Melbourne's Strangest Train Stations Finale

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  • Опубликовано: 28 янв 2025

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  • @billd01rfc
    @billd01rfc Месяц назад +78

    Bathing Boxes, "I seriously don't get what's so interesting about them . . ." . . . says the guy who visits random train stations . . . ;-)

    • @vsvnrg3263
      @vsvnrg3263 Месяц назад +1

      neither can i understand what it is about those little boxes.

    • @shaggyirl
      @shaggyirl Месяц назад

      Sometimes people prefer trans and absolutely love anything train related

    • @bog4ntkd8932
      @bog4ntkd8932 Месяц назад +1

      Must-Go tourist trap

    • @billd01rfc
      @billd01rfc Месяц назад +7

      @@bog4ntkd8932 Ho is this a tourist trap? Free entry, no gift shop, no cafes or restaurants, no one trying to take tourists money. It is 100% free to visit. This is literally the exact opposite of what a tourist trap is.

    • @bog4ntkd8932
      @bog4ntkd8932 Месяц назад +1

      @@billd01rfc Not in the the pure sense of the word, but it really has nothing to do that, despite taking some pictures to post in your IG and say "I visited Melbourne!".
      Technically the Brighton shop area around the station benefits from these tourists

  • @ShannonCarter55
    @ShannonCarter55 Месяц назад +25

    My mum worked at Werribee as a signalman. She had a fun rivalry with the engine B62. It always failed at the station when she was on shift. She also had a fun incident between two gangs, and the visiting gang were the nice ones.

  • @JC4.72
    @JC4.72 Месяц назад +30

    That freight train gave me permanent hearing loss now 😂

  • @miketurner4462
    @miketurner4462 Месяц назад +6

    Good old Werribee station, always loved seeing that repurposed train carriage down in the underpass, many of us locals knew to avoid travelling alone at night to or from Werribee station, as there was always trouble there, and notorious for junkies, this was back in the 90s

  • @Flumps-jz7pk
    @Flumps-jz7pk Месяц назад +19

    Williamstown Beach and Brighton Beach aren't the only stations with the word 'beach' in them, while they are the only stations to have 'Beach' as a separate word, Bonbeach contains the word Beach too!

  • @Romnipotent
    @Romnipotent Месяц назад +2

    Brighton Beach used to be the day trip train ride for people in the city, like Sorrento has become. All the oddities were from going down to the beach, taking a cart out and having a day out.
    The Bike lockers are managed by the station, you put your bike in them so they're dry and nothing gets stolen off them while you're in the city working.

    • @ShaunRuigrok
      @ShaunRuigrok Месяц назад

      Yep, the bike lockers are the predecessor of the Parkiteer cages. You contacted the stationmaster and requested a box, they gave you a key to a padlock, so you could ride to the station, stash your bike, and get the train to the city. More secure than an open-air hoop.
      Bicycle lockers suffer from the same capacity issue as PO Boxes at post offices suffer, but which Parcel Lockers solve (and Parkiteer solves). Parkiteer is an overall much better solution and it’s why you hardly see these anymore.

  • @gregmichael8473
    @gregmichael8473 Месяц назад +7

    Platform 1 at Essendon can't be extended without going through a complicated process due to the Station's status on the Heritage Register, which was a significant factor in putting Buckley St under the tracks.
    Brighton Beach was the original terminus of the line, hence the straight Platform 1, but when it was extended to Sandringham, a sharp curve was required for the through platforms. A long time ago I was on a Sandringham train that had to terminate at Platform 1 due to some problem beyond.

  • @sjam2711
    @sjam2711 Месяц назад +10

    Excellent video! Brighton Beach is probably only the second-closest station to a beach in the country, Bombo Station in NSW is closer with no road separating the station from the beach. When I'm back in Melbourne I gotta give Carrum Station a visit. It looks breathtaking!

    • @lyricsmania11
      @lyricsmania11 Месяц назад

      Just be careful, the Frankston line isn’t always the safest :) used to travel there for work a lot

  • @tangiers365
    @tangiers365 Месяц назад +3

    The bathing boxes, despite me not caring about them too, are quintessential icons of Melbourne, along with the Docklands ferris wheel and the carrot man.

  • @riley420
    @riley420 15 дней назад +1

    Here from Perth. We have a fair share of strange train stations on our train system. Canning Bridge is one of the most used stations on the entire system, but has only two sets of lifts, which are both on the first platform

  • @GoldCoastGuy82
    @GoldCoastGuy82 Месяц назад +18

    I remember back in the early 2000’s buying a ticket at that customer service booth at Werribee and they gave me the wrong ticket. I got into the city and the guards checked my ticket and I explained to them that I bought it at Werribee and they gave me the wrong ticket and they fined me. I told them that it was the first time I caught the train in over 12 years since I was at school back when it was run by the government and called Met.

