Category: Photos

I missed last month’s ten year old photos post, so here’s bumper crop from March and April 2015. Remember when they tried to brand a residential development at the western end of the CBD with the New York-style “Upper West Side” name? Attending a Southland station consultation (at Southland naturally)… …then getting a photo at  ... [More]

I’ve been pretty busy and missed my usual posting of ten year old photos from January, so here’s two months in one hit. January 2015, two months after Labor got into power pledging they would remove the level crossing at Bentleigh and rebuild the station – but the previous project to upgrade the crossing was  ... [More]

Another of my series of old photos from ten years ago, this time covering December 2014. The State Election had just passed, and our new Premier had some things to say in MX – apologies for the sun glare. Particularly relevant for those of us interested in public transport is Andrews talking about Turn Up  ... [More]

Here’s my regular post of old photos from ten years ago. This time, it’s November 2014, plus a few from October 2014 that I missed last month. Another day, another train disruption. Plenty of unhappy punters at Richmond. For a while, Metro was putting ads on the windows. Not good. This was how a Comeng  ... [More]

Here’s another of my monthly posts of photos from ten years ago – this time it’s October 2014, fast approaching the November state election. This was some unconventional advertising for the election – the “Southern Express” spruiking the Coalition government’s upgrades on the Frankston line. The unions meanwhile were lying in wait outside the station.  ... [More]

Here’s another in my series of ten year old photos, this time from September 2014. We were now fast approaching the November 2014 state election, as you’ll see in some of these snaps. Flinders Street Station’s clocks – if you look closely you’ll note some line names were modified as late as the 1990s (Cranbourne)  ... [More]

With all the excitement of the holiday in July, I never got around to posting my regular collection of ten year old photos, so here’s a bumper edition covering July and August 2014. (In fact there’s a couple from June as well that I missed last time.) Here’s the Queens Bridge Street bus and tram  ... [More]

So busy recently that I didn’t get around to posting my usual ten year old photos last month, so here’s May and June 2014 combined into one post. The then-newish tram platform stops in Northcote on route 86. Quite narrow, I guess by necessity, but hopefully they do the job. Punt Road traffic. Always bad,  ... [More]

Another in my series of ten year old photos, this time from April 2014. The removal of the Springvale level crossing and construction of the new station was nearing completion, but alongside the new station, some of the old station was still to be demolished. I went to the Williamstown railway museum for a nose  ... [More]

I missed doing this last month: ten year old photos from March 2014. Expansion of the rules banning smoking around public transport were very welcome. No more having to dodge the smokers on the platform to find a spot with clear air while waiting for a train. One of the biggest transport policies announced by  ... [More]