Trainlopnik

"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69) 12/07/2018 at 04:34 • Filed to: trainlopnik

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Ballarat train station 

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > pip bip - choose Corrour 12/07/2018 at 04:48

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Faded glory, bad bondo...and way too long since the last decent Svending.

Very Oppo.

pip bip - choose Corrour > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 12/07/2018 at 05:00

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Did catch on fire a few years ago 

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > pip bip - choose Corrour 12/07/2018 at 05:07

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Even more Oppo!

pip bip - choose Corrour > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 12/07/2018 at 05:09

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Maybe it sees itself as an Italian 

Svend > pip bip - choose Corrour 12/07/2018 at 05:58

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Very nice small station yet still very substantial .

How urban/rural is Ballarat?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Svend 12/07/2018 at 06:15

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Population of about 100,000

3rd largest city in Victoria after Melbourne and Geelong 

Svend > pip bip - choose Corrour 12/07/2018 at 06:38

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Bloody hell. My city is only marginally larger in population .

Very different size train station. We are the only city in the county, the most sparcely populated county in England.

Just looked at the map, didn’t realise how small Victoria is compared to the rest of Oz. Though I’d hazard a guess the population is the same if not larger than that of Western Australia.

I like how the station has been kept as original as possible even with all the mandatory  Health & Safety and compliance signs and equipment. 

pip bip - choose Corrour > Svend 12/07/2018 at 06:45

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Train travel here was decimated under the Jeff Kennett government but is slowly making its way back

Dan Andrews is building a lot of rail infrastructure now

Svend > pip bip - choose Corrour 12/07/2018 at 08:05

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Ours was decimated back in 1965 in Dr Beeching’s report recomm ending closing 55% of stations and 30% of the overall train line mileage that were deemed unprofitable or underused.

There are sections now that have to be used. T o stop a station or route closing merely because it would create too much paperwork, cost too much to close and have to go so many rounds in government to close it, etc.. . Often called Ghost Trains they are actually called Parliamentary Trains and are merely complying with the Railway Regulation Act of 1844.