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Upfield Line
The Upfield line is a commuter railway line in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Operated by Metro Trains Melbourne, it is the city's fifth-shortest metropolitan railway line at . The line runs from Flinders Street station in central Melbourne to Upfield station in the north, serving 19 stations via North Melbourne, Brunswick, Coburg, and Fawkner. The line operates for approximately 19 hours a day (from approximately 05:00 to around midnight) with a 24-hour service on Friday and Saturday nights. During peak hours, headways of up to 15 minutes are operated, with services every 20–30 minutes during off-peak hours. Trains run in two three-car formations of either Comeng or Siemens Nexas sets. Services on the line began in 1884 when it opened from North Melbourne to Coburg. In October 1889, it was extended to Somerton. The continued existence of the line was in serious doubt in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with proposals for it either to be converted to a light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siemens Nexas
The Siemens Nexas is a class of electric multiple units manufactured by Siemens Transportation Systems for the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Australia between 2002 and 2005. The design of the trains was based on the Siemens Modular Metro. History In March 2000, M>Train ordered 62 Siemens Nexas trains to fulfill a franchise commitment to replace its fleet of Hitachi trains. The original order was for 62 3-car sets, with an option for an additional ten 3-car sets. In December 2002 just before the first was delivered, National Express handed the M>Train franchise back to the Government of Victoria, thus the first Siemens Nexas trains were delivered to the government. All passed to Connex Melbourne in April 2004. The option for ten additional trains was exercised in August 2005, with the last of these delivered in January 2006. Siemens Rail Services was contracted to provide maintenance of the trains for a period of 15 years (subject to refranchising) at Newport W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Direct Current
Direct current (DC) is one-directional electric current, flow of electric charge. An electrochemical cell is a prime example of DC power. Direct current may flow through a conductor (material), conductor such as a wire, but can also flow through semiconductors, electrical insulation, insulators, or even through a vacuum as in electron beam, electron or ion beams. The electric current flows in a constant direction, distinguishing it from alternating current (AC). A archaism, term formerly used for this type of current was galvanic current. The abbreviations ''AC'' and ''DC'' are often used to mean simply ''alternating'' and ''direct'', as when they modify ''Electric current, current'' or ''voltage''. Direct current may be converted from an alternating current supply by use of a rectifier, which contains Electronics, electronic elements (usually) or electromechanical elements (historically) that allow current to flow only in one direction. Direct current may be converted into alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railroad Tie
A railroad tie, crosstie (American English), railway tie (Canadian English) or railway sleeper ( Australian and British English) is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks. Generally laid perpendicular to the rails, ties transfer loads to the track ballast and subgrade, hold the rails upright and keep them spaced to the correct gauge. Railroad ties are traditionally made of wood, but prestressed concrete is now also widely used, especially in Europe and Asia. Steel ties are common on secondary lines in the UK; plastic composite ties are also employed, although far less than wood or concrete. As of January 2008, the approximate market share in North America for traditional and wood ties was 91.5%, the remainder being concrete, steel, azobé (red ironwood) and plastic composite. Tie spacing may depend on the type of tie, traffic loads and other requirements, for example on North American mainline railroads to on London, Midland and Scottish Railway joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Rail
Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit that uses rolling stock derived from tram technology National Conference of the Transportation Research Board while also having some features from heavy rapid transit. The term was coined in 1972 in the United States as an English equivalent for the German word ''Stadtbahn'', meaning "city railway". From: 9th National Light Rail Transit Conference Different definitions exist in some countries, but in the United States, light rail operates primarily along exclusive Right_of_way#Rail_right_of_way, rights-of-way and uses either individual tramcars or multiple units coupled together, with a lower capacity and speed than a long heavy rail passenger train or rapid transit system. Narrowly defined, light rail transit uses rolling stock that is similar to that of a traditional tram, while operating at a higher capacity and speed, often on an exclusive right-of-way. In broader usage, light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somerton Railway Station, Melbourne
Roxburgh Park railway station is a commuter railway station on the Craigieburn line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Roxburgh Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Roxburgh Park station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring an island platform. It opened on 21 September 2007. It was built just north of the site of the former Somerton station, which was closed to passengers in 1960. However, the adjacent goods yard and standard gauge crossing loop retain the Somerton name. Roxburgh Park station was provided as part of the extension of electrified services from Broadmeadows to Craigieburn. The Craigieburn-bound ( down) line was slewed to the west, to permit an island platform to be built between the two tracks of the broad gauge main line. History Somerton Somerton opened to traffic as a single platform on 15 May 1881. In 1886, it gained an additional platform, when the line between Broadmeadows and Donnybrook was duplicat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headway
Headway is the distance or duration between vehicles in a transit system. The ''minimum headway'' is the shortest such distance or time achievable by a system without a reduction in the speed of vehicles. The precise definition varies depending on the application, but it is most commonly measured as the distance from the tip (front end) of one vehicle to the tip of the next one behind it. It can be expressed as the distance between vehicles, or as time it will take for the trailing vehicle to cover that distance. A "shorter" headway signifies closer spacing between the vehicles. Airplanes operate with headways measured in hours or days, freight trains and commuter rail systems might have headways measured in parts of an hour, metro and light rail systems operate with headways on the order of 90 seconds to 20 minutes, and vehicles on a freeway can have as little as 2 seconds headway between them. Headway is a key input in calculating the overall route capacity of any transit syst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fawkner Railway Station
