Re: Fw: Electric Route Numbers 3
Donald Galt
Thursday, September 19, 2002 10:02 AM
On 18 Sep 2002 at 19:40, graeme bennett wrote:
I'm not sure exactly what era your source is reading from, but not all of these
correspond with my experience in the early 1960s, which witnessed the closure
of the Footscray network.
I wasn't aware that the original Footscray lines (Williamstown Rd., Ballarat
Rd., Russell St.) had ever borne numbers; they certainly did not at this time.
Footscray - Moonee Ponds was No.82
The Elizabeth Street services were numbered as follows:
Maribyrnong line via North Melbourne:
57 West Maribyrnong - City
54 Maribyrnong River - City
60 Ascot Vale - City
58 Showgrounds - City
50 North Melbourne - City
Essendon line:
59 Essendon Aerodrome - City
49 Essendon (Matthews Ave) - City
I don't know what other numbers may have been used in special circumstances;
the ones above are those listed in the public timetables of the period.
Don Galt
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Subject: Electric Route Numbers 3
Nth Melbourne - City 50
Essendon - Birwood St - City 51
Essendon - Bulla Rd - City 52
Maribyrnong River - City 54
Williamstown Rd - Ballarat Rd 57
Russell St - Footscray Rly Stn 58
Williamstown - Footscray Stn 59
Ballarat Rd - Footscray Rly Stn 60
I'm not sure exactly what era your source is reading from, but not all of these
correspond with my experience in the early 1960s, which witnessed the closure
of the Footscray network.
I wasn't aware that the original Footscray lines (Williamstown Rd., Ballarat
Rd., Russell St.) had ever borne numbers; they certainly did not at this time.
Footscray - Moonee Ponds was No.82
The Elizabeth Street services were numbered as follows:
Maribyrnong line via North Melbourne:
57 West Maribyrnong - City
54 Maribyrnong River - City
60 Ascot Vale - City
58 Showgrounds - City
50 North Melbourne - City
Essendon line:
59 Essendon Aerodrome - City
49 Essendon (Matthews Ave) - City
I don't know what other numbers may have been used in special circumstances;
the ones above are those listed in the public timetables of the period.
Don Galt
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