Wouldn't it be great if they built a new train station as part of a wider precinct, instead of a stadium. Love your videos mate, I've learnt so much. Keep them coming!
The committee looking at light rail using the old corridor into Horbart concluded that it was too expensive to modify the infrastructure to take standard gauge vehicles. They did not take into account there are many modern light rail systems (particularly in Japan) which use the existing Tasrail gauge of 1067mm and thus need no modifications to the corridor. This outcome seemed pre-determined by their terms of reference which suited the government. Love your doggie!
The report certainly did seem a bit “worst case scenario” and leant towards being unviable. I have no doubt that the cost was accurate though, considering how things are done in Australia. I would like to a proper light rail in Hobart one day, not just for the Northern Suburbs but for Kingston and eastern shore too. Something needs to be done.
I took footage of that last train out of Hobart in Claremont! I also caught one of the last passenger trains from Hobart to Wynyard, and another to National Park. By then they were very outdated here, but they are increasingly becoming more relevant again in terms of urban transit again considering the huge increase in traffic congestion over the past 2 decades! So are the ferries which ran so much back,in the day…
I loved the trip from Hobart to Winyard, and remember well the commute from Claremont station to town and back when I was little. Even the trip across the bridge into Lutana station, with a short walk to my Nanny's house.
with the price of petrol and the congestion on the roads, trains seem like a great idea again. Also running a train out to the northern suburbs could help with the housing issue as well. Maybe the Japanese Government would like to put some trains in and lease them to the government
@@aussietruckphotosandmodels8510 it would all have to be built anew however the corridor is still there, that's the important part. I was homeless in Hobart three years ago because there's just not enough housing, people are greedy pricing lower income ppl out of the market and too many AirBnBs. Something really imaginative needs to happens to stop Hobart becoming an even bigger mess
A bit of nostalgia there. Travelled from Claremont to Moonah and Newtown in the 60’s for high school . Last trip for me was from Hobart to Devonport on the Tasman Limited in 1977. Our house backed onto the railway line in Claremont. Spend hours as a child watch trains go past. Thanks for the memories. 👍😊
There is still one of the original passenger trains at the Glenorchy transport museum. About once a month on a Sunday, they take visitors on a short ride from the transport museum to the Elwick Rd intersection.
Yes and you can stay for ages just having short rides up and down - it’s a great deal of fun. Plus the museum is also interesting too - a nice day out for a family for little financial outlay. I recommend it. 🚂
I can remember when the trains use to go from Hobart to the Royal Hobart show and the people were squashed in like sardines headed there everybody was so happy to be going on them
As a child I remember a Christmas picnic train trip from "Station St" Moonah to the "National Park", that was the last train trip in TAS for me. Later as a youngster I enjoyed racing the Train from Claremont to Moonah, me on my push bike Vs the train. You could catch a glimpse of the train at the various road crossing along the way. Some of the train drives seemed to enjoy the effort I put in. happy memories :)
As a small child I went on the second last journey of the Tasman Limited, from Campania to Hobart on what would have been 27 July 1978. Such a great memory. The Margate train at the start of the video is part of the old Tasman Limited. Btw such a great dog you have. I'm glad she is part of your videos.
I didn’t realise it was only 2014 when the last freight train ran from Hobart. While it’s nearly a decade ago, it doesn’t feel that long ago. That was only a couple of years before we moved to Tassie.