Fawkner railway station is a commuter railway station on the Upfield line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Hadfield in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Fawkner station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 8 October 1889, with the current station provided in 1998. It initially closed on 13 July 1903, then reopened on 12 December 1906. Initially opened as Fawkner, the station was renamed two times. It was renamed to Fawkner Cemetery upon its reopening on 12 December 1906, then was given its current name of Fawkner in 1914. History Fawkner station originally opened on 8 October 1889, when the railway line from Coburg was extended to Somerton. Like the suburb itself, the station was named after John Pascoe Fawkner, one of the founders of Melbourne. It is located adjacent to the Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park, which opened in 1906, and from then until 1939, special mortuary trains opera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coburg Railway Station
Coburg railway station is a commuter railway station located in the northern suburb of Coburg, Victoria, Coburg in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The station opened on 9 September 1884, with the former ground level station closed and demolished in July 2020 and the current Elevated rail, elevated station provided in December 2020 by the Level Crossing Removal Project. Coburg is an elevated premium station, consisting of two side platforms connected by staircases, Elevator, lifts and a ground level concourse. The station fully complies with the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and is Accessibility, accessible as there is a lift connecting to the ground level concourse and the station platforms on either side. The station is owned by VicTrack, a state government agency and the station is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. Coburg station is currently served by the Upfield line, part of the Railways in Melbourne, Melbourne railway network. Additionally, the station is also ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brunswick Railway Station, Melbourne
Brunswick railway station is a commuter railway station on the Upfield line, part of the Railways in Melbourne, Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Brunswick, Victoria, Brunswick in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Brunswick station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 9 September 1884. The station is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. History Brunswick station opened when the railway line from North Melbourne railway station, North Melbourne was extended to Coburg railway station, Coburg. Like the suburb itself, the station was named after ''Brunswick Park'', a property that was purchased by Thomas Wilkinson and a partner. ''Brunswick Park'' was named in honour of either Caroline of Brunswick, Princess Caroline of Brunswick, or the 1840 marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Albert, of the House of Hanover, royal house of Brunswick. Brunswick had a goods yard whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Melbourne Railway Station
North Melbourne railway station is a commuter and regional railway station on the suburban Craigieburn, Flemington Racecourse, Sunbury, Upfield, Werribee and Williamstown lines; and the regional Seymour line, part of the Melbourne and Victorian railway networks. It serves the inner north-western suburb of West Melbourne, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. North Melbourne is a ground level premium station and major junction, featuring six platforms: two side platforms, and two island platforms with two faces each. It opened on 6 October 1859, with the current station provided in 2009. The station is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. History The first railway through the site of North Melbourne station was today's Williamstown line, and the first section of the Melbourne, Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway Company line (to Sunbury), which both opened on 13 January 1859. On 6 October 1859, the first passenger station, with two platforms, was opened, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upfield Railway Station
Upfield railway station is a commuter railway station and the terminus of the Upfield line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Campbellfield in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Upfield station is a ground-level premium station, featuring a single platform. It opened on 8 October 1889, with the current station provided in 1963. It initially closed on 13 July 1903 and 5 May 1956, it was then reopened on 5 March 1928 and 17 August 1959. Initially opened as North Campbellfield, the station was given its current name of Upfield on 17 August 1959. History The original station on the site opened when the railway from Coburg was extended to Somerton in 1889. The current station was opened on 17 August 1959, especially to serve workers at the nearby Ford factory, with the line from Fawkner to Somerton being reopened and electrified as far as Upfield. The name of the station comes from the open country in the area at the time of its 1959 opening. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flinders Street Railway Station
Flinders Street railway station is a major railway station located on the corner of Flinders Street, Melbourne, Flinders and Swanston Street, Swanston streets in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the busiest railway station in Victoria, serving the entire Railways in Melbourne, metropolitan rail network, 15 tram routes travelling to and from the city, and V/Line services to Gippsland V/Line rail service, Gippsland. Opened in 1854 by the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company, the station, but not the current building, is the oldest in Australia, backing onto the Yarra River in the Melbourne central business district, central business district. The complex now includes 13 platforms and structures that stretch over more than two city blocks, from east of Swanston Street to nearly at Market Street, Melbourne, Market Street. Flinders Street station is served by Metro Trains Melbourne, Metro Trains services, and V/Line regional services to Bairnsdale V/Line rail service, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
