Thank you for this extremely interesting video. I find the simultaneously screened before and after views to be very helpful in understanding the lay of the land especially as I am not a local. Great video and I look forward to your next video.
Thanks for your endorsement of the video style. I thought a few more may have commented, but you are the first. I can only assume that the punters are happy with it. Next week will probably be a tram versus bus comparison in Sydney, the following week probably Melbourne’s tram 6.
@tressteleg1 I look forward to your next video which will be interesting especially as I drove buses in Sydney for almost 50 years. It is interesting to know that the running time allocated to buses between Circular Quay and Railway Square in the 1980's was virtually the same as the time allocated to the trams in 1958.
@@aussiejohn5835 The upcoming video covers from Kingsford Juniors to Circular Quay. You probably will enjoy the bus ride which occupies the left half of the screen.
I visited the worksite in Dandenong in July 2022 after the duplication was completed but while the spur for the Port Rail Shuttle was still being built.
A spur line into an intermodal terminal that's being built in Dandenong South, where container freight can be moved from the port and then distributed from the intermodal terminal. Google "Port Rail Shuttle" because TH-cam doesn't like links being left in comments.
There is a lot of talk about extending to Clyde because of the amount of development down there, but no firm plans yet. According to the big build Cranbourne Line Upgrade community update - September 2019, the project is "paving the way for a future rail extension out to Clyde." The Libs actually promised to fund it at the last election.
Great to see the line duplicated and level crossings removed. Now, all that's left is for the line to be extended to Clyde and possibly even Koo Wee Rup. God Willing
Good video. And it’s changed even more since this video was made with the full completion of the duplication and the completion of some of the level crossing removals. Camms Rd is still in progress. Thanks for sharing. 👍
Will you ever get any footage of either the Pakenham or Cranbourne (or Sunbury in the future) line from a HCMT? That would be pretty cool since I haven't seen any footage from the cab of one of them on here yet.
I don’t know if my driver has been trained to drive those trains yet. Bit by bit that entire line is being isolated from the rest of the network so it’s possible that when the metro tunnel opens the line will be totally independent and possibly operated by someone besides the Metro company. So it will depend on which side of the fence he intends to work for, if the split happens. Whether HCMT trains will work elsewhere, I don’t know.
Without wishing to cut tressteleg1's lunch, Driver667 has some recent cab view videos covering all of that line from Traralgon to Southern Cross on a V-Line train, if you want to check those out.
@@msg5507 I have actually watched all of those and enjoyed them quite a lot, but I'd really love to see a driver's view video specifically from a HCMT, as I have not seen any at all on TH-cam as of now.
Unfortunately that ticket will expire before those rails are in use again. As for tickets, I rode there twice but bought no ticket - my tram worker’s pass covered me.
@@tressteleg1 Bu that nice Mr Kennett promised me he would be reinvesting the efficiency dividend once he had implemented the Lonie Report and brought back the Mansfield Line, and my ticket would be 'really worth something'. I wasn't so silly as to buy a ticket to Yarram, though.
Good to see how labor governments invest in infrastructure, after many years of neglect from the liberals, Rupert Hamer and Henry Bolte, the later did not do much for rail improvements
That tends to be the trend, however for better or for worse, it was the New South Wales liberals who put a lot of money into trams and especially metros. Some have suggested that we can thank Hamer and Bolte for saving Melbourne‘s trams as they were too stingy to buy replacement buses. They wanted the money spent in regional parts of Victoria.
Unfortunately for us on the Glen Waverley line “Teflon Dan” didn’t have any works, other than the Toorak Road overpass, done. Still have rail crossings at High Street Glen Iris, Tooronga Road Tooronga, Glenferrie Road Kooyong and Madden Grove Burnley. Stuff all votes for the Labour Party here but they choose to spend our tax dollars removing rail crossings in the back blocks passed Dandenong, out towards Cranbourne and Pakenham. And before any negative responses, we lived for almost 10 years in Langwarrin so I know what I’m talking about.
Thank you for this extremely interesting video. I find the simultaneously screened before and after views to be very helpful in understanding the lay of the land especially as I am not a local. Great video and I look forward to your next video.
Thanks for your endorsement of the video style. I thought a few more may have commented, but you are the first. I can only assume that the punters are happy with it.
Next week will probably be a tram versus bus comparison in Sydney, the following week probably Melbourne’s tram 6.
@tressteleg1 I look forward to your next video which will be interesting especially as I drove buses in Sydney for almost 50 years. It is interesting to know that the running time allocated to buses between Circular Quay and Railway Square in the 1980's was virtually the same as the time allocated to the trams in 1958.
@@aussiejohn5835 The upcoming video covers from Kingsford Juniors to Circular Quay. You probably will enjoy the bus ride which occupies the left half of the screen.
@@tressteleg1 I am certainly looking forward to that video. 😀
I visited the worksite in Dandenong in July 2022 after the duplication was completed but while the spur for the Port Rail Shuttle was still being built.
