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	List of Melbourne railway stations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of the 200 currently operating suburban railway stations (216 including greater metropolitan stations) in Melbourne, Australia.
		There are also a further 19 stations on 3 heritage, volunteer-operated, tourist railways.
		Stations are broken up into 3 Metcard ticketing zones (some stations are in two zones, where tickets for either zone may be used), as well as the City Saver area, which is within Zone 1 and covers the central business district.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Melbourne_railway_stations (776 words)

	Central Highlands District - Queensland Department of Main Roads
		First built as a railway siding in 1879, the Central Highlands town of Emerald now forms the nucleus of a district rich in minerals and agriculture.
		Emerald is also in close proximity to the Carnarvon National Park, which is characterised by a deep sandstone gorge, draped in lush green palms and ferns, marvellous walks, cliffs, moss gardens and Aboriginal art galleries.
		Emerald is the main service centre for the surrounding area and also a dormitory town for miners working in the surrounding coal fields of the Bowen Basin.
	www.mainroads.qld.gov.au /MRWEB/Prod/Content.nsf/PFREDIRECTOR/8D9DCD7F13604A654A256E51008237F4?OpenDocument (708 words)

	Puffing Billy Railway, Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Puffing Billy is a narrow gauge (2'6"/762 mm) heritage steam railway in the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne, Australia.
		Belgrave (Puffing Billy station), adjacent to the Belgrave suburban station
		It originally ran from Upper Ferntree Gully station (now a suburban station on the broad gauge Belgrave line); it now begins at the Belgrave narrow gauge station, adjacent to the Belgrave broad gauge station.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Puffing_Billy_Railway,_Melbourne (245 words)

	Pakenham, Victoria -
		Pakenham is on the main railway line between Melbourne and Gippsland, and its railway station marks the end of the suburban electrified service.
		Pakenham is a town 56 km south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, currently growing rapidly and in the process of becoming a suburb of Melbourne.
		Image:Melbourne yarra afternoon.jpg This article about a place in Melbourne is a stub.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Pakenham,_Victoria (243 words)

	Emerald - Queensland - www.smh.com.au/travel/
		Emerald would have continued as a small town had it not been for a decision made in 1948 by the British Food Corporation to grow sorghum in the area.
		Emerald is located on the Nogoa River 263 km west of Rockhampton and 909 km from Brisbane (via Rockhampton).
		Discovered in the year of Emerald's centenary it was presented to the town by the company operating the Gregory Mine to the north.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Queensland/Emerald/2005/02/17/1108500203310.html (721 words)

	AusEmade: Emerald Information and Attractions, Queensland (QLD), Australia
		Emerald Railway Station • Classified by the National Trust this station would have to be the finest ornate building in the central highlands.
		Emerald was first established in the 1860's, it wasn't until the railway arrived in 1879 that the town was surveyed and started to grow.
		Emerald Shire Council • 65 Egerton Street, Emerald, 4720 • Ph: 07 4982 8333 • The Emerald Shire is a modern and comfortable place to live, invest in or visit.
	www.ausemade.com.au /qld/destination/e/emerald-attractions.htm (543 words)

	Clematis railway station, Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clematis Station is situated on the Puffing Billy Railway.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clematis_railway_station,_Melbourne (78 words)

	RINGWOOD TO UPPER FERNTREE GULLY BROAD GAUGE RAILWAY:
		The turntable was purchased in 1987 from the Victorian Railways and began operating at Emerald in 1990.
		The station and building were rebuilt, along with the re-laying of the track for the opening of the line to Gembrook.
		The station is still important however, as all the carriage maintenance and rebuilding work is done in the adjacent workshops.
	www.billwilliams.org /puffingbilly/PBHistory.html (3451 words)

	Emerald railway station, Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Emerald Station is situated on the Puffing Billy Railway.
		This page was last modified 07:48, 30 April 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emerald_railway_station,_Melbourne (54 words)

	Dictionary of Australian Biography Sa-Sp
		At the first election for the Melbourne city council, held on 1 December 1842, he was elected a councillor for the Bourke ward, and except for a short interval, he was on the council for the remainder of his life.
		Though not in parliament he was appointed colonial secretary and minister for railways in the Mitchell government in May 1919, a fortnight later was elected a member of the legislative assembly, and exchanged the portfolio of colonial secretary for those of mines, industries and forests.
		During his 56 years of residence at Melbourne he had much influence on the cultural life of the city.
	www.gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogSa-Sp.html (21493 words)

	Melbourne Backpackers Hostels
		Melbourne may be an incredibly friendly, vibrant, and exciting place to be, but I'll never forget hiking and lying on the beaches at Wilson's Promontory, meeting other travellers, and truly experiencing Australia at it's best on my frquent escapes from the Melbourne buzz.
		Melbourne is easily the best city in the world, and a place I would move to without hesitation if given the chance.
		While Melbourne is without a doubt my favourite place in the southern hemisphere, I also think it's crucial to head out of the city to places like the Otways, Gippsland, and Wilson's Promontory to really see what Victoria has to offer.
	www.hostelz.com /hostels/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne (667 words)

