Business Trip to Australia - January-February 1999(via Hong Kong) |
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A map of the Melbourne transport system will be useful for understanding the following. Business requirements often meant travelling around by car. My local colleague's home is near Blackburn and Nunawading stations, and ALSTOM offices are located at Clayton near Westall station and in Melbourne city centre. Visits were made to the depot at Epping and the workshops at Newport, including time spent on commissioning runs on vehicles such as 322M which has a new prototype traction system fitted. "New track today" is always "none" unless stated. On this, the author's second visit to Melbourne, spare weekends were spent travelling on the sparsely served broad gauge "main line" branches. A full day was spent in Hong Kong on the outward journey finishing off train and tram routes not previously visited. |
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Special Notes: Unless otherwise stated, all EMUs are operated by Hillside or Bayside Trains, subsidiaries of Melbourne Passenger Transport Corporation (PTC) and to be privatised in August 1999. Other services are operated as marked.
Platform numbers or tram stop numbers are added to times in [brackets]. Melbourne Area routing codes are listed separately. |
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| Place |
Arrive |
Depart |
Train/ |
Traction details & notes |
Sunday 17th January 1999 |
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| Timperley |
08:00 |
Taxi | ||
| Manchester Airport (MAN) Terminal 2 |
08:12 |
10:00 |
CX260 |
Cathay Pacific 747-400 B-HHY |
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Via Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) (12:25/13:35) |
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| Hong
Kong (HKG) [Chep Lap Kok] |
08:00 |
(time 8 hours ahead of UK) | ||
Monday 18th January 1999 |
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| Satellite |
07:59 |
People-mover |
Rubber-tyred | |
| Main Terminal |
08:00 |
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| Airport |
09:00 |
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MTRC Airport Express Line EMU | |
| Kowloon |
09:22 |
09:32 |
'K1' |
free bus |
| Hung Hom |
09:50 |
10:06 |
KCRC Lo Wu Line EMU | |
| Kowloon Tong |
10:13 |
10:37 |
KCRC Lo Wu Line EMU | |
| Lo Wu |
11:08 |
11:20 |
KCRC Lo Wu Line EMU | |
| Tai Po Market |
11:35 |
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| Walk to KCRC museum in old Tai Po Market station building - about 10 minutes | ||||
| Tai Po Market |
13:00 |
KCRC Lo Wu Line EMU | ||
| Kowloon Tong |
13:19 |
13:27 |
MTRC Kwun Tong Line EMU | |
| Prince Edward |
13:31 |
13:32 |
MTRC Tsuen Wan Line EMU | |
| Tsuen Wan |
13:48 |
14:00 |
MTRC Tsuen Wan Line EMU | |
| Lai King |
14:18 |
14:24 |
MTRC Tung Chung Line EMU | |
| Tung Chung |
14:36 |
15:06 |
MTRC Tung Chung Line EMU | |
| Hong Kong |
15:30 |
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| Central Pier |
15:53 |
Star Ferry “Northern Star” in first class | ||
| Kowloon Pier |
16:01 |
16:35 |
Star Ferry “Golden Star” in standard class | |
| Central Pier |
16:43 |
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| Legislative Building |
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16:53 |
HKTL tram 7 | |
| just beyond Happy Valley triangle |
17:13 |
17:20 |
HKTL tram 63 | |
| other side of Happy Valley triangle |
17:25 |
17:31 |
HKTL
tram ? |
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| Happy Valley |
17:35 |
17:39 |
HKTL tram 124 | |
| North Point |
18:30 |
18:35 |
MTRC Island Line EMU | |
| Central |
18:47 |
18:58 |
MTRC Tung Chung Line EMU | |
| Kowloon |
19:01 |
19:15 |
MTRC Airport Express Line EMU | |
| Airport |
19:34 |
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| Main Terminal |
22:11 |
People- mover |
Rubber-tyred | |
| Hong Kong (HKG) |
22:12 |
22:50 |
CX105 |
Cathay Pacific A340 |
| Melbourne (MEL) |
10:50 |
(time 3 hours ahead of Hong Kong) | ||
| New track for the day: Fo Tan - Lo Wu, Prince Edward - Tsuen Wan, Lai King - Tung Chung, | ||||
Tuesday 19th January 1999 |
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| work at Epping depot | ||||
| Flinders St |
18:00[1] |
PV-HU |
EMU 631M+T+632M+640M+T+639M | |
