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- April 07, 2024

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Special Feature-Railway Passenger services.

- December 08, 2018

Good morning, Today is Sunday the 9th of December, 2018. This story is to do with Railway Passenger services and how they have dwidled away to a mere pittance to what they once were. In the past week or so it was announced in the Media that the Overland Train will be stopped in late December 2018, due to the South Australia Government with drawing their $330,000 subsidy to help run it. The decline of Rail passenger services has been happening since the early sixties, possibly even earlier than that. Over that time several different governments, in all states of Australia have cut back on Rail Passenger services. But the irony is that the State of Victoria have been expanding their Rail Passenger services since 2004, with the Introduction of the Vlocity DMU sets, with expansion of the Fleet ever since. Queensland and Western Australia have introduced new services and new Trains, but in my opinion, not to the same extent as Victoria. Here is a Photograph of the Bluebird Rai...

Special feature - Giri Railway Station. 31-08-2024.

- August 30, 2024

Good Morning, This is a Special Feature for the Girilambone Railway Station. More Info at this Link, https://222222-ahrsinews-1.blogspot.com/2019/07/ Scroll down to the 25th of July. https://222222-ahrsinews-1.blogspot.com/2020/01/ Scroll down to the 20th of January. https://222222-ahrsinews-1.blogspot.com/2020/07/ Scroll down to the 17th of July. https://222222-ahrsinews-1.blogspot.com/2020/08/ Scroll down to the 27th of August.

Temple Court Railway Station, NSW.

- September 25, 2020

Good Morning, Today is Saturday the 26th of September, 2020. This write up is about the Temple Court Station. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Court_railway_station Above is the Murrurundi Railway Station. The Temple Court Station is/was 1.2 or 1.6 kilometres north from the above station. Here is a couple of Photos of the Temple Court Railway Line, or if you like the Branch line from the Oil Shale Production site to the Temple Court Railway Station. These Photos were sourced from the Willow Tree Then and Now Page. Here is a Photo of the Railway Station. It's location, was 1.3 Kilometres from the Murrurundi Railway Station. The Station opened in late April 1878. To the North of the Station was a Loop and a branch to the Oil Shale Works, located on the slope of the hill at the End of Elizabeth Street I believe. This Line is coming from the Oil Shale works, crossing the Pages River, and, veering to the left where it connected up to the Main line at the Temple Court Railway Statio...