The eastern suburb of Doncaster in Melbourne has does not have a railway. Despite many proposals over the past 130 years, one has never been built. So why can't you catch a train to Doncaster?
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging and their extensive historical connection to these places.
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My website: [ Ссылка ]
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MORE INFORMATION
2014 Doncaster Rail Study documents: [ Ссылка ]
Information about the cutting at Victoria Park Station: [ Ссылка ]
Doncaster Railway route as almost built in 1979 as part of the Eastern Freeway:
Melway Map 44: [ Ссылка ]
Melway Map 45: [ Ссылка ]
Melway Map 32: [ Ссылка ]
Melway Map 33: [ Ссылка ]
Melway Map 34: [ Ссылка ]
(Full 1979 Melway here: [ Ссылка ])
Public Records Office Victoria (PROV) article on some of the older route proposals: [ Ссылка ]
Doncaster Rail advocacy page: [ Ссылка ]
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SOURCES AND CREDITS
Image source: (Zombie stop sign): Eli Duke, CC-BY-SA 2.0, [ Ссылка ]
Image source: (Abandoned construction: Yan Song, CC-BY-SA 2.0, [ Ссылка ]
Image source (1890 plan): PROV [ Ссылка ]
Image source (Victoria Park Station photos): Peter J Vincent [ Ссылка ]
Video source (North East Link bus video): North East Link Authority [ Ссылка ]
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