1948 - 1980: Rear Guard Action (Melbourne Train History)

Melbourne Train History 1948 - 1980 Rear Guard Action Melbourne's rail network faces post-war decline and contraction. 00:45 1948-11-15 Royal Park - Rushall (close) 01:04 1949-10-01 Rail Motor Stopping Place 77 01:18 1951-02-06 Westall 01:27 1951-12-19 Spring Vale - Spring Vale Cemetery (close) 01:40 1952-02-27 Lalor 01:51 1952-08-15 Hawthorn - Kew (close) 02:01 1953-07-01 Bittern - Red Hill (close) 02:11 1953-11-24 Standard Oil Platform 02:33 1954-02-01 Jewell (rename) 02:42 1954-04-30 Upper Ferntree Gully - Gembrook (close) 03:06 1954-06-01 Mobiltown (rename) 03:17 1954-07-22 Dandenong - Warragul (electric) 03:46 1954-08-03 APM Siding (electric) 04:09 1954-10-01 Huntingdale (rename) 04:22 1955-03-01 Strathmore (rename) 04:31 1955-05-16 Oakleigh Racecourse (close) 04:45 1956-05-05 Fawkner - Somerton (close) 04:57 1956-08-13 Oak Park 05:06 1956-08-28 Ardeer Siding (close) 05:17 1956-10-01 General Motors 05:45 1958-01-26 BP Platform (rename) 06:02 1958-07-13 Laburnum 06:11 1958-09-07 Heatherdale 06:20 1958-11-30 Richmond (move) 06:39 1959-02-15 Jacana 06:48 1959-08-17 Fawkner - Upfield (electric) 07:15 1959-10-12 BP Platform (close) 07:24 1959-11-22 St Albans (move) 07:44 1959-11-30 Lalor - Whittlesea (close) 07:57 1959-11-30 Rail Motor Stopping Place 16 08:16 1960-11-07 Rail Motor Stopping Place 15 08:28 1960-12-06 Somerton (close) 08:38 1961-05-28 Patterson 08:49 1962-00-00 Leawarra 09:03 1962-02-18 Upper Ferntree Gully - Belgrave (electric) 09:20 1962-10-01 Ferntree Gully (rename) 09:33 1963-03-19 Aircraft (rename) 09:43 1963-08-05 Ruthven 09:53 1964-06-30 Mont Park Asylum Line (close) 10:01 1964-11-29 Lalor - Epping (electric) 10:16 1965-02-15 Tottenham Yard - Brooklyn Loop 10:25 1965-05-02 North Fitzroy - Rushall (close) 10:35 1965-05-17 Gowrie 10:46 1965-06-19 Sandown Park 10:58 1965-06-21 North Fitzroy - Merri (close) 11:08 1965-08-01 Lilydale - Warburton (close) 11:21 1969-04-29 Long Island Siding 11:36 1969-07-08 Rail Motor Stopping Place 65 (close) 11:51 1970-11-01 Manor (close) 11:59 1970-11-16 Hoppers Crossing 12:10 1972-02-01 East Malvern (rename) 12:21 1972-02-01 Springvale (rename) 12:32 1972-02-01 Fern Tree Gully (rename) 12:44 1972-02-29 Keon Park (rename) 12:57 1974-04-12 VicRail (rebrand) 13:16 1975-08-04 Upper Fern Tree Gully (rename) 13:28 1975-08-25 Kananook 13:40 1976-12-21 Yarraman 13:51 1977-05-02 Ardeer 14:00 1977-05-05 Ferntree Gully, Upper Ferntree Gully (rename) 14:17 1980-06-30 Princes Bridge (close) 14:41 1980-12-09 Lilydale - Healesville (close) Music by: https://www.bensound.com License code: LLGHBLPW5QVN9ZQX #melbourne #trains #history 00:00 Introduction 00:45 1948 01:04 1949 01:18 1951 01:40 1952 02:01 1953 02:33 1954 04:22 1955 04:45 1956 05:45 1958 06:39 1959 08:16 1960 08:38 1961 08:49 1962 09:33 1963 09:53 1964 10:16 1965 11:21 1969 11:51 1970 12:10 1972 12:57 1974 13:16 1975 13:40 1976 13:51 1977 14:17 1980