Strange Melbourne Man

I have decided that I will solve the Public Transport issues that face Melbourne at this current moment. In order to this, I propose a project that will connect major hubs, serve transport black spots, and provide a one-seat journey from Nutfield to French Island. Introducing the Melbourne terminus connector! This 475 kilometre project will feature over 200 new stations as it solves all outer suburb woes by connecting every single Melbourne train terminus with a single line, providing connections that people did not even know they needed! Route The line starts at leafy Williamstown and heads west to Seaholme, passing over the Altona reef in the process. This reef will have to make way for progress. From Seaholme, the train continues west to Werribee, passing through Altona Meadows, Seabrook, and Point Cook in the process. From Werribee, the line heads north through Tarneit, Mount Cottrell, Eynesbury and Melton, reaching Toolern Vale, where the line continues in a north west direction t...

Continuing on from Melbourne, Victoria, Sydney, and New South Wales, we now focus on Queensland, the state that Melburnians love to flock to apparently. For this spreadsheet, I tried something different. In my earlier spreadsheets the biggest city and the rest of the state each got their own spreadsheet. This was because I would do the LGAs for the city, and then at a later date, do the LGAs for the rest of the state. For this spreadsheet however, Brisbane and the rest of Queensland are together. Here is the spreadsheet in all its glory . Some notes - At eighty-five railway stations, Brisbane City council has the most stations out of any Australian LGA. - Ipswich City is a distant second for Greater Brisbane, coming in at nineteen stations. - There are only five LGAs in Greater Brisbane, with the remaining LGAs having sixteen (Moreton Bay), seven (Logan), or five stations (Redland). - Ignoring Greater Brisbane, the Queensland LGA with the most stations is far and away the Sunshine Coas...

And now we are onto the other branch line that runs through Dandenong, the Cranbourne Line! This is a very short blog (only four stations need to be covered), but this should still be enjoyable. I do not have much else to say, so let us jump in! Lyndhurst (closed) The suburb of Lyndhurst was named after Baron Lyndhurst , sometimes known as John Singleton Copley, who was Lord Chancellor of England. Lynbrook Lynbrook takes its name from the nearby suburb of Lyndhurst, pretty simple really. Merinda Park This station was named after a housing estate located east of the station. I can find very little information on the actual estate, so if anyone knows where I can find some information on it, please let me know. Cranbourne To finish things off, the Cranbourne name has a number of theories on where the name came from. One theory is that the suburb is named after the town of Cranbourne, located in the British county of Berkshire, while the other theory is that the name was inspired by the ...

Progress has been slow, but we are finally reaching the very end of Melbourne's longest line! Hopefully, the nomenclature of nine stations east of Dandenong (including 1 closed and 1 proposed station) will be of interest to people viewing this blog. Without further ado, let us get into the meat of the topic. General Motors (closed) Arguably the most famous disused station in all of Melbourne, General Motors takes its name from the only reason the station ever existed, which was a General Motors (Holden) Factory located to the north of the station. The General Motors factory closed in the 1990s but the station managed to stay open until July 2002. Hallam Hallam acquires its name from a chap named William Hallam, someone who owned the Hallam Hotel. Prior to 1904, the station was originally called 'Hallam's Road' , referring to the road located east of the station. Narre Warren Narre Warren is most definitely an Aboriginal, although the language group and meaning of the ...

Continuing with our station names series, we will now cover every station between Carnegie and Dandenong. We have quite a few stations to cover, so let us not waste anymore time. Carnegie Carnegie's name is somewhat strange, with the name apparently coming from the American Carnegie Foundation (or Andrew Carnegie, depending on who is telling the story ), who were apparently asked to give the community funds to build a library in the area. 'Rosstown' was the original name of the suburb and station. That name comes from entrepreneur William Ross who is probably most famous for building the Rosstown railway line, which was a complete and was one of the main reasons why the locals wanted to get rid of the Rosstown name. Murrumbeena Murrumbeena takes its name from Mirambena Road, the original name given to Murrumbeena road. The name is aboriginal in origin, although it is not clear what exactly the word translates to. Most sources seem to believe that the word means 'Land ...