Strange Melbourne Man

Part 3 of our Melbourne Metro train names series takes on a trip down the Werribee line, and finding out where every station on that line got its name from. The Werribee Line is one with a pretty complicated history. Prior to 1985 the section between Laverton and Altona did not exist , meaning that the line to Werribee and Geelong and the line to Altona were basically two different railway lines. Because of this, I am separating this article into 3 sections, so that it is easier to follow along. Stations that will covered in this blog. Closed stations are in black. Some of these locations may not be exact due to conflicting information. Before I get into the main part of this blog post, I will give you a quick rundown of what every station between North Melbourne and Newport comes from. If you want some more info about these stations, then you can check my blog post here . So here is the rundown: North Melbourne is north of the Melbourne CBD. South Kensington  is in the southern pa...

One of the things that I would like to talk about in this blog are what could be considered 'glimpses of the past'. And this map I saw at Greensborough Station is a good example of that. So, peep the image below (apologies for the quality): Map of Greensborough Station and surrounding area, includes some bus routes that no longer exist. What's the image? If you don't know what it is, it is a map that is intended to show the bus stops that train replacement buses depart from. But that is not the thing that makes this map interesting. What makes it interesting is that it mentions bus routes that no longer exist. Routes such as the 560, the 562, the 563, and the Sunday only 569 are mentioned on this map but none of those operate anymore. The mention of the route 569 makes me believe that the map was produced sometime before 2007, with 2007 being the year when the 569 ceased running . I will briefly go over these four bus routes and talk about when they stopped running Rout...

 Hello there! This is a blog intended to link you to other pages. It is an index page! Here's a list of all my current and future blog posts in my name origin series! 1. City Loop 2. Williamstown Line  3. Werribee Line 4. Sunbury Line 5. Showgrounds Line 6. Craigieburn Line 7. Upfield Line 8. Mernda Line 9. Hurstbridge Line 10. Ringwood Line 11. Lilydale Line 12. Belgrave Line 13. Alamein Line 14. Glen Waverley Line 15. Dandenong Line 16. Pakenham Line 17. Cranbourne Line 18. Frankston Line 19. Stony Point Line 20. Sandringham Line Click the links above (if there is a link, this is not finished) for information on your local line. Enjoy!

Hi there! This post is the second part of a multipart series documenting the origins of the names given to stations that are apart of the Melbourne Metro network. This week's post will cover the fairly quiet Williamstown Line, which will include stations shared with the Werribee line, such as Newport and Yarraville. But before we get into this week's topic, I just want to mention a few things: Firstly, thank you so much to everyone who has read the blog in the past few days, my post about the names of Melbourne's City Loop stations seemed to go down pretty well. Secondly, thank you to everyone who gave me feedback on how to improve this blog. I have added new information about Melbourne's City Loop, which you can read here. Thirdly, the next part of this series will cover the station's served by the Werribee Line, coming in two weeks. Next week's post will not have anything to do with station names. Now, with all that all said and done, let us head towards the m...

Hi there, today I want to bring to you the first of a multipart series that will featured on this blog. To make good use of my time in the great indoors I decided to do some research, finding out where the names of every railway station in Melbourne comes from. This included figuring out where the names of certain suburbs came from, because as one may already know, there are stations in Melbourne that are actually named after the suburb they're located in (I know, it's shocking). The first part of this series will cover the stations located in the City Loop, who's working name is the Melbourne Underground Rail Loop, (Credit to Redditor Bugisman3 for making me remember that Wikipedia is a thing). This will be a short introduction before we get to the more interesting bits. This introduction will include the origins of the former names given to Flinders Street, Southern Cross, and Melbourne Central, as well origin of the name provided to the now closed station of Princes Brid...