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 Melbourne
Merri and Rushall are just north of Clifton Hill.
Clifton Hill, shown on the first picture is there Premium station (marked with a black circle :-) just north of the City Loop.
At my first host, the nearest train station was Ivanhoe, which is the first premium station on the Hurstbridge line.
hjem.get2net.dk /atcox/personal/austpage/melbourne.html   (354 words)

  
 Clifton Hill railway station, Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clifton Hill is the juncton for the Epping and Hurstbridge railway lines, Melbourne, Australia.
It is a Premium station, meaning that it's staffed from first to last train.
The station is 5 km from Flinders Street Station and is in Metcard
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clifton_Hill_railway_station,_Melbourne   (95 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Rushall railway station, Melbourne
Melbourne indie band Underground Lovers wrote a song named Rushall Station, about the quietness of the site, which then became the title track for an album.
As it is not a premium station, Rushall is unmanned, with few facilities.
A railway platform is a section of pathway, alongside rail tracks at a train station, metro station or tram stop, at which passengers may board or alight from trains or trams.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rushall-railway-station,-Melbourne   (964 words)

  
 Gondoliers Review 1
It is not at all surprising that the promoters of the first Melbourne baby show have still in their ears the jingle of the six thousand sovereigns which they netted as profit from the gullibility of stupid, igorant women, possessed of an insane physical pride in their offspring.
The door leading the the stationmaster's office, in which the safe was found, was burst open with a jemmy, and the safe, which rested under the one of the desks and was affixed to the flooring with an iron screw, was dragged to the centre of the floor.
The daring and methodical manner in which the robberies were made, as well as the coolness shown in visiting one station and another, indicate the existence of a gang of burglars, who, if not shortly arrested, are likely to leave further traces of their handiwork at other suburban stations.
homepages.ihug.co.nz /~melbear/downunder/gondoliersreview1.htm   (1560 words)

  
 history.html
In spite of many changes, the station has remained the hub of Melbourne's suburban railway network.
It may not be physically in the centre of Melbourne, but Flinders Street Station is still undoubtedly the 'heart' of the city.
At last, the people of Melbourne had a station of which they could be proud.
www.buslines.com.au /hillsidetrains/history.html   (1678 words)

  
 List of Melbourne railway stations
This is a list of the 200 operating suburban railway stations (216 including greater metropolitan stations) in Melbourne Australia.
There are also a further 19 stations 3 heritage tourist railways.
Stations listed in italics are "premium" stations that are manned to last train by staff who provide assistance and information to commuters.
www.freeglossary.com /List_of_Melbourne_railway_stations   (867 words)

  
 Clifton Hill, Victoria
Clifton Hill is a residential suburb 4 km north-east of Melbourne, separated from Collingwood by Alexandra Parade and the Eastern Freeway.
The Melbourne City Council operated a basalt quarry in Clifton Hill, between Yambla Street and the Merri Creek, in the 1850s, continuing until the 1950s.
Clifton Hill's residential attraction lessened after the turn of the century as middle class housing grew in the eastern suburb and industry took up land for factories.
www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/cliftonhill.html   (477 words)

  
 Melbourne City Accommodation - ParkSide
Clifton Hill is an inner-city Melbourne suburb bordered by Fairfield, Collingwood, N Fitzroy & Kew.
Clifton Hill is 4 kms from Melbourne Central Business District (CBD).
Clifton Hill is a junction for two rail lines which means there is frequent trains every few minutes to and fro the city.
www.ozstays.com /13144   (655 words)

  
 Melbourne's Tramway History.
The second electric tramway in Melbourne's suburbs was opened on the 11th October 1906 and ran from Flemington Bridge (near the terminus of the North Melbourne cable tram route) to Essendon, with a branch to Saltwater River (Now Maribyrnong River) and a short spur along Puckle St Moonee Ponds, to Moonee Ponds railway station.
The only steam-operated passenger tramway to operate in Melbourne ran from Cheltenham railway station to the Melbourne Home and Hospital for the Aged, a distance of about one mile.
A two-mile cable tramway was opened by the Clifton Hill, Northcote and Preston Tramway Co. between the M.T.O. cable tram terminus at Clifton Hill and Dundas St Northcote on 18th February, 1890.
www.geocities.com /z_class/tramhistory.html   (3222 words)

  
 Tony's Melbourne Musings
The Melbourne Jewish artist Horace Brodsky, friend of Modigliani whom I knew in the '60s in London when he was in the ninth decade of his life, recalled the Melbourne of his youth when people promenading in Collins Street would never dream of setting foot in the raffish purlieus of Bourke Street two blocks away.
The women on the station not only wore hats, but not seldom, gloves, for they were going into the city after all, whereas the proletarian travellers would probably alight where the factories were at Richmond and Burnley, when after work, those collapsed Gladstone bags would accommodate six bottles of Abbots Lager.
The Encyclopedia of Melbourne will not pretend to be anything other than a product that reflects the concerns of the early 21st century, a time capsule that may be read very differently in another 100 years.
tonysmelbournemusings.blogspot.com   (11732 words)

