The conversion of the Upfield line was more than a proposal.

I think that span poles or something like that was stockpiled on railway land near Brunswick depot.

One of the few good things to come out of transport privatisation was that the government no longer owned any buses so had to stop using buses instead of some tram services and the Upfield railway at quiet times.

Regards,

> On 11 Jan 2018, at 8:07 pm, Mal Rowemal.rowe@... [TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:

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> The attached pic shows 2102 in Elizabeth St on a Sunday in 1995.

>

> It was made by George Bishop and is part of the collection of the

> Melbourne Tram Museum at Hawthorn.

>

> I scanned it for them and am grateful for their OK to share it.

>

> The Upfield Railway Station destination reflects the suspension of rail

> services on the Upfield line on Sundays, replaced by trams to North

> Coburg and a shuttle bus to Upfield. The railway seemed doomed and

> there was even a proposal to close it and use the right of way to

> relocate the Sydney Rd tram service 'freeing up' Sydney Rd for motor cars...

>

> Fast forward 20 years and both the railway and tramway are full and

> overflowing.

>

> Motor cars are limited to a maximum of 40km/hr in Sydney Rd.

>

> Mal Rowe - thankful for active planners and protestors in the GTCOTS and

> the political activism of the "Peoples Republic of Moreland"

>

>

> <2102_ElizabethSt-to-Upfield_24Feb1995_GeorgeBishop.jpg>