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@@barryneilsen6007 Fortunately swapping shifts mostly for Lates I rarely did Collins St ‘City Shorts’, Racing the clock between Spencer St and I suppose Brunswick St siding. Hell for the conductor selling or checking tickets for heaps of people only going a stop or 2. Wish we had those concrete blocks beside the tracks eastbound where cars and taxis often double parked waiting for people coming out of offices, sending following traffic onto the tram lines and holding us up when we had no time to spare. All were happy when that shift was abandoned any day as the crew was needed on a ‘real’ service that actually went somewhere.

@@peterausfranken You certainly get around!

@@tressteleg1 You only live one time 😉

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@@msg5507 Yes, William St certainly is the 58. It’s hard to edit your own work…

Not living in Melbourne, I can’t comment on whether Upfield should have been elevated or not, but all the crossing removals are for the benefit of motorists, passengers being inconvenienced by the need to go up or down to reach stations no longer at street level. It is a bit unfortunate that the line will again be closed for some time if the planned city end of the line gets those several station uplifts done.

@@tressteleg1 I know that you live on the gold coast now because you stated that in a previous reply to a comment I made. The comment about Upfield station is just my view on the subject. Yes the crossing removals do benefit motorists. They would have put in lifts and stairs for passengers in the skyrail stations. Again all of the train videos that you post on RUclips are great viewing from my perspective.

@@frankbanner8572 You have me a little confused apparently asking about tramway points in a trains video, but just to be clear, signal boxes set all points for trains in conjunction with trackside non-automatic signals. As for the trams, the Z, A and B class originally had a 3 position knob, normally pointing straight ahead. A tram length or 2 before the junction there is a wire loop in the road and if the driver wished to go left or right, turned the knob in that direction passing over the loop. Leaving the knob alone sets points for straight. If a tram ahead was going another way, the points equipment remembered the new choice and changed points when the tram ahead moved off. In later trams that knob was replaced by a couple of coloured push buttons which worked just the same. Apparently some older trams now have these buttons. Most traffic lights are computer controlled from some city location. Loops in the road in some places tell traffic lights when a tram is there and insert or add a T light when the lights will change anyway. Trams don’t suddenly force lights to change, unlike Sydney, Gold Coast and Canberra. I don’t know what tram route you are referring to, but if it Collin’s st, yes I drove it on the 10 or 12. Melbourne passengers must pull a cord or press a button to get the tram to stop. You will hear a beep or buzz in some videos. Those other tramways stop at all stops

Yes I agree little kids would have found it wonderful. I thought Pissweak World was just a joke but apparently it did exist.

@@neilmansfield8329 true, a massive leap forward in design.

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Because that Englishman took the trouble to go out and take these scenes so could narrate exactly where they are, and sometimes background as to why. Perhaps you could ask the question ‘why didn’t any Scotsmen bother to do same or better?’

@@andrewboros8388 Thanks for your local input. Yes, thankfully the Mountains have been free from incidents for some time now.

@@ellaeadig263 The younger kids loved it. I was impressed by the number of unique ‘home made’ rides.

@@frankbanner8572 Well you need to approach the relevant State MP. I’m not defending the inaction by the government, just stating what their views probably are.

​@@tressteleg1 I must clarify that I was travelling by train in Sydney and the short north when the bushfires that I am referring to were active. The NSW state government will only act if there is a very serious problem when it comes to bushfires. By that I mean a person suffers a serious injury or worse death. I have dealt with MPs and they are slow to react if they deem the reported problem is not important at the time of reporting.

@@frankbanner8572 I understand your situation and can only say ‘good luck’ and hope you are never caught up in a rail-side fire.

@@frankbanner8572 I am quite familiar with the L1 and read several news stories about the tree and with photos. Some rail administrations are aware of potential risks, but may take the chance that nothing happens. Additionally the local greenies might be rather strong, object to any tree clearing for whatever reason, and the government just could not be bothered fighting them which could be expensive anyway. Then everybody whinges when a tree falls on a train…

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@@ava.4150 Yes a is added to the route number whenever the route is altered for any reason. The driver will tell you if necessary. Don’t forget d = depot for trams heading there. The regular Luna Park detour no longer exists.

@@peterausfranken Basically yes, and even more so ‘bush’ in the past when overhead wires were held up with wooden poles, and at quieter times a single Tait power car ran up and down the line between Eltham and Hurstbridge. It would still probably handle the loadings at those times.

@@cristos58 👍😊 glad you like the removal of stationary times!

@@frankbanner8572 I grew up in Sydney when the real trams were running, was a Melbourne tram driver 1988 - 94 and now live on the Gold Coast. A train driver provides the video material. As for this line, I suspect that especially the outer areas of this line has sparse population (not many houses in what we see) so spending more money on the line is not going to win many votes. Any attempt to move or otherwise disturb the butterfly colony will be harshly resisted. Sure, start up a protected butterfly habitat, but don’t touch this colony. Knowing what NIMBYs are like, they would probably protest any attempts to move away any trees - and then complain when a bushfire destroys the railway.

