, becoming the Fitzroy Reds. I think they still play at the Brunswick St Oval (Edinburgh Gardens).
awesome! had no idea that existed
Fascinating as usual Philip! I noticed on one of the maps you provided that there was a branch line to Kensington Abattoir!? Any chance of a video on that? 😉
Thanks and that's very interesting, I didn't notice that - I'll add it to the list!
Imagine the garage parties that would happen if it was still open 😍
Philip really enjoyed the video, great history, thank you. Do you know if there was a rail line that ran along Anniversary Trail? It starts in Kew and goes through to Camberwell. As a kid I was certain that you could see the indentations of the sleepers and tracks on the trail near Cotham Road.
No worries at all, thank you. And yes there sure was! It was the Outer Circle Line and originally ran all the way through to Oakleigh (although not for very long). There's some more information here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Circle_railway_line
I can also highly recommend this documentary that was made a few years ago if you can get your hands on it: outercircleline.com.au/about-me.html
@@philipmallis That's awesome, thank you very much. C
If you reckon there's abandoned lines around and through the suburbs, you should check out the maps of all the ones in the regional and rural areas of Victoria
I have walked along this line 😊
Good show george nz
if melbourne metro 2 is built a station along this route would be great
@1:35 - "Melbourne" in this context means Spencer Street, not Flinders Street.
Were there any plans to extend this branch through/under the CBD? (It would appear to have been able to join the Northeast corner of the City Loop, for instance.) Also, who/what are "gunzils"?
Interesting
Restore it and Carlton games at Princess park. Thank you
I lived near this railway and was always amused by the man carrying a red flag ahead of the goods trains heading to Fitzroy, due to the lack of level crossing gates or booms to stop motor traffic.