tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909424.post3938049238854133589..comments2024-03-24T23:01:11.766+11:00Comments on Melbourne on Transit: Peter Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413976934040474125noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909424.post-39741061283311956852008-04-01T11:28:00.000+11:002008-04-01T11:28:00.000+11:00I used to enjoy standing on the platform at Museum...I used to enjoy standing on the platform at Museum looking at the wall posters across the tracks that said I could get a diesel train to Yering and Tarrawarra.<BR/><BR/>Sadly it was not true by less than 2 months - the loop opening in January 1981 but the last Healesville train in December 1980.<BR/><BR/>I am guessing but suspect you could actually catch a Mornington train for a brief period after the loop opened.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909424.post-89278465710973685482008-03-06T06:48:00.000+11:002008-03-06T06:48:00.000+11:00Here's another - at the Transport House tram super...Here's another - at the Transport House tram super stop (Collins/Spender) the directional signs near the stop exits still point people to the "Free Docklands Shuttle Bus" (which replaced Tram 31 during the re-construction of Spencer Street Station. It hasn't run in a couple of years, but the signage looks new and modern so people could be more easily confused.<BR/><BR/>Also, I'm pretty sure there is a black-on-yellow sign at Collins/William (south west quadrant) about sunday tram services departing from Elizabeth Street, which again hasn't happened for a couple of years. There may be another at Bourke Street too.<BR/><BR/>At North Melbourne station there is a sign with arrows pointing the way to trains and buses. The bus arrow refers to the 216/219 a few hundred metres away. There is a shiny new bus stop sign for the 401 immediately adjacent which at any other station would have a second "buses" arrow marker on the main sign.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06317018284079545033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909424.post-15188906408709116722008-03-04T07:41:00.000+11:002008-03-04T07:41:00.000+11:00Go to the corner of Ascot Vale Road and Maribyrnon...Go to the corner of Ascot Vale Road and Maribyrnong Road. On the southwest quadrant there's a telegraph pole behind the northbound traffic light. Behind the traffic lights there is a 1950s era Bus Stop flag for a Route No. 74A or somesuch.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06317018284079545033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909424.post-69598395143035329502007-11-03T22:24:00.000+11:002007-11-03T22:24:00.000+11:00At Footscray in the street where the tram terminus...At Footscray in the street where the tram terminus is there is not only a Met bus stop sign - there is also a 20yr old timetable for route 404! Back when it had a better service than it does now.Somebodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16707243501465478774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909424.post-64264603647247565942007-11-02T23:13:00.000+11:002007-11-02T23:13:00.000+11:00Tons of old maps at Flagstaff Station. Old Met bus...Tons of old maps at Flagstaff Station. Old Met bus stop signs in Footscray.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612486802520356809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909424.post-39359594480276709062007-11-02T21:31:00.000+11:002007-11-02T21:31:00.000+11:00There are lots more around. So many and so used t...There are lots more around. So many and so used to seeing them, I could not list them, even if I could remember them all.<BR/><BR/>But I have never noticed the Port Melbourne/St Kilda sign in the Degraves Street subway. The old tiles there and in Elizabeth Street subway have passed on from being an interesting quirk to an embarrassment.<BR/><BR/>I don't like either city station name changes, but I dislike Melbourne Central the most.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com