@@peejay1981 I agree, but improving roads for motorists wins votes, easing curves, who would notice or care besides a small number of train passengers? And it would cost heaps.

@@kerrijohnstone7588 Unfortunately monorails are built and designed by particular companies and consequently are patented so nobody else can copy. The design might be adopted by a couple of cities here and there, and that’s about all. So with no new sales likely, the company loses interest in the project, stops making spare parts, and the operator is stuck with a line with no spare parts and no permission for anyone else to help out. That’s why they shut. That applied to both Sydney and the Gold Coast.

@@pgchase4578043026 it’s nice to hear that you enjoy your visits to Melbourne and elsewhere thanks to my videos. As for train speeds, Melbourne has always been a fairly leisurely jog along railway. Sydney where I grew up the trains used to be driven essentially as fast as they could go. Since then, a lot of running time has been added and I believe this is to help ensure getting good “on time” figures. Having so much time, it’s almost impossible to run late, but they still manage to do that sometimes.. Good for the politicians, not so good for the worn out public just wanting to get home from work.

Melbourne certainly spends a lot of time under cloud when nearby areas see sunshine. However I don’t expect they’ll be moving it any time soon!

Melbourne and clouds, Melbourne and rain, Melbourne and 4 seasons on one Day - has a tradition 😂

@@peterausfranken Yes and this video shows it. The second part includes rain, after such a perfect start.

@@tressteleg1 Melbourne weather at it's best😉

@@peterausfranken That is why I live in Qld now.

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@@frankbanner8572 I did read Wikipedia about these butterflies and it makes interesting reading. While captive breeding would be desirable, I don’t think anyone involved in the field under any circumstances would condone altering that colony from where and how it is now. If the present track layout out near the end limits a needed increase in train frequency, the double track could resume a short distance further out from the butterflies. Maybe the government just saw a good way to save some money. The old single track rail bridge is also protected against change. It was only thanks to a commenter a few weeks ago that I learnt about the butterflies so added it to the video.

@@hilarybadger1231 Oh well, hopefully this video helps bring back memories. At least the station building remains, whatever purpose it is put to.

@@tressteleg1it certainly does!

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I took a look and it is quite an awkward situation. While a bridge would be nice, rather difficult to do on a steep hill. Maybe something can be done to improve it. I can see how the cars would block the crossing buses in the peak. Maybe a section of red road with big white crossed lines with a sign ‘Keep Clear’ on the ground.

@@tressteleg1 yes. They made some improvements both north and south of the bridge with the new storage area and bus lane since my time. I'll always remember going past all those cars stationary in peak time, like the take the hint. On some occasions the bus was hardly full.

@@Roadrunnerz45 Some people can never be convinced to use public transport no matter how good it is.

@@hypercomms2001 I took scenes around the station when there early this year and will wait and see what scenes our driver has taken when I get his latest batch of scenes next year.

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@@FishplateFilms Glad you liked it. Swanston and Elizabeth Sts, Collins and Flinders Sts, as well got Bs. Bourke St is only E class. Good Luck for the weather!

@@tressteleg1 Thank you ! Catching up with my Nephew before getting the Overland to Adelaide and up to Stirling. I'll finally be able to wear the coats I have ....LOL

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@@mce_AU Due to a lot of unwanted chatter, I had to substitute sound from other parts of the video and unfortunately some of it included the gong which was not really appropriate when we heard it.

@@tressteleg1 OK no problems.

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@@ceciltagg In earlier times, especially at weekends passenger traffic to cemeteries was rather brisk. Sydney had a line into Rookwood cemetery and there was a special station in there. There was another in Newcastle I think to Sandgate. Whether the Upfield line originally ended at the cemetery or whether it always went further, I don’t quite know.

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@@peterausfranken You have tricked me a little bit by changing your name here, but mention of your Melbourne visit made it clear to me. I was looking forward to hearing a little report from you about the Melbourne holiday, so I am still wondering what are the main points that come to mind. Obviously the virtual disappearance of W class would have to be a major change.

@@tressteleg1 My visit in Melbourne was nice. To the trams. The A, B, C, D und E Class where new for me. The D Class are from Siemens and run also in germany. The E Class have a smooth ride. The W Class is an iconic tram and my favorit Weather was nice and l visited a lot of places. Melbourne has changed a lot in over 40 years, but that is everywhere.

@@peterausfranken Thanks for that little report. I did not realise that you had not seen the A-Class at least. Anyway I hope you had some nice rides on them and the new trams, for better or worse. While the W class look much the same as ever, unfortunately the controls are now all electronic and it seems that some of the new drivers have not been taught how to drive them very well. It’s good that the weather was nice.

@@tressteleg1 The A Class trams started as i left Melbourne. Some tram tracks in Melbourne are in poor conditions. At my time streets like Swanson Street where only for cars. For trains there where the red rattlers, the Harris (blue) trains and the Hitachi trains.