My widower grandfather travelled with my then three year old mother from Hobart to Ulverstone by train in 1924. He left my mother with her grandfather in Ulverstone and travelled to Melbourne looking for work…the Great Depression loomed ahead and times were hard. My mother never saw her father again as he succumbed to tuberculosis. There’s a small remnant of the Ulverstone Station platform remaining today, otherwise a modern Visitor centre can be found there now. The original station rooms have been relocated by the Don Railway Preservation people at Devonport. Railways evoke so many stories and so much history in families and communities…we’re lucky to have the spectacular coastal freight line still operating here in North West Tasmania. I would love to see passenger trains return to Tasmania…I suppose that’s unlikely given the “economics” and “profit” potential…an excellent blog again thanks Angus👌🏻
@@angusthornett Thanks for your reply Angus. I have the impression from watching your vlogs that you are empathetic and acknowledge those early hardships in a succinct and caring manor. It’s perhaps an even harder world today in the way that money and politics seem to override human rights even the right to survive as in decisions made around the current pandemic. (although it was the English political and business power players that so effectively removed resistance and created free labour in the development of colonial Hobart/Tasmania) Keep up the great work your doing, as your journey through history gets the thought processes going for many of us your subscribers, and that’s a good thing!
Thanks for the interesting commentary. On visiting Hobart those unused, rusty lines always draw my attention and curiosity. Such a shame to see its demise.
I remember catching the Tasman Limited from Hobart to Launceston in c. 1974 when I was a child, also catching the train from Hobart Railway Station to the Showgrounds in the early 1970s, thanks for your videos.
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I had the pleasure of visiting the transport museum in Glenorchy on my recent visit to Hobart. It left me wondering what could have been with passenger trains in Tasmania if they were still running. Oh, and I saw that train at Margate too en route to Bruny Island on a tour.
Whitlam wanted the Commonwealth to run Australian railways, the two Labor states SA and Tas handed their state rail to the Commonwealth, SA retained the Adelaide suburban system. After about five years most passenger services were withdrawn. In SA the Mt Gambier kept running. But during the ‘80s the daily service was reduced to a couple of times a week and people lost interest. I forget when the Victor Harbour service stopped. I said at the time, the decision was made in Canberra by someone looking at the bottom of a spreadsheet.
Yeah SAR and ANR amalgamated to become AN. then it went pear shape got gutted like an abbatoir animal. don't start on the standard gauge broad gauge debacle! Tasmania was a proud part of the AN company back in the day.
Great video! My dad used to get the train to and from work every day until it shut down. I did ride it to primary school in town one time - hardly any passengers and quicker than the bus, but being a primary schooler, it was further to walk and so did not got that way very often!
An interesting and sad video showing the shortsightedness of planners. I'm from Europe, and we see investments in rail infrastructure on many islands smaller than Tasmania such as Mallorca, Corsica, and Sardinia. The UK has just upgraded the tiny Ise of Wight railway, and on the island of Tenerife in The Canary Islands they have invested in a tram system. Maybe you have to wait a generation or two when people can't cope with the clogged road system before rail is re-introduced?
How do these countries deal with housing and businesses built up around where they want to put the train lines? Or do they not let people build there in the first place?
It's sad that the trains stopped running on this line, but it is some consolations that the tracks still mostly exist so it might still be possible to resurrect it at some point in the future. With the way that Hobart has been growing in recent years i do very much hope that town planners and politicians have been factoring in the likely need to accommodate a future Metro network for the city. This existing corridor would seem to be a decent starting point for such a network, but it would also be good to see an extension down to Kingston and Margate along with at least one line going across the river to the East bank and growing suburbs out in that direction. I am not sure how much of the line up to Launceston still exists, but it would be nice to see a passenger service being reinstated on that line if at all possible, as it would seem like a valuable asset to have for the state's tourism industry if nothing else.
In saying all that, i suppose a fast ferry service might be an alternative solution to some of these public transport problems. Even so i am unsure how far up the river remains navicable for vessels of that kind of size.