Well in a year or two when the line is finished and I do a follow-up video, no doubt that will have been working for some time.
What is that?
A spur line into an intermodal terminal that's being built in Dandenong South, where container freight can be moved from the port and then distributed from the intermodal terminal. Google "Port Rail Shuttle" because TH-cam doesn't like links being left in comments.
@@msg5507Ok, thanks.
th-cam.com/video/llaPndiCCFk/w-d-xo.html
Are there plans to extend the line? The old Gippsland Railway was longer.
It actually went to Leongatha and unless there is some decent sized town not too far away, re-extending the line is unlikely.
There is a lot of talk about extending to Clyde because of the amount of development down there, but no firm plans yet. According to the big build Cranbourne Line Upgrade community update - September 2019, the project is "paving the way for a future rail extension out to Clyde." The Libs actually promised to fund it at the last election.
Thanks. Local knowledge can come in handy.
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Great to see the line duplicated and level crossings removed. Now, all that's left is for the line to be extended to Clyde and possibly even Koo Wee Rup. God Willing
Great innovative vid' . A picture is worth a thousand words .
Glad you liked the concept. However only a couple of other viewers even mentioned it.
Good video.
And it’s changed even more since this video was made with the full completion of the duplication and the completion of some of the level crossing removals. Camms Rd is still in progress.
Thanks for sharing. 👍
Thanks for that update. I expected that the job would have progressed further since then. I’ll update it again when the last job is done.
Is there footage of the completed duplication?
No, for the simple reason that they have not yet built some of the required bridges.
Will you ever get any footage of either the Pakenham or Cranbourne (or Sunbury in the future) line from a HCMT? That would be pretty cool since I haven't seen any footage from the cab of one of them on here yet.
I don’t know if my driver has been trained to drive those trains yet. Bit by bit that entire line is being isolated from the rest of the network so it’s possible that when the metro tunnel opens the line will be totally independent and possibly operated by someone besides the Metro company. So it will depend on which side of the fence he intends to work for, if the split happens. Whether HCMT trains will work elsewhere, I don’t know.
@@tressteleg1Ok, thanks for letting me know. I guess we will see.
😊👍
Without wishing to cut tressteleg1's lunch, Driver667 has some recent cab view videos covering all of that line from Traralgon to Southern Cross on a V-Line train, if you want to check those out.
@@msg5507 I have actually watched all of those and enjoyed them quite a lot, but I'd really love to see a driver's view video specifically from a HCMT, as I have not seen any at all on TH-cam as of now.
Thanks that provided an excellent perspective the duplication 👍
I’m pleased that you like the format. Only one other viewer commented about this, and positively.
@@tressteleg1 I felt it gave an excellent feel of how much had changed
Impressive video!
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a pleasure to watch
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Very interesting video. Thanks Tressteleg1😀💚
Yes, a bit different.
Oh I think I just saw Timon and Pumbaa at the former Merinda Park Station. 😂
Thanks tresstleg1🥰👌
Never been on the Cranbourne line before always catch the bus from Hampton Park
Well I think that bus would be cross-country and trains are generally focussed on the city so would be a very roundabout trip for you.
it ll be great when thy open up the rail through cranbourne again :)
If you mean beyond Cranbourne, don’t hold your breath 😵💫
I've already got my Spencer Street to Leongatha ticket [return].
Unfortunately that ticket will expire before those rails are in use again. As for tickets, I rode there twice but bought no ticket - my tram worker’s pass covered me.
@@tressteleg1 Bu that nice Mr Kennett promised me he would be reinvesting the efficiency dividend once he had implemented the Lonie Report and brought back the Mansfield Line, and my ticket would be 'really worth something'. I wasn't so silly as to buy a ticket to Yarram, though.
Don’t get me started how ‘you’re best mate’ did his best to destroy the tramway while I was driving it.
That was good, thanks for sharing. Cheers.
😊👍
Good to see how labor governments invest in infrastructure, after many years of neglect from the liberals, Rupert Hamer and Henry Bolte, the later did not do much for rail improvements
That tends to be the trend, however for better or for worse, it was the New South Wales liberals who put a lot of money into trams and especially metros. Some have suggested that we can thank Hamer and Bolte for saving Melbourne‘s trams as they were too stingy to buy replacement buses. They wanted the money spent in regional parts of Victoria.
Unfortunately for us on the Glen Waverley line “Teflon Dan” didn’t have any works, other than the Toorak Road overpass, done. Still have rail crossings at High Street Glen Iris, Tooronga Road Tooronga, Glenferrie Road Kooyong and Madden Grove Burnley. Stuff all votes for the Labour Party here but they choose to spend our tax dollars removing rail crossings in the back blocks passed Dandenong, out towards Cranbourne and Pakenham. And before any negative responses, we lived for almost 10 years in Langwarrin so I know what I’m talking about.