@peterausfranken I looked it up, and the A class trams first appeared in 1984. I moved to Melbourne late 1987, and remember having a tour on A 300 soon after. Road traffic was removed from Swanson Street around 1992 and since then the footpaths have widened and other improvements made. Especially over the last 10 years, a lot of track in poor condition has been replaced and overall the ride is much smoother these days. However junctions and other point work often remains noisy and cause the trams to bounce around sometimes. Hopefully in 2026 you will have plenty of time. It takes quite a while to ride some of the longer lines.

@@firstfreeone there was a fair bit of unwanted chatter after the Grand Union so I had to replace the sound with reasonably similar sound from elsewhere. Unfortunately it resulted in a gong at weird places.

@@tressteleg1 I understand, Sir.

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@@DungeonBuses I’m glad you appreciate the risk. I thought something could have come from Management but in the 8 years of doing Melbourne train videos, I have never heard from Officialdom. I know that some tram Driver Trainers use my videos to help their students. Maybe the trains are the same so they don’t want mine to stop.

@@tressteleg1This is just my opinion, but if I were a tram or train trainer or trainee, I think these videos would help a lot with the training, and I think they put less work on the trainers, if people watched these videos before applying for the job. 😂 Also, hoping to see something about this with the Siemens or X’Trapolis, but I know they can’t do HCMT’s or the X’Trapolis 2 trains, if it ever gets built, because of the camera, which is a bit of a shame, but most of us are still grateful for the trains the driver can do 😊.

@@DungeonBuses Yes I quite agree with you. Just whether my videos are used by trainees, officially or otherwise, is something I don’t know. Nobody has said anything in Comments to me.

@@tressteleg1I’m sure you’ll get some soon, especially if you post these types of videos, and if I ever become a train driver in Melbourne, I already know these videos will help a ton.

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@@stepfordclass730 Right? Yes, and if you watched my video at 18:20 you will see that I wrote that.

@@shanejohnson4898 Yes it was an exciting time to be living there.

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Maybe that was part of the purchase contract for a certain period of time. Wait and see how long that remains true.

@@becibabe7364 in general, the old stations were much easier to get to the platform.

@@openbaarvervoer.6883 Thanks. I’m pleased you like the video. When the line was extended from the Hospital to Helensvale Rail in 2018, I thought that 80 may be permitted, but it is not. Maybe the trams cannot go faster, maybe they don’t trust 100% low floor trams with fixed bogies to safely run that fast. Nevertheless 70 is faster than any Melbourne tram (60 is the limit, so is Berlin much to the annoyance of my driver friend there). 70 is also used in Canberra, but only 60 in Adelaide. The L1 in Sydney did have a section of 80 through a tunnel but for a few reasons (or excuses) that is no longer permitted. Are the trams on your 80k line 100% low floor and with or without swivelling bogies? Only Melbourne has swivelling on their E class, but still only 60. Incidentally I took video of Netherlands trams in the 1980s and early 90s, but have never published any.

Ik heb geen idee. Ik ben niet trambestuurder. Ik reed als passagier en bekeek de video. Als jij wilt, kan ik jou een link naar de video sturen. Dit is gewoon de titel van de video. HTM RandstadRail 34 Den Haag De Savornin Lohmanplein - Lansingerland-Zoetermeer | 2023😊 I have no idea. I am not a tram driver. I rode as a passenger and watched the video. If you want, I can send you a link to the video. This is just the title of the video. HTM RandstadRail 34 Den Haag De Savornin Lohmanplein - Lansingerland-Zoetermeer | 2023🚈🧭🌏

Het hogesnelheidsgedeelte van de weg in de video begint op de vijfentwintigste minuut van de video. The high-speed portion of the way in the video begins at the twenty-fifth minute of the video.🛫😇

@@openbaarvervoer.6883 I entered your title into RUclips search and got several results, all around 53 minutes. I will check at least one of them in due course but as preparing my own videos takes quite a bit of time - the one you watched on the new GC trams, took very much longer than expected - I don’t have much time to watch videos of other people. I did try searching whether your trams have swivelling bogies, but it does seem they don’t, but it is not made clear anywhere I looked.

@openbaarvervoer.6883 I just watched this very short video, and if you watch the centre section bogies, you can see they clearly rotate, or at least straighten up coming off the curve so presumably the end bogies also swivel which would make those trams more suitable for the faster speed. ruclips.net/video/1TUwj4rVO3o/видео.htmlfeature=shared

@@sandrafowler6717 Agreed, especially with regard to the need to change trains at Caulfield, one of the most awkward stations to change platforms which requires touching off, leaving the station and then touching on again for the new platform. Unfortunately it’s much too late for a rethink on South Yarra. I’m not sure the tunnel even goes under that station so it’s not gonna be moved now. As for the regional train service, it will continue to be as it is - crawling along behind an all stations train as far as Pakenham. That’s the reason for the signals on that line turning themselves on and off according to which train is coming next. Those country trains need the signals showing, and they do, while the Metro Trains require no signal showing.