	Rail and Freemasonry
		On the West Coast railway line is a small railway station called Cass named after Thomas Cass, a surveyor, who was responsible for the main surveys of Canterbury Plains, thus laying the foundation for future rail plans.
		The objects of the association are: To further the teachings and aims of Freemasonry among railway brethren; to meet one or more times a year; To encourage railway brethren to maintain an interest in their respective lodges and in the Craft in general.
		The railway to Hutt Park was built along the foreshore of Petone Beach and was frequently washed away by heavy seas.
	www.mastermason.com /railcraft/RandFM.htm (6930 words)

	Menzies Creek, Victoria
		Near the "Puffing Billy" station there is a railway museum, the Menzies Creek store and tea room, the fire station and a kindergarten which operates in the public hall.
		It was the second station from Belgrave on the narrow gauge railway to Gembrook, now the "Puffing Billy" scenic railway.
		The station, however, was named Aura after a nearby property, and the two names co-existed until the 1940s.
	www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/menziescreek.html (282 words)

	Emerald Lake Park - Where is Emerald Lake Park
		Emerald Lake Park is situated in the township of Emerald, Victoria.
		It is approximately a one hour drive East from Melbourne City.
		Emerald Lake Park can also be reached by train by:
	www.emeraldlakepark.com.au /Page/Page.asp?Page_Id=2&h=1 (235 words)

	Wavescan 408
		This new station was given the callsign 2BE and it was on the air with 1.5 kw on the wavelength 440 metres, corresponding to 680 kHz.
		The Athlone station began with 60 kw in 1933, though this was upgraded to 100 kw in 1955, and more recently to 500 kw when the location was changed to Tullamore.
		This station was inaugurated in 1927 with its own production studios, though it became a slave relay for a period of nearly 30 years beginning in 1930.
	www181.pair.com /otsw/Wavescan/wavescan408.html (1363 words)

	Things to do in Melbourne - Expedia
		Melbourne's center is framed by the Yarra River to the south and a string of parks to the east.
		Melbourne is also known for its rich migrant influences, particularly those expressed through food: the espresso cafés in Lygon Street, Melbourne's "little Italy," or the Greek district of the city central.
		Melbourne is at its most beautiful in fall, March to May. Days are crisp, sunny, and clear, and the foliage in parks and gardens is glorious.
	www.expediaguides.com /default.aspx?tla=MEL (9339 words)

	Casey Cardinia Moments in a Regional History
		Nobelius&; nursery was the centre of the Emerald community.
		In 1886, he travelled to Emerald, which was accessed from the Narre Warren station, and began to clear the land he had purchased for his nursery with his hard-earned savings.
		The roads were bad and the nearest railway station was Narre Warren, 16 miles away.
	www.cclc.vic.gov.au /moments/nobelius.htm (538 words)

	Emerald - Victoria - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au
		From Emerald, head east along the Belgrave-Gembrook Rd for 5 km to Cockatoo then turn off, heading south along the Pakenham Rd for 6 km then turn right into Paternoster Rd and the park is 400 m along, to the right, at no.523.
		Menzies Creek was reached in 1962, Emerald Town in 1965, Emerald Lake Park in 1975 and Gembrook in 1998.
		Accommodation is available at Emerald on the Lake (a B and B on Emerald Lake Rd), the Backpackers Lodge (Lake View Drive), and Wombat Corner offers camping and cabins.
	www.smh.com.au /news/Victoria/Emerald/2005/02/17/1108500206443.html (3505 words)

	Picturesque Atlas - Victoria - Central District - Part 1
		It is at this point that the railway from Melbourne to Echuca attains its greatest elevation, and the line can be quitted at the Woodend or at the Macedon station for the purpose of exploring the more accessible portions of the mountain.
		The first of these routes diverges from the trunk line at Braybrook, a station lying at some distance from the village, in which the manufacture of dynamite and other explosive compounds is carried on, as is pretty plainly indicated by the gunpowder waggons which are passed on the way.
		From Trentham to Bullarto the railway passes through a forest in which the undergrowth is so thick as to resemble a jungle; but where cuttings have been made, a rich chocolate soil is disclosed lying on the surface from two to four feet deep.
	www.geocities.com /toby_meares/048.htm (3072 words)

	adonline.id.au Melbourne Buildings South Melbourne Town Hall
		The South Melbourne Town Hall was originally known as Emerald Hill Town Hall until the name of the municipality was changed in 1883.
		In the mid-1990's, the City of South Melbourne was merged with the City of St Kilda and the South Melbourne Town Hall ceased to function as the home of the local council, which shifted to St Kilda.
		South Melbourne Town Hall remains as one of the grandest town halls in Melbourne.
	www.adonline.id.au /buildings/southmelbourne.php (90 words)