@@angusthornett You are probably right. That would make this film nearly as old as me. During my undergrad (late 1970s) days my Sociology Lecturers would point out that the Divorce Rate on the Eastern Shores increased substantially as a result of blokes not coming home (according to them) and spending nights in the company of their secretaries. I moved (with my employment at the time) from Melbourne in November 1991 to Devonport (actually chose Ulverstone). At the time people thought I was crazy as Queensland was the state to move to (whose laughing now). In 1994 I was given the choice of moving back and being retrenched, moving to Sydney or being retrenched here. I chose the later of the three (wife did not want to move the kids again) but had to temporarily move to Kingston, Hobart in 1997/8 while obtaining teaching qualifications before moving back to Ulverstone. Thanks for this and after subscribing I will check out your other videos (now I have time as a retired old fart).
it's a familiar story; rail service run down and ended in the 1970s, tracks pulled up and right-of-way sold off, just in time for the fuel crisis & pollution to become an issue with road transport. so, the world over, the choice was then between throwing money at (usually private) bus and coach services or colossal investment in brand new light rail etc.
You document both government failure and insufficient attention. They fail to recognise the tourist potential of a railway that skirts the waterside starting at Hobart. Derwent Valley Railway has been trying to run trains for many years. Even freight is not supported and heavy transport uses roads despite its environmental detriment.
One of the key reasons for the rail system being neglected as well is that up until around 20 odd years ago no one had any idea that the State's population would increase and Tassie would become a desirable place to visit and live. I remember back in the early 90's a lot of experts were constantly warning of a long term population decline for Tassie as the general consensus was that anyone who had the means to move to the mainland would do so and not return.
@@Tazza81 Generally still the case when talking about young skilled professionals. Numerous reasons for that, UTAS is constantly in the news for the wrong reasons, but many graduates withs Visas leave after their commitment, and locals in some fields generally move mainland for higher progressions/pay. I can see the rail system still being difficult to politically justify, even though personally, and from anecdotal experience it would be very positive. Reason being that the public attention is focused on health, housing, energy and education, and most cannot see a reasonable need to have "a train for what can already be driven in 2.5hrs." Which is a short sighted position but you can really only imagine the strain on the Tasmanian economy taking on such a large project (track straightening, locomotives and stock, terraforming, signals, transport reshuffle, staffing, training) that at least the last 2 generations have zero experience with.
3:55 | Unless someone comes up with great plans with the railway line through Hobart, there could be. We can’t keep turning railway lines into bike paths. Like look at what’s going on right now across the globe. This is our need to fix everything, it’s what brought us to good economies in the first place and could probably still make economies better.
Really feel like a train line from the Domain, with access to that walkover bridge would be a worth while spot for a train line, just on the old line going north. You could have a few hundred passengers in newtown, thousand or more around moonah with 2 stops and then a couple more up to Glenorchy. Just passenger trains. They talk about desperately slowing the impact of cars, there's about 70,000 people living north of the city. If they actively do something rather than wait for it to get worse it could really make a difference. Almost doubled the population up there since trains last ran. And so much of the infrastructure is there and has space to complete. They spend so much money on roads in marginal seats rather than... Blah blah you know. But it is a joke. I'm sure David Walsh and My state arena will happily build a platform if the government actually does it.
The trains no longer go to h Hobart, but terminate at Brighton, and have been replaced by trucks. The bonus is, the trucks head out from Brighton instead of trying to navigate out of Hobart’s rabbit warren. Trains in Tasmania were doomed the day cars were invented. Due to the mountainous nature of Tasmania, the line had to be made as narrow gauge to allow for the winding rail route. (Wide gauge is faster, but curve radii are much larger.) When rail took seven hours, and a car could do it in four, that was the end of it.
should request trains to return. not everyone feel like driving or catching a bus to launceston. i feel like trains are perfect for making long distance trips. its like when i was planning a trip from hobart to newcastle. i fly to Sydney first than catch a 3 hour train ride because its cheaper than going direct flight to newcastle. i reckon it would be the same if you fly to launceston airport then train to hobart. not having trams makes sense since buses will do for that considering the road is not big enough for both buses and trams.
I was there when the last train left. I heard there was a plan for a train to Mona but no matter how many millions was thrown at the government they still said no. Very unfortunate given its potential, Now its all talk of a second university or stadium .... blah blah
Whoever it was ,was a fool and lacked forsite, just the track out to Mt Field would pay for itself from tourism let alone people coming in from outer suburbs and towns now ,less traffic on the roads , even the line from Sorell would now be well and truly well patronised , its just a damn shame to think these tracks have gone or let run down, it will take money from overseas to restore because council and government just don't want to do it with their money , it's pathetic
Love the old/new photo merge @ 2.40. Just wonderful!
