Strange Melbourne Man

 And now continuing on to the other branch line, the Belgrave line! Lilydale branch line article can be found here, while stations between Richmond and Ringwood can be found here. Heathmont Heathmont's name comes from its elevated location, as well as its native shrub land being similar to Heath shrubs. Bayswater Bayswater was named after a property in The Basin, which was named after Bayswater in London, which was the J.J Miller's birthplace (Miller was the owner of the property).  Bayswater stations appears to have originally supposed to be given the name 'Macauley' , named after the nearby Post Office at the time. There is a street called 'Macauley Place' that references the original name. Boronia Boronia is named after the Boronia flower. The reason for this name was because Councillor Albert Chandler grew the plant in his nursery. Ferntree Gully Ferntree Gully acquires its name from a scenic gully located in a park in what is now the suburb of Tremont....

At Ringwood, the two lines that have followed each other since the CBD branch off and head towards two different destinations. This article will cover the line that heads off to Lilydale. This will be a shorter read than normal, as this blog is only going to cover four railway stations. Closed stations beyond Lilydale (on the Healesville and Warburton lines) will be covered in a later post. Ringwood East The station that is located east of Ringwood station, who would have guessed. For information about Ringwood station, please check out the blog post I made for Ringwood and other nearby stations in this blog post . Croydon Croydon's name came from the birthplace of Gregory Lacey's wife, who was born in Croydon, Surrey, England (now apart of Greater London). The name Croydon is believed to have come from an Anglo-Saxon term , with 'Croy' coming from 'Croh' meaning 'Crocus' (a type of flower), and 'don' coming from 'denu' meaning 'vall...

Yes, you read that right, for this blog post we are only covering stations between Richmond and Ringwood, with the Lilydale and Belgrave branch lines coming in on a later date. Anyways, let us get this over with. Richmond The name of Richmond was taken from Richmond Hill in London. The place in London seems to have its name originate from France, although this is unverifiable. Richmond was originally known as ' Swan Street ', which is the street located south of the station. East Richmond Is this a real station? The easternmost of the 4 Richmond stations, as well as being directly east of the main Richmond station.  East Richmond was originally known as 'Church Street' prior to January of 1867. Church Street is the road located east of the station. Burnley Burnley is actually named after Burnley Street, the road that crosses the line west of the station. The street's name itself has a simple origin, being named after Councillor William Burnley . He was also a Merch...

You may remember from way back that I made a post that detailed how many stations each Melbourne LGA had. There were some very interesting things I noticed that were quite intriguing, even though there were several mistakes made... The next logical step is to find out what LGA in Victoria has the most railway stations in them! Several criteria are used: - Stations included are served by either services from either V/Line or Great Southern Rail. - No stations purely served by tourist railways (Bellarine railway) are counted. - Stations located in a LGA that is considered a part of Melbourne (such as Casey) are not counted. There is a document I have made that can be found here A few thoughts: - Thirty-two LGAs are included in the spreadsheet I made. LGAs with no active train stations were not included in this table. - The LGA with the most stations is the City of Greater Geelong, with a whopping eight railway stations. These include all stations on the Geelong line from Lara all the way...