Strange Melbourne Man

Next up, we have the Craigieburn Line, an interesting line that's a tad underrated in my unprofessional opinion. It has interesting stations and a whole batch of name origins. Some of them are interesting, others not so much. To be specific, this article covers the 15 stations on the Craigieburn line that are after North Melbourne station. Anyway, I should stop blubbering on about nothing, Let us dive right in! Kensington In my Williamstown line article I talked briefly about South Kensington, but never mentioned where the Kensington part of the name came from. Well. for those of you who were wondering, Kensington is named after the London suburb of the same name . Kensington in London had major significance, with Kensington Palace being the birthplace of Queen Victoria. Kensington is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word 'Chenesitun', which references a family known as 'Chensei'. Newmarket Newmarket is named after the Newmarket Saleyards that existed between Epsom an...

September is the month that the Melbourne Show takes place. During any year that is not 2020, there would be an event called the Melbourne Show, occurring every September. Because the show is such a popular event for the city, the dormant Showgrounds station, located on the part-time Flemington Racecourse line, would be open, helping those from the south and the east get to the show without too much hassle. Welcome to part 5 of my Melbourne Train Station names series! This part is pretty short, only covering two stations. Anyway, let us dive right in. Showgrounds Named after the Melbourne Showgrounds located to the north of the station, what more should I say? The use of the name showgrounds is really only used in the UK (where they are called Showground), Australia, and New Zealand. Flemington Racecourse Flemington Racecourse station's name comes from the racecourse of the same name, located roughly east of the station . The name Flemington comes from two possible sources . The ...

Moving along, we have another part of the name origin series that will be covered in this article. Today's topic, the Sunbury Line! Sunbury Line stations from the PTV map, does not include White City or Holden. This article will cover every station on the Sunbury Line from Middle Footscray to Sunbury. This includes eleven stations that are open and two that are currently closed. For information on stations such as North Melbourne, South Kensington, Footscray, you can view my article on the Williamstown line, which can be found here . With that out of the way, let us find out where some of these names come from! Middle Footscray Middle Footscray's name is of obvious origin, being right in between Footscray and West Footscray. I have already written in an earlier post that Footscray is named after the town of Foots Cray in England. West Footscray Footscray is the westernmost of the Footscray area's three stations and is located in the suburb of the same name. Prior to Septem...