  
 Northcote, Victoria -
It was the area further north of present-day Westgarth which saw settlement and development, particularly around the mansion built by William Rucker on Bayview St in 1842 (the area now known as Ruckers Hill).
The line to Whittlesea was opened in 1891, creating a direct line to Northcote, although the line initially journeyed via Royal Park, Carlton North, and Fitzroy North, before a line was built from Clifton Hill to Melbourne through the suburb of Richmond in 1901 to 1903.
The northern section of the Inner Circle Line was closed to passengers in 1948, leaving the eastern section (from Melbourne to Clifton Hill, via Richmond and Collingwood).
www.grohol.com /psypsych/Northcote,_Victoria   (1009 words)

  
 Metlink - Your guide to public transport in metropolitan Melbourne
Melbourne’s trains are back to normal timetables from Monday 23 January.
Melbourne made easier for people with a disability.
Metlink - Your guide to public transport in metropolitan Melbourne
www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au   (492 words)

  
 About Clifton Hill Yoga Studio
Trams stop outside the door, and the Clifton Hill railway station is five minutes walk.
Clifton Hill Yoga Studio was established in 1995 by Frank Jesse, a qualified Iyengar yoga teacher.
The bus interchange is one block away in Queens Parade.
www.iyoga.com.au /about.html   (186 words)

  
 North Melbourne, Victoria
It is often associated with West Melbourne (in which is situated the North Melbourne railway yards), and the boundary between the two is Victoria Street.
The opening of the asylum coincided with the Melbourne Town Council's overtures for a new township to accommodate the gold-rush population influx.
Taking North Melbourne as a triangle, the residential sector is along the middle and the third boundary (Flemington Road), extending into the triangle to the gas-works and football ground sites and to the vicinity of the town hall at the corer of Queensberry and Errol Streets.
www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/northmelbourne.html   (1451 words)

  
 Ivy Elmers story growing up in Murmungee Victoria
It must have been a few years 2 or 3 when I went to Bowmans Forest railway station to see her (was on some sort of railway excursion to one of the country towns).
Melbourne was a happy and noisy city that night.
The first thing we saw in the morning were the hills they were so beautiful, all the different colours,such sunrises.and sunsets.
www.angelfire.com /folk/ivyelmer   (11381 words)

  
 Melbourne's Tram Routes>
It was City to Carnegie Railway Station until 31/10/1970.
Route 92 City - Spencer St to Clifton Hill.
From 26/5/1955, it was South Melbourne & St Kilda beach to Northcote via St Georges Rd. Prior to 1955 it was City to East Preston via Collins St & St Georges Rd.
www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Set/9507/tramroutes.html   (2525 words)

  
 Melbourne, Australia - Public transport FAQ
Railway station ticket machines will not sell you a ticket not valid in the current zone, even if you have an existing valid ticket but are going into another zone.
Unlike buying from railway stations, you do not have to put a ticket bought on the tram into a validator.
The Melbourne city and suburbs are divided into three zones, and passengers pay for the zones they want to travel in, and the time they want.
www.custard.net.au /melbtrans   (3406 words)

  
 Historical Encyclopedia of WA - WA Snapshots
The railway of 1881 bisected the town, reducing the importance of river transport and resulting in the development of new commercial centre near the railway station.
The parent body supplied the infant colony with bibles as early as 1837, but formation of the Society’s first (short lived) Agency came at the initiative of Miss E. Clifton of Bunbury, in 1871, although not until 1884 was it established in Perth with the Anglican Archbishop of Perth, as president.
Author Robert Drewe lived on the hill above the pool and wrote that it was 'slimy and smelled of rotten eggs'.
www.encyclopedia.uwapress.uwa.edu.au /wa_snapshots   (9972 words)

  
 UFO Area EARLY AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL ENCOUNTERS
Just after passing over the railway crossing, the husband saw a man apparently wearing a flannel shirt and dungarees and a broad-brimmed hat, walking ahead of them in the same direction they were travelling.
It apparently sailed backwards and forwards at a great pace and, turning around, gradually disappeared over the same hills, although it was subsequently seen in the direction of the Gore race course.
A.J. Roe, wife of the station manager, was the first to spot the object.
www.ufoarea.com /events_australia_early.html   (11059 words)

