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Level Crossing Removal Project
The Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRP) is a program of the Government of Victoria, Australia, to remove 110 level crossings and rebuild 51 railway stations in Melbourne. After pledging the removal of 50 level crossings at the 2014 Victorian state election, the Andrews government committed $2.4 billion in the 2015–2016 budget to remove the first 20 crossings by 2018. The next 30 crossings were funded through the privatisation of the Port of Melbourne. Prior to the 2018 state election, the government committed to remove a further 25 level crossings, using a new prioritisation framework. In 2021, the government announced a further ten level crossing removals and four level crossing closures would occur by 2025, bringing the total planned level crossing removals to 85 by 2025. In 2022, the Andrews government announced the removal of an additional 25 level crossings by 2030. Previously its own administrative agency, in 2019, the LXRP became a project within the Major Trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reservoir Railway Station
Reservoir railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Reservoir, and it opened on 8 October 1889 as Preston-Reservoir. It was renamed Reservoir on 1 December 1909.Reservoir Vicsig History Reservoir station opened on 8 October 1889, when the Inner Circle line was extended. On 23 December of that year, the line was extended to Epping. Like the suburb itself, the station was named after the three |
Footscray Railway Station
Footscray railway station is the Junction (rail), junction for the Sunbury railway line, Sunbury, Werribee railway line, Werribee and Williamstown railway line, Williamstown lines in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Footscray, Victoria, Footscray, and it opened on 17 January 1859.Footscray Vicsig It is also serviced by V/Line Ballarat V/Line rail service, Ballarat, Bendigo railway line, Bendigo and Geelong V/Line rail service, Geelong services. In 2017/2018, it was the sixth busiest station on Railways in Melbourne, Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 5.26 million passenger movements recorded. A disused signal box is located on the island platform at the Rail_directions#Up_and_down, Up (Flinders Street railway station, Flinders Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in Australia (28 per km2). Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north and South Australia to the west, and is bounded by the Bass Strait to the south (with the exception of a small land border with Tasmania located along Boundary Islet), the Great Australian Bight portion of the Southern Ocean to the southwest, and the Tasman Sea (a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean) to the southeast. The state encompasses a range of climates and geographical features from its temperate coastal and central regions to the Victorian Alps in the northeast and the semi-arid north-west. The majority of the Victorian population is concentrated in the central-south area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, and in particular within the metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VicRoads
VicRoads is a government joint venture in the state of Victoria, Australia. In the state, it is responsible for driver licensing and vehicle registration. It is owned and operated through a joint venture between the Victorian government and a consortium made up of Aware Super, Australian Retirement Trust and Macquarie Asset Management. Before July 2019, it was the road and traffic authority in Victoria, responsible also for maintenance and construction of the arterial road network, and road safety policy and research. These functions were transferred or delegated to the Department of Transport on 1 July 2019. The main VicRoads administration is located in the Rialto Towers in Melbourne. There is also a regional administration office in Ballarat, which is now home to the VicRoads call centre. In addition VicRoads operates many offices servicing the public in registration and licensing throughout metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria. Governance In 1983, the Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Z2 101 Crossing Kooyong Station Level Crossing
Z (or z) is the 26th and last letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its usual names in English are ''zed'' () and ''zee'' (), with an occasional archaic variant ''izzard'' ()."Z", ''Oxford English Dictionary,'' 2nd edition (1989); ''Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1993); "zee", ''op. cit''. Name and pronunciation In most English-speaking countries, including Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, the letter's name is ''zed'' , reflecting its derivation from the Greek ''zeta'' (this dates to Latin, which borrowed Y and Z from Greek), but in American English its name is ''zee'' , analogous to the names for B, C, D, etc., and deriving from a late 17th-century English dialectal form. Another English dialectal form is ''izzard'' . This dates from the mid-18th century and probably derives fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitcham Railway Station, Melbourne