Wouldn't it be great if they built a new train station as part of a wider precinct, instead of a stadium.
Love your videos mate, I've learnt so much. Keep them coming!
What is the point of that, if you want trains you have to build patronage, the best way to build patronage is...
Oh you guessed it a stadium!
"I wonder why progress looks so much like destruction." John Steinbeck
The committee looking at light rail using the old corridor into Horbart concluded that it was too expensive to modify the infrastructure to take standard gauge vehicles. They did not take into account there are many modern light rail systems (particularly in Japan) which use the existing Tasrail gauge of 1067mm and thus need no modifications to the corridor. This outcome seemed pre-determined by their terms of reference which suited the government. Love your doggie!
The report certainly did seem a bit “worst case scenario” and leant towards being unviable. I have no doubt that the cost was accurate though, considering how things are done in Australia. I would like to a proper light rail in Hobart one day, not just for the Northern Suburbs but for Kingston and eastern shore too. Something needs to be done.
@@trevorgdn You are right, the over reliance on cars has been a blight on urban development.
I took footage of that last train out of Hobart in Claremont! I also caught one of the last passenger trains from Hobart to Wynyard, and another to National Park. By then they were very outdated here, but they are increasingly becoming more relevant again in terms of urban transit again considering the huge increase in traffic congestion over the past 2 decades! So are the ferries which ran so much back,in the day…
I loved the trip from Hobart to Winyard, and remember well the commute from Claremont station to town and back when I was little. Even the trip across the bridge into Lutana station, with a short walk to my Nanny's house.
I still remember that last train that went out of Hobart. Standing on the back porch waving. Such an emotional day.
I did the overnighter from Hobart to Launceston in 1975, and still remember the rocking of the carriages on he bends and on the narrow gauge track.
with the price of petrol and the congestion on the roads, trains seem like a great idea again. Also running a train out to the northern suburbs could help with the housing issue as well. Maybe the Japanese Government would like to put some trains in and lease them to the government
How are you going to run an effective service on a single track? All the trains go to Brighton where they queue, than they all come back again !!!!!!
They can remove the bike lane to make it double track to hobart and build an underground station to central hobart?
@@aussietruckphotosandmodels8510 it would all have to be built anew however the corridor is still there, that's the important part. I was homeless in Hobart three years ago because there's just not enough housing, people are greedy pricing lower income ppl out of the market and too many AirBnBs. Something really imaginative needs to happens to stop Hobart becoming an even bigger mess
@@darylatkinson8802 that's a really great idea
A bit of nostalgia there. Travelled from Claremont to Moonah and Newtown in the 60’s for high school . Last trip for me was from Hobart to Devonport on the Tasman Limited in 1977. Our house backed onto the railway line in Claremont. Spend hours as a child watch trains go past. Thanks for the memories. 👍😊
Thanks, Fred.
Such a great video. I always learn so much about Tasmania from your videos.
Thanks for the support, homes
There is still one of the original passenger trains at the Glenorchy transport museum. About once a month on a Sunday, they take visitors on a short ride from the transport museum to the Elwick Rd intersection.
Yes and you can stay for ages just having short rides up and down - it’s a great deal of fun. Plus the museum is also interesting too - a nice day out for a family for little financial outlay. I recommend it. 🚂
I can remember when the trains use to go from Hobart to the Royal Hobart show and the people were squashed in like sardines headed there everybody was so happy to be going on them
Very sad & sign of the times - thanks mate for this interesting bit of history.
Love your videos and have such great memories of growing up in and around Hobart. Love it
As a child I remember a Christmas picnic train trip from "Station St" Moonah to the "National Park", that was the last train trip in TAS for me.