	Eric Shackle's eBook - Emerald Cities
		It's justifiably proud of its railway station, the small town's most impressive building.
		Williamson was born in Melbourne and has lived in Sydney, so he knows a lot about Australia's two great rival cities.
		Author L. Frank Baum, who invented the original Emerald City, was born in Chittenango, near Syracuse, New York, in 1856.
	www.bdb.co.za /shackle/articles/emerald_cities.htm (1316 words)

	The Travels of Jim & Wendy White in Australia Revisited (Page 1 of 1)
		Today's AAT Kings' tour started by driving to the railway station at Belgrave, where a couple of steam locomotives were already shunting carriages to assemble our "Puffing Billy" train.
		Before the Ghan railway and motor vehicles arrived at the Red Centre, camels were indispensable as a means of transport for fifty years, and there are apparently two hundred thousand feral camels living in Australia.
		At Tarraleah, there were two hydro-power stations at the bottom of a deep valley, where water dropped from a canal, down the steep wooded hillside through a set of impressive steel pipes, known as the "Tarraleah Penstocks".
	www.interlog.com /~wwhite/australx.html (17579 words)

	Emerald City - #109
		The Philadelphia convention center is built into an old railway station and has a Victorian exuberance to its architecture.
		Emerald City might not be the sort of zine that everyone wants to read, but it will defend to the death the right of all science fiction fans to pub their ish on whatever subject they see fit, in whatever medium they see fit.
		You have doubtless already seen one on the Emerald City home page.
	www.emcit.com /emcit109.shtml#Short (20574 words)

	Melbourne Bars, Melbourne Pubs, Melbourne Clubs and Melbourne Nightlife - Melbourne's best bars, all on Barfinder.
		Barfinder is a completely independent and objective guide to Melbourne bars, clubs, pubs and nightlife, produced by Melbournians who know exactly how unique the Melbourne bar scene is. Whether you're looking for new Melbourne bars, bar reviews, drink specials or recipes for a cocktail party, it's all here.
		Melbourne Bars, Melbourne Pubs, Melbourne Clubs and Melbourne Nightlife - Melbourne's best bars, all on Barfinder.
		If you can't find one of your favourite Melbourne bars, clubs or pubs on Barfinder please don't hesitate to e-mail us at info@barfinder.com.au
	www.barfinder.com.au (165 words)

	IgoUgo: Melbourne Attractions, Melbourne Festivals, Things To Do In Melbourne
		This much-loved historic steam railway is the only survivor of the narrow-gauge lines that connected country areas to Melbourne in the early 1900s.
		Trains depart regularly from Belgrave Station and travel through quiet ferny dells and across wooden trestle bridges to the beautiful Emerald Lake Park.By night, trains double as luxury diners for a journey into the heart of romance.
		Read other reviews for Attractions and Landmarks in Melbourne.
	www.igougo.com /planning/journalEntryActivity.asp?type=2&entryID=35007 (550 words)

	Stories by Eric Shackle for Australian seniors, senior citizens, retirees, veterans, carers
		Australia's Melbourne (present population 3.2 million) was named in 1837, in honour of Britain's Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne.
		The area began to be called Melbourne eight years before the town was officially established in 1888.
		Confusion between the two Sydneys and the two Melbournes is nothing new.
	www.aboutseniors.com.au /ShackleStories.html (11776 words)

	Tourist Sites - World
		Mid Norfolk Railway: The Trust has undertaken a caretaking role on the southern part of the branch carrying out maintenance on the buildings and rail infrastructure, all of which had been neglected since the withdrawal of freight on the branch in 1989.
		Welsh Highland Railway: 2ft gauge railway preserving the heritage of the Welsh Highland Railway and North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways.
		The present Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Company was formed in 1993 by the members of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Association, now a Trust, with the aim of reconstructing as much as possible of this once famous narrow gauge railway.
	www.cwrr.com /nmra/Touristb-World.html (2265 words)

	Puffing Billy Railway Melbourne Australia
		I visited the railway in November 2002 on Melbourne Cup day thinking that the railway would be fairly quiet.
		The railway was originally used as a tool to try and connect up some of the remote settlements in the area; however, after a landslide in 1953, the line was closed, as it had become un-economic to operate.
		If you look at the style of the two railways they are clearly similar, and of course the locos are of the same pattern.
	www.holidaymull.org /rail/puffinbilly (469 words)

	Travel - Travel bites - Home choice - Passion for wilderness - escape.com.au
		RAIL excursions on the panoramic Golden Pass scenic train to Jungfraujoch (highest railway station in Europe) and Mt Pilatis via the steepest cogwheel railway in Switzerland are included in a five-day Tops of Switzerland package from Rail Plus.
		TRAVEL Bites highlights special events and deals: save the endangered species of the Southern Ocean or visit the highest railway station in Europe.
		This package is for independent travellers and includes rail travel and three-star hotels and breakfasts for $723 per person twin-share.
	escape.news.com.au /story/0,9142,18447656-27980,00.html (757 words)

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