| Eltham |
18:53 |
18:53 |
direct |
?M+T+?M+?M+T+?M |
| Flinders St |
19:38[1] |
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| Stayed each night at Duxton Hotel, Flinders Street (opposite Flinders Street railway station) | ||||
Wednesday 20th January 1999 |
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| Flinders St |
07:19[1] |
direct |
EMU ?M+T+150M+228M+T+17M working at Epping | |
| Epping |
08:02[1] |
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| Epping depot |
11:56[24] |
special |
EMU 425M+T+322M+488M+T+694M | |
| Ferry trip to Newport: 322M+425M for test train running, 488M for tyre turning there; via Epping station platform 1 (reverse 12:00/12:02) - Flinders St (track 1A 12:36) - Spencer St (track 8A) - Newport Workshops No.5 siding (13:03) , then shunt with 322M+T+425M alone | ||||
| Newport Workshops |
13:09[1] |
by car to ALSTOM office at Clayton, then to colleague’s house | ||
| Nunawading |
22:15 |
direct |
EMU 422M+T+?M | |
| Flinders St |
22:50[2] |
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Thursday 21st January 1999 |
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| Flinders St |
08:12[5] |
direct |
EMU 367M+T+368M+336M+T+335M | |
| Newport |
08:33 |
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| Newport Workshops |
09:48[1] |
special |
EMU 425M+T+322M | |
| Test train run: Newport (reverse) - Werribee (reverse 10:40/10:47) - Newport - into turnback siding (reverse) - Workshops (reverse 11:25/13:12) - Newport (reverse) - Werribee (reverse 14:05/14:13) - Newport (reverse) | ||||
| Newport Workshops [Loop] |
14:40 |
by car to Hotel | ||
| Elizabeth St/Flinders St |
17:39 |
'57' |
tram 228 | |
| West Maribyrnong |
18:21 |
18:26 |
'57' |
tram 229 |
| Maribyrnong |
18:29[45] |
18:31[45] |
'82' |
tram 148 |
| Footscray |
18:48[1] |
18:51 |
direct |
EMU 221M+T+166M+22M+T+46M |
| Flinders St |
19:03[5] |
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Friday 22nd January 1999 |
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by car from Hotel to Newport |
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Newport Workshops [Loop] |
06:31 |
special |
EMU 425M+T+322M |
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| Test train run: via TS - Spencer St (06:57) - CL - Pakenham Yard (08:14/08:28) - Bunyip (reverse 08:56/08:58) - Pakenham Yard (reverse 09:25/09:38) - Bunyip (reverse 09:58/10:00) - Pakenham Yard (reverse 10:25/10:57) - Bunyip (reverse 11:20/11:23) - Pakenham - CT - Flinders St (track 9A) - TS - Spencer St (12:56) - TS | ||||
| Newport Workshops [Loop] |
13:18 |
by car to Hotel | ||
| Flinders St/Queen St |
14:56[3] |
'00' |
tram 856 | |
| Spencer St/Bourke St |
15:05 |
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| Spencer St |
15:21[11 |
NV |
EMU 417M+T+418M+503M+T+504M | |
| Flinders St |
15:24[5] |
16:06[1] |
PU-HU |
EMU 598M+T+597M+618M+T+617M |
| Eltham |
16:57 |
17:56 |
direct |
EMU ?M+T+103M+134M+T+7M |
| Flinders St |
18:39[2] |
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Saturday 23rd January 1999 |
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| Spencer St |
08:40[13 |
TS-CL |
V/Line DL N471+4C | |
| Sale |
11:20 |
14:00 |
CL-TS |
V/Line DL N471+4C |
| Spencer St |
16:38[14 |
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| Spencer St/Collins St |
16:44 |
‘00’ |
tram 925 | |
| Flinders St/Queen St |
16:50 |
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| New track for the day: Bunyip - Sale | ||||
Sunday 24th January 1999 |
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| Flinders St |
08:46[1] |
PV |
EMU 665M+T+666M | |
| Spencer St |
08:49[9] |
09:40[3] |
V/Line DL N468+4C | |
| Bendigo |
11:45 |
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| Central Deborah Mine |
12:30 |
tram 275 (ex-Melbourne type W2) | ||
| via Museum visit (reverse 12:47/13:00) - Emu Point (reverse 13:07/13:09) - depot avoiding line | ||||
| Central Deborah Mine |
13:24 |
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| Bendigo |
14:30 |
V/Line DR 7003 | ||
| Echuca |
15:45 |
17:20 |
V/Line DR 7003 | |
| Bendigo |
18:35 |
18:50 |
V/Line DL N462+4C | |
| Spencer St |
20:47[2] |
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| Spencer St/Bourke St |
21:09 |
‘48’ |
tram 246 | |
| Flinders St/Queen St |
21:15 |