  • @IgnoPeta
    @IgnoPeta Месяц назад +7

    Nice work Qazzy, you're videos are always amazing. Btw as a person who lives in Brisbane, the freight train is nothing compared to Park Road station which has a curve which when a train passes by WILL MAKE YOUR EARS EXPLODE expecially if it's a frieght train.

  • @RiffRaffMama.
    @RiffRaffMama. Месяц назад +4

    The crossing that you find so weird at Brighton Beach is a remnant from its early days. Brighton Beach was the last station in Victoria to have manually operated boom gates. They were long white gates that ran across the tracks when no trains were approaching, and when a train was approaching, the station master would exit the station viewing box (which was elevated) and manually push the gates from across the tracks to across the road. The manual gates were retired only about 20 years ago. It was quite a unique experience to watch it happen.

    • @ProgrammedForDamage
      @ProgrammedForDamage Месяц назад

      I remember sitting at that intersection waiting for the manual gates. My dad used to make a big deal about them, saying they were the only ones left.

  • @darylcheshire1618
    @darylcheshire1618 Месяц назад +7

    The first Hitachi carriage that was scrapped was hit by the up steel train at the Frankston platform and was bent in an inverted V shape. The drivers cabin was repurposed as a training cabin for driver instruction.

    • @pauloconnor2980
      @pauloconnor2980 Месяц назад +3

      That carriage (27M) was badly crushed at it's flat end by being squeezed against 302D. It also had its nose door welded up prior to the collision.

  • @alan.w
    @alan.w Месяц назад +2

    Great video to finish off the series. Thank you.

  • @aaryantpatel
    @aaryantpatel Месяц назад +2

    Please keep the series going, love your videos as well

  • @ComengProductions
    @ComengProductions Месяц назад +3

    Shame the series is now over, you've done a fantastic job mate, keep up the great work!

  • @evolveausevolveaus
    @evolveausevolveaus Месяц назад

    Born and bred in Melbourne, Williamstown. I no longer live in the city, thank you for sharing the old and the new of Melbourne's stations.

  • @QuinnsVictorianTrains
    @QuinnsVictorianTrains Месяц назад +5

    Essendon platform 1 was used for the Steamrail Essendon shuttles back in April.

    • @robertparry4929
      @robertparry4929 Месяц назад +1

      Used to be very handy for the footy at Windy Hill

  • @dylanshadowstar9779
    @dylanshadowstar9779 Месяц назад +3

    5:10 you can tell that footage is a few months old cause that 711 is gone now

  • @justinwright4833
    @justinwright4833 Месяц назад +5

    6:14 the driver forgot to turn the headlights off 😂

  • @TeamEXAngus
    @TeamEXAngus Месяц назад +2

    Some more hard hitting content. This is what I subscribe for

  • @keomab
    @keomab Месяц назад +3

    Mordialloc and Aspendale will also be rebuilt as skyrail stations, still as part of the level crossing removal project.

    • @msg5507
      @msg5507 Месяц назад

      Mordialloc will be an elevated station but Aspendale is proposed to be in a trench. It's kind of weird because Station Street, Aspendale is being removed with a skyrail at the same time as Mordialloc, but Groves Street and Aspendale station will be a few years later.

  • @icascone
    @icascone Месяц назад +1

    Thanks for talking about Essendon station, as usually it is ignored as people concetrate more on the eastern suburnan lines!
    Sometimes platform one is used by steam train services (when thety do run I think but could be deadly wrong)... Also think that the part of reason platform one is not extended is due to the smaller car park near platform one...
    However I did learn more about Essendon Station and didn't know the 902 was longest bus route but I should have guessed lol

  • @Techno-Universal
    @Techno-Universal Месяц назад +1

    1:40
    That’s carriage M388 which was originally built in 1983 but had a very short service life as it was withdrawn and put into Werribee station in 1988! :)

  • @mineyon-ms
    @mineyon-ms Месяц назад +8

    “The 903 smartbus, the longest bus route in melb”
    are you sure about that? Last time I checked it was the 901

    • @2_pelicans
      @2_pelicans Месяц назад

      yes 901 is about 20km longer

    • @RiffRaffMama.
      @RiffRaffMama. Месяц назад

      I was thinking the same.

  • @LCMTrain
    @LCMTrain Месяц назад +4

    0:40 AFAIK, Platform 3 only gets used as a terminus for trains not running as a service afterwards, which is usually during peak hour. I have seen Platform 3 get used as a station for services once, but it was very early in the morning and was the only one like that during.

  • @Kerneloystarman
    @Kerneloystarman Месяц назад

    I'd argue that trains travelling to brighton beach from sandringham actually get closer to touching the ocean than those in the siding, as the line straightens out and follow the beach quite closely (at times being around 55-60m away from the water)

  • @icascone
    @icascone Месяц назад +2

    The bike boxes is something you need to arange with the station staff themselves and is a ongoing lease but don't think it's all that expensive...