Later as a youngster I enjoyed racing the Train from Claremont to Moonah, me on my push bike Vs the train. You could catch a glimpse of the train at the various road crossing along the way. Some of the train drives seemed to enjoy the effort I put in. happy memories :)
As a small child I went on the second last journey of the Tasman Limited, from Campania to Hobart on what would have been 27 July 1978. Such a great memory. The Margate train at the start of the video is part of the old Tasman Limited. Btw such a great dog you have. I'm glad she is part of your videos.
Development purgatory is the best term I have heard, it's starting to become our whole city though.
It’s past of Tasmanian culture. Things happen slowly and the outcomes are suboptimal.
I didn’t realise it was only 2014 when the last freight train ran from Hobart. While it’s nearly a decade ago, it doesn’t feel that long ago. That was only a couple of years before we moved to Tassie.
My widower grandfather travelled with my then three year old mother from Hobart to Ulverstone by train in 1924. He left my mother with her grandfather in Ulverstone and travelled to Melbourne looking for work…the Great Depression loomed ahead and times were hard. My mother never saw her father again as he succumbed to tuberculosis.
There’s a small remnant of the Ulverstone Station platform remaining today, otherwise a modern Visitor centre can be found there now. The original station rooms have been relocated by the Don Railway Preservation people at Devonport. Railways evoke so many stories and so much history in families and communities…we’re lucky to have the spectacular coastal freight line still operating here in North West Tasmania. I would love to see passenger trains return to Tasmania…I suppose that’s unlikely given the “economics” and “profit” potential…an excellent blog again thanks Angus👌🏻
Thanks, James. The past was a terrible hard place.
@@angusthornett Thanks for your reply Angus. I have the impression from watching your vlogs that you are empathetic and acknowledge those early hardships in a succinct and caring manor. It’s perhaps an even harder world today in the way that money and politics seem to override human rights even the right to survive as in decisions made around the current pandemic. (although it was the English political and business power players that so effectively removed resistance and created free labour in the development of colonial Hobart/Tasmania) Keep up the great work your doing, as your journey through history gets the thought processes going for many of us your subscribers, and that’s a good thing!
Thanks for the interesting commentary.
On visiting Hobart those unused, rusty lines always draw my attention and curiosity.
Such a shame to see its demise.
I remember catching the Tasman Limited from Hobart to Launceston in c. 1974 when I was a child, also catching the train from Hobart Railway Station to the Showgrounds in the early 1970s, thanks for your videos.
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I had the pleasure of visiting the transport museum in Glenorchy on my recent visit to Hobart. It left me wondering what could have been with passenger trains in Tasmania if they were still running. Oh, and I saw that train at Margate too en route to Bruny Island on a tour.
Brilliant! Really enjoyed this. Thankyou!
Whitlam wanted the Commonwealth to run Australian railways, the two Labor states SA and Tas handed their state rail to the Commonwealth, SA retained the Adelaide suburban system.
After about five years most passenger services were withdrawn. In SA the Mt Gambier kept running. But during the ‘80s the daily service was reduced to a couple of times a week and people lost interest. I forget when the Victor Harbour service stopped. I said at the time, the decision was made in Canberra by someone looking at the bottom of a spreadsheet.
Yeah SAR and ANR amalgamated to become AN. then it went pear shape got gutted like an abbatoir animal. don't start on the standard gauge broad gauge debacle! Tasmania was a proud part of the AN company back in the day.
Enjoyed your documentary on trains in Hobart. A great share Angus.
Great video! My dad used to get the train to and from work every day until it shut down. I did ride it to primary school in town one time - hardly any passengers and quicker than the bus, but being a primary schooler, it was further to walk and so did not got that way very often!
As an Albertan, I feel your pain for seeing the removal of a huge chunk of your railway network...
What’s an Albertan?