  
 Meltrip Melbourne Public Transport: Buses
504 Clifton Hill Stn to Moonee Ponds Jn (B, C) Westgarth to Moonee Ponds Jn (B, C)
Buses generally serve suburbs distant from rail lines, act as feeders to railway stations, allow cross-suburban travel and provide after midnight transport on Friday and Saturday nights.
253 Garden City to City via South Melbourne (A, B, C) Box Hill Stn to Ringwood Stn via North Nunawading and Mitcham (B, C) Box Hill Stn to Junction/Sprinvale Rds via North Nunawading
www.alphalink.com.au /~parkerp/meltrip/bus.htm   (1006 words)

  
 RAILROAD BOOKS from RAY BOAS, BOOKSELLER in Walpole, NH
Hill, Howard G., RIDING THE LIMITEDS' LOCOMOTIVES, Superior Publishing Company, Seattle, (1972) 1st ed, 104 BandW photos, maps, 175pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), "With this book the reader feels as though he is actually in the locomotives cab with the author.
Deals with railway expansion, abuses and their remedies - especially in Iowa - and presents a critical survey of the more important books and articles in railway literature.
Hills, Richard and Patrick, David, BEYER, PEACOCK: LOCOMOTIVE BUILDERS TO THE WORLD, The Transport Publishing Co., Derbyshire, (1982), BandW and color illustrations, 302pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0903839415 This volume covers a broad spectrum of the Company activities.
www.rayboasbookseller.com /rr.htm   (14756 words)

  
 Niagara Falls Canada Hotels - Attractions - Tourism Guide for Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada Hotels
Clifton Hill's "Big Time" fun and excitement makes it the perfect vacation destination in Niagara Falls.
From the comfortable hotel rooms to the fast pace and unparalleled nightlife of Niagara Falls, Clifton Hill has it all.
Next time you visit Niagara, make sure you stay at Clifton Hill; it has all the right elements to ensure your Niagara Falls vacation is a success!
www.CliftonHill.com   (591 words)

  
 List of Melbourne tram routes - Gurupedia
92 - Spencer and Bourke Streets to Clifton Hill
This is a list of the 35 main tram routes and 55 subsidiary routes operating in the city of Melbourne, Australia.
7 - Melbourne University to Malvern Town Hall (shortened 6)
www.gurupedia.com /l/li/list_of_melbourne_tram_routes.htm   (885 words)

  
 Heidelberg - Melbourne University
Departs from the Melbourne University terminus and operates via Royal Parade, Grattan Street, Swanston Street, Cemetery Road East, Princes Street, Alexandra Parade, Queens Parade, Gold Street, North Terrace and Hoddle Street to Clifton Hill Station.
Departs from the terminus in Yarra Street at Heidelberg Railway Station (east side) and operates via Yarra Street, Mount Street, Yarra Street, Hawdon Street, Burgundy Street, Lower Heidelberg Road, Heidelberg Road and Hoddle Street to Clifton Hill Railway Station.
Departs from the terminus at Heidelberg Railway Station and operates via the normal route described above (Heidelberg to Melbourne University) to Royal Parade and Grattan Street.
www.buslines.com.au /dysons/timetables/route_546.shtml   (383 words)

  
 Connex Melbourne - Trip Planner
We have interlinked all rail, tram and street networks throughout Metropolitan Melbourne.
View any station and find out what facilities are available
Find links to other transport and melbourne sites
www.connexmelbourne.com.au /trip_planner/index.asp   (258 words)

  
 TSROSS Railway Names List
Today, some roller coasters fall in to the railway class, but have not been included here, though the reason is obvious.
Athough some rubber tired systems are in the list, they are not included as railways, but because they share railway signal systems in some manner.
The list consists of railways for which we have information on record - This list includes operating railways (carriers and/or equipment), and railways with charters (non-operating), both current and defunct.
www.railway.org /rwaylist.htm   (1118 words)

  
 List of lost institutions
The State Electricity Commission was established in Victoria in 1918, and electrification of the Melbourne suburban railway system was completed in 1923.
'Clifton Hill via Kew, Canterbury, East Camberwell, Glen Iris, Ashburton (early this century)'
Home to the South Melbourne football club before they moved to Sydney.
www.kitezh.com /gkw/register/register.htm   (326 words)

  
 List of Melbourne timetables -
Eltham Railway Station to Diamond Creek Railway Station
MELBOURNE TRANSPORT ENTERPRISES - Connex (ex Hillside Trains)
In addition T-Rose Tea Rooms at Riversdale station on the Alamein line have issued a pocket sized TT dated 1 July 2003 for services to/from Riversdale.
www.aattc.org.au /melbourne.htm   (1290 words)

  
 the null device
On the railway underpass just north of Clifton Hill station in Melbourne, there are some (black and white) posters that look suspiciously like Giant propaganda.
Does Andre the Giant have a posse Down Under as well?
dev.null.org /blog/archive.cgi/2000/11/24   (260 words)

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