  • @robertparry4929
    @robertparry4929 Месяц назад +3

    You used to be able to dine-in the Werribee Cafe.

  • @jayfra3700
    @jayfra3700 Месяц назад

    Amazing video as always!!

  • @msg5507
    @msg5507 Месяц назад +1

    There used to be a few stations with at-grade pedestrian access over a level crossing, as well as an underpass. McKinnon, Bentleigh and Carnegie, probably others.

  • @midnightteapot5633
    @midnightteapot5633 Месяц назад +2

    When I was a Train Guard Brighton Beach and Sandringham were the only two stations on the system whereby, we would shunt from the platform to the sidings by driving onto the main line and then reverse back onto the buffers. Docking was also done by driving out of the sidings and setting back into the platform, everywhere else it was done the opposite way round. Not sure if these instructions also applied to St Kilda as I don't remember ever having to dock or shunt out there.

    • @RiffRaffMama.
      @RiffRaffMama. Месяц назад

      You would likely recall the manually operated boom gates, too. It's a pity he didn't mention those. They were the last manually operated gates in Victoria.

    • @midnightteapot5633
      @midnightteapot5633 Месяц назад

      @@RiffRaffMama. Yes, I remember those gates and knew one of the guys who operated them, they had a great view of the bay from their cabin, wintertime might not have been so great.

    • @Bill-R258
      @Bill-R258 Месяц назад

      @@midnightteapot5633 Was that at New St, a little further on the down side from Brighton Beach? If so they were not boom gates they were opening gates , the same as used on the Brunswick line.

    • @midnightteapot5633
      @midnightteapot5633 Месяц назад

      @@Bill-R258 You are correct but I did not say they were boom gates, the other poster did. We just used to call them hand gates, operated by a gatekeeper rather than a signalman. They had some on the Epping line as well if I remember rightly.

    • @Bill-R258
      @Bill-R258 Месяц назад

      @@midnightteapot5633 Yes I remember seeing a set of hand gates in the mid 90's near Brunswick station. I cannot remember the cross road they were on, but they were operated by a gateman.

  • @alexandriaaaaaaaaaa
    @alexandriaaaaaaaaaa Месяц назад +1

    fun fact they use platform 1 at Essendon station for steamrail heritage tours sometime :) the only time I've been on that side

    • @RiffRaffMama.
      @RiffRaffMama. Месяц назад

      Which steam train have you been on?

  • @aerynkelly
    @aerynkelly Месяц назад

    As a commuter my train almost always comes into platform 3 at Werribee.

  • @aaryantpatel
    @aaryantpatel Месяц назад +1

    Could you please do a video on the Werribee line and Altona loop. Also discussing whether a train to point cook should be built. Also could you please continue your series of Stange train stations in Melbourne. I hope that this is not too much to ask. Love your videos by the way 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @luciusverus7697
    @luciusverus7697 Месяц назад +1

    That vocal fry is next level

  • @Alzaar_The_Gunzel
    @Alzaar_The_Gunzel Месяц назад +2

    0:21 I live on the Werribee Line!

  • @scottietheshark
    @scottietheshark Месяц назад

    Carrum looks like such a pretty place, if only an underpass could go under the highway maybe?

  • @senorliamy17
    @senorliamy17 Месяц назад

    Box Hill finally found matches at Essendon and Brighton Beach. Also, I might point out that the same bus route goes through Box Hill and Essendon, 903.

  • @aarontrevithick6239
    @aarontrevithick6239 Месяц назад +2

    The station entrance at essendon at 4:39 looks very similar to the one at heidelberg. Where I frequently catch trains. I'd like to explore more of the network though worried about going to some of the areas with high crime rates etc.

    • @alexandriaaaaaaaaaa
      @alexandriaaaaaaaaaa Месяц назад

      no where on the network is genuinely dangerous during daytime tbh. I'd avoid some areas at night for sure though, they have seccies on weekends tho!

    • @aarontrevithick6239
      @aarontrevithick6239 Месяц назад

      ​@alexandriaaaaaaaaaa yeah I'd say I'm most concerned about the Northern group lines and Frankston particularly. Hopefully though I'll be alright

  • @goswannie14
    @goswannie14 Месяц назад +1

    Hopefully some Geelong trains will start to go through Werribee again. There is no reason why they can't go via both routes, through Tarneit and through Werribee.

    • @StreetBoyWill
      @StreetBoyWill Месяц назад

      Takes me back, taking the old Sprinter to uni in Geelong from Werribee station every morning for years...

