Strange Melbourne Man

 Let us get on with it. This blog will cover every station from Westgarth to Hurstbridge. If you want stations betweens Jolimont and Clifton Hill, check out this article . Westgarth Westgarth was named after Westgarth Street, the street that crosses  the rail line to the south of the station. Westgarth is also a locality within the suburb of Northcote. The locality was named after William Westgarth , a Merchant, Politician, and Historian. 1906 Age article notes that Northcote South is a confusing name. It also notes the existance of a 'Middle Northcote', which is currently modern day Northcote Station, as explained here. Westgarth first opened as 'Westgarth Street', but was renamed to 'Northcote South' in August 1888, referencing the station's location. The name was changed in 1906 due to concerns that the name was causing confusion . Dennis Dennis takes its name from William Dennis, a Councillor of the former Northcote City Council. His son, Samuel follow

Welcome to a new series to be featured on this blog! Today I will talking about suburb's in Melbourne! This week's overview will be on Keilor, a suburb roughly 15 kilometres away from Melbourne CBD. Overview of Keilor, includes its boundaries which might be a bit hard to see for some of you. What is even at Keilor? Here's what you should expect to see when at Keilor - Its got a village feel that few other suburbs in Melbourne can ever match. This is helped by the fact that the suburb is surrounded by nature. - Speaking of nature, that is another great thing about this place! It is right next to the Maribyrnong River, Taylors Creek, and Brimbank Park. Its also got a lot of nice parks within its boundaries. - It has some interesting sights to see, included a closed school, Overnewton Castle, various houses and some heritage bridges. Viewing the Keilor Iron Bridge, one of the first bridge crossings over the Maribyrnong. A closed school? Yes, a closed school. I know, your mind

 You know the drill, I write these posts and you read them, let us not mess around and head right in. What will be covered? This particular article will cover Jolimont and Mernda, and every single station in between. I will also be covering Yan Yean and Whittlesea stations, since Whittlesea was the original terminus of the line to Mernda. That is twenty-six stations all up! Enjoy! Jolimont Tiny Jolimont is an area of Melbourne that is French for 'pretty hill' . The name was most likely inspired by Charles Latrobe's wife, who was Swiss-french. West Richmond Located in the western part of Richmond, and also appears to be the name of a locality that is located near the station. The origin of the Richmond name will be explained in a later post. North Richmond The northernmost of Richmond's four stations, with the North Richmond name also being used to describe the part of Richmond close to Victoria Street. Collingwood Collingwood is named after the Collingwood Town Hall, t

Taking a break from talking about station names, we now look at some data I have compiled. The data determines how many train stations (Served by Metro and V/line) are located in each LGA. There's a table below, although you can look at the sheet I made here . Local Government Area No. of stations (overall) No. of stations (Metro only) No. of stations (V/line only) Banyle 9 9 0 Bayside 9 9 0 Boroondara 15 15 0 Brimbank 8 6 2 Cardinia 8 4 4 Casey 6 6 0 Darebin 13 13 0 Frankston 4 4 0 Glen Eira 10 10 0 Greater Dandenong 5 5 0 Hobsons Bay 10 10 0