@@trevorgdn Probably in reference to the Canadian province
An interesting and sad video showing the shortsightedness of planners. I'm from Europe, and we see investments in rail infrastructure on many islands smaller than Tasmania such as Mallorca, Corsica, and Sardinia. The UK has just upgraded the tiny Ise of Wight railway, and on the island of Tenerife in The Canary Islands they have invested in a tram system. Maybe you have to wait a generation or two when people can't cope with the clogged road system before rail is re-introduced?
Trains will never come back to Hobart. They belong to history.
How do these countries deal with housing and businesses built up around where they want to put the train lines? Or do they not let people build there in the first place?
It's sad that the trains stopped running on this line, but it is some consolations that the tracks still mostly exist so it might still be possible to resurrect it at some point in the future. With the way that Hobart has been growing in recent years i do very much hope that town planners and politicians have been factoring in the likely need to accommodate a future Metro network for the city. This existing corridor would seem to be a decent starting point for such a network, but it would also be good to see an extension down to Kingston and Margate along with at least one line going across the river to the East bank and growing suburbs out in that direction. I am not sure how much of the line up to Launceston still exists, but it would be nice to see a passenger service being reinstated on that line if at all possible, as it would seem like a valuable asset to have for the state's tourism industry if nothing else.
In saying all that, i suppose a fast ferry service might be an alternative solution to some of these public transport problems. Even so i am unsure how far up the river remains navicable for vessels of that kind of size.
I think trains are almost definitely gone for good in Hobart.
@@angusthornett a little disheartening, but I guess Hobart isn't exactly the easiest place for trains to operate.
the hobart turntable is now at Queenscliff and it somewhat in use
3:00 The chunk out of the bridge was from the January 1975 Bridge Disaster.
I think it's actually from when the bridge was being built.
@@angusthornett You are probably right. That would make this film nearly as old as me. During my undergrad (late 1970s) days my Sociology Lecturers would point out that the Divorce Rate on the Eastern Shores increased substantially as a result of blokes not coming home (according to them) and spending nights in the company of their secretaries. I moved (with my employment at the time) from Melbourne in November 1991 to Devonport (actually chose Ulverstone). At the time people thought I was crazy as Queensland was the state to move to (whose laughing now). In 1994 I was given the choice of moving back and being retrenched, moving to Sydney or being retrenched here. I chose the later of the three (wife did not want to move the kids again) but had to temporarily move to Kingston, Hobart in 1997/8 while obtaining teaching qualifications before moving back to Ulverstone. Thanks for this and after subscribing I will check out your other videos (now I have time as a retired old fart).
The old tracks would make a great cycle path.
Love your very interesting history, thanks 😊
it's a familiar story; rail service run down and ended in the 1970s, tracks pulled up and right-of-way sold off, just in time for the fuel crisis & pollution to become an issue with road transport. so, the world over, the choice was then between throwing money at (usually private) bus and coach services or colossal investment in brand new light rail etc.
Imagine the tourism boost if the steam trains could run again.
Amazing video mate. Thanks for sharing.
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Just realised that it’s now 10 years since trains ran in Hobart
Time flies
You document both government failure and insufficient attention. They fail to recognise the tourist potential of a railway that skirts the waterside starting at Hobart. Derwent Valley Railway has been trying to run trains for many years. Even freight is not supported and heavy transport uses roads despite its environmental detriment.
One of the key reasons for the rail system being neglected as well is that up until around 20 odd years ago no one had any idea that the State's population would increase and Tassie would become a desirable place to visit and live. I remember back in the early 90's a lot of experts were constantly warning of a long term population decline for Tassie as the general consensus was that anyone who had the means to move to the mainland would do so and not return.
@@Tazza81 Generally still the case when talking about young skilled professionals. Numerous reasons for that, UTAS is constantly in the news for the wrong reasons, but many graduates withs Visas leave after their commitment, and locals in some fields generally move mainland for higher progressions/pay.