  • @TimChuma
    @TimChuma Месяц назад

    8:10 The tram driver on the no. 64 tram still has to tell people they will not see the bathing boxes if they ride the tram all the way to the end.

  • @JuliansTrainsandGames
    @JuliansTrainsandGames Месяц назад +2

    Go to Brighton beach station and enter the last door of a train on platform 2. Big gap.

  • @ItsP3ncakes
    @ItsP3ncakes Месяц назад +2

    I love Carrum!

  • @lyricsmania11
    @lyricsmania11 Месяц назад

    God I used to live in Hampton east and when those crossing removals were happening on the Frankston line it was the bane of my existence lol
    Also hola Brighton beach 👋 have to get off there for work

  • @biosparkles9442
    @biosparkles9442 Месяц назад

    Is that a Comeng or a Hitachi being used as the kiosk at Werribee? I know the top curves like a Comeng but I thought the Comengs only had 2 windows between doors, not 3

  • @johnhamilton6003
    @johnhamilton6003 Месяц назад

    Isn't bombo in nsw closer to the beach than Brighton?

  • @ajdynon
    @ajdynon Месяц назад

    Maybe do Sydney’s strangest train stations at some point? (Macquarie Fields station is allegedly haunted)

  • @theozziepotato
    @theozziepotato Месяц назад

    7:56 Not sure if this true, I checked it and I think Bombo station in NSW is closer to the beach. There are other stations closer to the sea but for beach access this one wins.

  • @coreyr7701
    @coreyr7701 Месяц назад +1

    I love your videos

  • @LEOPARD-w8h
    @LEOPARD-w8h Месяц назад

    there goes my hearing with the cargo train😂

  • @NoDice-u3d
    @NoDice-u3d Месяц назад

    @8:00 Bonbeach?

  • @damiengraves2452
    @damiengraves2452 Месяц назад

    Mental health restored

  • @Shad0wHunt3r24
    @Shad0wHunt3r24 Месяц назад

    Parkdale station also has beach views but not as good as Carrum

    • @RiffRaffMama.
      @RiffRaffMama. Месяц назад

      I grew up in Parkdale and the ocean views from that station are quite fleeting. You get to see the beach for about 2 seconds as the train rolls into or out of the station.

    • @Shad0wHunt3r24
      @Shad0wHunt3r24 Месяц назад

      @ have u been since it reopened? Cause it now has beach views

  • @basspuppy133
    @basspuppy133 Месяц назад +1

    neat

  • @NickGreiner1988
    @NickGreiner1988 Месяц назад

    I thought Alamein was a weird station.

  • @icascone
    @icascone Месяц назад

    Oooh and I do like the "bathing boxes" as each is different and it's like to look at them, but like any property in Melbourne is over rated but these are even more overated!

  • @thomasmcdevitt1600
    @thomasmcdevitt1600 15 дней назад

    4:40 i work there!!

  • @d.o.m.494
    @d.o.m.494 Месяц назад +2

    Werribee really needs an upgrade. In real life, it's rather daggy and out of date.

  • @timallardyce1216
    @timallardyce1216 Месяц назад +2

    Werribee is one of the worst stations in Melbourne. It's so dreary and awful. The underpass is just a ghastly wind tunnel and the whole place is depressing
    Apparently the platform 3 building was damaged when a derailed freight train hit in in the 70s and it wasn't fully repaired for many years. I do remember that the ticket office was on the platform 3 side for a period in the early 90s, but is now in the awful underpass

    • @darylcheshire1618
      @darylcheshire1618 Месяц назад +1

      I remember the derailment, a bunch of GYs filled with wheat filled the gap between the platforms in a jumbled heap, one landed on the platform metres from the signal cabin. What a mess, I’m told that some wheat still grows there, I haven’t checked.

    • @RiffRaffMama.
      @RiffRaffMama. Месяц назад

      Have you been to Dandenong station? Nothing can beat it for dreary and awful.

    • @darylcheshire1618
      @darylcheshire1618 Месяц назад +1

      @@timallardyce1216 I looked through one of my railway pictoral books and it showed pictures of Melbourne suburban stations in the mid ‘70 (VR days) and it was an eye opener on how delapidated the stations looked. In particular I remembered Seddon, the little weatherboard building with faded paint. Eventually replaced by a brick building. Montmorency was no better until it burnt down.
      (n contrast in 1987, I saw many QR stations, many quaint buildings on freight lines in immaculate condition. However QLD had big coal revenues which offset railway losses and they had Joh.

  • @heyitsgabs21
    @heyitsgabs21 Месяц назад

    werribee station was better when that underpass didnt exist

  • @handyandyaus
    @handyandyaus Месяц назад +1

    Port Philip Bay is NOT the ocean! It's the sea.

    • @PJRayment
      @PJRayment Месяц назад +3

      It's not even the sea. It's a bay.