Mitcham railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Mitcham, and it opened on 25 December 1882.Mitcham Vicsig Until the 1970s, a shunting yard and existed where the southern car park exists today. Tracks remained embedded in the car park surface of that time, enabling parking for the great majority of the time when trains did not use the yard. In 1979, the station was one of three used as trial sites for new bike lockers under the Melbourne Bicycle Strategy, either for occasional, monthly or quarterly hire. Goods services at the station ceased by 1985. The former station buildings were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunshine Railway Station, Melbourne
Sunshine railway station is located on the Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia. Originally named Braybrook Junction for the convergence of the major railways from central Melbourne to Ballarat and Bendigo, it was renamed when the suburb of Sunshine, which it serves, took its name from the nearby Sunshine Harvester Works. With the expansion of the railway network in Melbourne's west, Sunshine grew in importance, with cross-suburban goods routes constructed to Newport and from the adjacent Albion to Jacana line. From the mid-20th century, it became an interchange for the main interstate routes to South Australia and New South Wales, when the through line from Melbourne to Sydney was completed, although the main line to Adelaide was later diverted. In the early 21st century, the station was demolished and reconstructed to serve the diversion of the main passenger route to Geelong and beyond. It has been identified as a possible route for a future line to Melbourne Airport a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springvale Railway Station
Springvale railway station is located on the Pakenham railway line, Pakenham and Cranbourne railway line, Cranbourne lines in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Springvale, Victoria, Springvale, and it opened on 1 September 1880 as Spring Vale. It was renamed Springvale on 29 February 1972. History Springvale station opened on 1 September 1880, almost three years after the line was extended from Oakleigh railway station, Oakleigh to Dandenong railway station, Dandenong. Like the suburb itself, the station was named after the ''Spring Vale Hotel'', the proprietor inspired by the Spring (hydrology), natural springs in the area for travellers and Livestock, stock between Melbourne and Dandenong, Victoria, Dandenong. The name was also inspired by a place near the Bog of Allen in the proprietor's native Ireland. In 1964, boom barriers replaced Interlocking, interlocked gates at the former State (Bell/Springvale) Highway, Spri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunawading Railway Station
Nunawading railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Nunawading, and opened on 4 June 1888 as Tunstall. It was renamed Nunawading on 1 November 1945.Nunwading Vicsig History Nunawading station opened on 4 June 1888, almost six years after the line from Camberwell was extended to Lilydale. Like the suburb itself, the station is named after an[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laburnum Railway Station, Melbourne
Laburnum railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Blackburn, and opened on 13 July 1958.Laburnum Vicsig History Laburnum station opened on 13 July 1958, and was named after the locality of Laburnum, itself named after the shrub of the same name. The original station had two side platforms, with a substantial brick building on Platform 1, and a small brick shelter on Platform 2.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boronia Railway Station
Boronia railway station is located on the Belgrave line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Boronia, and it opened on 19 June 1920. History Boronia station opened on 19 June 1920 and, like the suburb itself, was named after a suggestion by local councillor Albert Chandler, who grew boronia plants for a nursery he owned nearby. In 1952, flashing light signals were provided at the former Boronia Road level crossing, which was located in the Down direction of the station. In 1957, duplication of the line between Bayswater and Lower Fern Tree Gully occurred, with a second platform provided at the former ground-level station. On 19 December 1959, the station was closed to all goods traffic. In 1971, boom barriers were provided at the former level crossing. In 1985, the station was rebuilt, and included new station buildings and passenger facilities, as well as an upgrade to the bus interchange facilities. On 2 July 1996, Boronia was upgrad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Hill Railway Station, Melbourne
Box Hill railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Box Hill, and it opened on 1 December 1882.Box Hill Vicsig The station is located beneath the Box Hill Central Shopping Centre. East of the station, towards Lilydale and Belgrave, the three tracks merge into two. History In 1882, Box Hill was a separate town, with several hundred residents. In 1895, a large market ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