I can see the rail system still being difficult to politically justify, even though personally, and from anecdotal experience it would be very positive. Reason being that the public attention is focused on health, housing, energy and education, and most cannot see a reasonable need to have "a train for what can already be driven in 2.5hrs." Which is a short sighted position but you can really only imagine the strain on the Tasmanian economy taking on such a large project (track straightening, locomotives and stock, terraforming, signals, transport reshuffle, staffing, training) that at least the last 2 generations have zero experience with.
The mural is pretty cool, I’d love to photograph that next time I’m down that way, where abouts is it located?
It was Colonel Mustard in the Library with the candle stick!!
3:55 | Unless someone comes up with great plans with the railway line through Hobart, there could be.
We can’t keep turning railway lines into bike paths.
Like look at what’s going on right now across the globe.
This is our need to fix everything, it’s what brought us to good economies in the first place and could probably still make economies better.
I suspect that trains are gone forever in Hobart.
Really feel like a train line from the Domain, with access to that walkover bridge would be a worth while spot for a train line, just on the old line going north. You could have a few hundred passengers in newtown, thousand or more around moonah with 2 stops and then a couple more up to Glenorchy. Just passenger trains. They talk about desperately slowing the impact of cars, there's about 70,000 people living north of the city. If they actively do something rather than wait for it to get worse it could really make a difference. Almost doubled the population up there since trains last ran. And so much of the infrastructure is there and has space to complete. They spend so much money on roads in marginal seats rather than... Blah blah you know. But it is a joke. I'm sure David Walsh and My state arena will happily build a platform if the government actually does it.
The trains no longer go to h
Hobart, but terminate at Brighton, and have been replaced by trucks. The bonus is, the trucks head out from Brighton instead of trying to navigate out of Hobart’s rabbit warren. Trains in Tasmania were doomed the day cars were invented. Due to the mountainous nature of Tasmania, the line had to be made as narrow gauge to allow for the winding rail route. (Wide gauge is faster, but curve radii are much larger.) When rail took seven hours, and a car could do it in four, that was the end of it.
Things change.
Love the posts!
Thanks, mate
Loved it. Thank you.
Once removed, rails will never be replaced
Agree. Gone for good.
They say there are railway lines right around Tasmania some are government some owned by mines
Still trains in Tasmania, for sure. Just not in Hobart.
So if you needed to go from Hobart to Launceston you'll either go by bus if they even have buses? Or drive or steal a car if you're underage?
Rollerblade, dude.
Really great work..
Thanks, mate.
should request trains to return. not everyone feel like driving or catching a bus to launceston. i feel like trains are perfect for making long distance trips. its like when i was planning a trip from hobart to newcastle. i fly to Sydney first than catch a 3 hour train ride because its cheaper than going direct flight to newcastle. i reckon it would be the same if you fly to launceston airport then train to hobart. not having trams makes sense since buses will do for that considering the road is not big enough for both buses and trams.
Taiwan, for comparison, is a rather small island too. But what a factual difference !
these days we need trains again! they have less of a carbon foot print and would help traffic
That is so very sad !
Great videos mate. Hopefully some sense prevails and they get some light rail up and running before they sell the rail corridor to foreign investors.
I suspect the rail corridor will stay exactly as it is for the next hundred years and beyond.
I threw up inside the Margate train as a 7 yr old
I was there when the last train left.
I heard there was a plan for a train to Mona but no matter how many millions was thrown at the government they still said no.
Very unfortunate given its potential, Now its all talk of a second university or stadium .... blah blah
I thought you were Hemsworth until I knew what was going on. Good vid
Angus Thor nett
Whoever it was ,was a fool and lacked forsite, just the track out to Mt Field would pay for itself from tourism let alone people coming in from outer suburbs and towns now ,less traffic on the roads , even the line from Sorell would now be well and truly well patronised , its just a damn shame to think these tracks have gone or let run down, it will take money from overseas to restore because council and government just don't want to do it with their money , it's pathetic
Nice video
SAD, they call this 'progress' yeah right!
In primary school we caught the train to paratah and high school to the national park
Boomers got rid of the trams and trains