New trackwork in Docklands (Melbourne)
Andy Callaway
Friday, November 1, 2002 3:20 PM
Folks -
As promised, I've uploaded some photos of the new trackwork being
laid in Docklands. They're in a new album in the photos area called
Docklands Trackwork. They were all taken by me on 1 Nov. 2002
A brief description of what they are:
Alterations to existing tracks -
This is on the road I think is called Docklands Boulevard. It runs
between the water and Telstra Dome (Colonial Stadium). The tracks are
not in the road but alongside it, and I don't think theyve ever been
used. Anyway, this is right up at the Bourke Street end, and they're
having to jack-hammer the tracks out again because they're on the
wrong alignment.
Bourke St and Docklands Bvd -
This is in the actual intersection of Bourke Street and Docklands
Boulevard. It's not too clear in the photo, but roughly in the centre
of the photo you can make out a big hole in the ground, where the
tracks cross over the road, curving round to the left (east) as they
go.
New Tracks in the Paddock (NW)-
This is on the other side of Bourke Street, heading off across the
Big Paddock. A little way along, it curves to the right (west) again.
To the left, Fox's car museum can be clearly seen (the brick
building), to the right is the new apartments nearing completion, and
in the centre you can just make out the Charles Grimes bridge, from
where I took the other photo, New Tracks in the Paddock (SE),
obviously, the view from the other end. Here is where the tracks
curve around and run alongside the Charles Grimes bridge, before
crossing over into the centre of Flinders Street Extension (or is
that now just called Flinders Street). You can also see another Super
Stop, just at the end of the straight.
The Other End of the Paddock -
The same view from the bridge, but from a slightly different angle.
Super Stop 2
This is the second Super Stop on the new Collins Street bridge. I
think it's there because the trams have nowhere else to go at the
moment. At the very top of this photo you should be able to make out
the trackwork that I snapped in the other photos (the pale line).
Andy Callaway
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As promised, I've uploaded some photos of the new trackwork being
laid in Docklands. They're in a new album in the photos area called
Docklands Trackwork. They were all taken by me on 1 Nov. 2002
A brief description of what they are:
Alterations to existing tracks -
This is on the road I think is called Docklands Boulevard. It runs
between the water and Telstra Dome (Colonial Stadium). The tracks are
not in the road but alongside it, and I don't think theyve ever been
used. Anyway, this is right up at the Bourke Street end, and they're
having to jack-hammer the tracks out again because they're on the
wrong alignment.
Bourke St and Docklands Bvd -
This is in the actual intersection of Bourke Street and Docklands
Boulevard. It's not too clear in the photo, but roughly in the centre
of the photo you can make out a big hole in the ground, where the
tracks cross over the road, curving round to the left (east) as they
go.
New Tracks in the Paddock (NW)-
This is on the other side of Bourke Street, heading off across the
Big Paddock. A little way along, it curves to the right (west) again.
To the left, Fox's car museum can be clearly seen (the brick
building), to the right is the new apartments nearing completion, and
in the centre you can just make out the Charles Grimes bridge, from
where I took the other photo, New Tracks in the Paddock (SE),
obviously, the view from the other end. Here is where the tracks
curve around and run alongside the Charles Grimes bridge, before
crossing over into the centre of Flinders Street Extension (or is
that now just called Flinders Street). You can also see another Super
Stop, just at the end of the straight.
The Other End of the Paddock -
The same view from the bridge, but from a slightly different angle.
Super Stop 2
This is the second Super Stop on the new Collins Street bridge. I
think it's there because the trams have nowhere else to go at the
moment. At the very top of this photo you should be able to make out
the trackwork that I snapped in the other photos (the pale line).
Andy Callaway
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