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| New track for the day: St Albans - Bendigo - Echuca | ||||
Monday 25th January 1999 |
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| by
car to and from Newport Workshops |
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| Flinders St/Elizabeth St |
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18:24 |
‘59’ |
tram 2092 |
| Airport West |
19:09 |
19:12 |
‘59’ |
tram 2092 |
| Moonee Ponds |
19:28 |
19:30 |
‘82’ |
tram 152 |
| Mooney Valley |
19:36[41] |
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| Murtle St |
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19:44 |
‘57’ |
tram 168 |
| Newmarket Station |
19:57 |
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| Newmarket |
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20:23 |
NV |
EMU 585M+T+586M+482M+T+481M |
| Flinders St |
20:35[7] |
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Tuesday 26th January 1999 (Australia Day holiday) |
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Flinders St |
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10:15[9] |
SP - BS |
EMU 564M+T+563M+658M+T+657M |
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Showgrounds |
10:27 |
10:36 |
BS - SP |
same set |
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Flinders St |
10:48[9] |
10:59[3] |
BV |
EMU 363M+T+364M |
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Spencer St |
11:01[11] |
11:19[12] |
CV |
EMU 412M+T+411M+394M+T+393M |
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Flinders St |
11:21[6] |
12:07[5] |
NL |
EMU 487M+T+427M |
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North Melbourne |
12:17[2] |
12:22[5] |
TS |
EMU 613M+T+614M+588M+T+587M |
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Flinders St |
12:30[9] |
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Flinders St/Swanston St |
13:11 |
‘00’ |
tram 728 |
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departed westbound from eastbound stop, then over crossover (parade affecting operations) |
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Spencer St/Bourke St |
13:20 |
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Spencer St |
13:25[12] |
CV |
EMU 398M+T+397M |
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Flinders St |
13:30[8] |
15:49 |
BV-BT |
EMU 468M+467M+647M+590M |
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Nunawading |
16:30 |
21:15 |
direct |
EMU 492M+T+491M+339M+T+340M |
| Flinders St |
21:49[2] |
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| New track for the day: Newmarket - Showgrounds | ||||
Wednesday 27th January 1999 |
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by car from Hotel to Newport |
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Newport Workshops [Loop] |
06:30 |
special |
EMU 425M+T+322M |
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Test train run: via TS - Spencer St (06:56) - CL - Pakenham Yard (08:14/??:??) - Bunyip (reverse ) - Pakenham Yard (reverse 09:25/09:37) - Bunyip (reverse 10:12/10:15) - Pakenham Yard (10:46/??:??) - CL - Spencer St (12:24) - TS |
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Newport Workshops [Loop] |
12:43 |
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Flinders St/Elizabeth St |
16:10 |
‘00’ |
tram 1000 |
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Spencer St/Bourke St |
16:18 |
16:20 |
‘86’ |
tram 2041 |
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Bundoora RMIT |
17:40 |
17:43 |
‘86’ |
tram 2041 |
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Northcote |
18:11[42] |
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Miller St |
18:24 |
‘11' |
tram 133 |
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West Preston |
18:31[47] |
18:33[47] |
‘00’ |
tram 133 (via north curve near Preston works) |
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Preston |
18:44[45] |
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Bell |
19:10 |
direct |
EMU 42M+T+110M+149M+T+100M |
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Flinders St |
19:33 |
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Swanston St/La Trobe St |
21:29 |
‘08’ |
tram 132 |
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| Swanston St/Flinders St |
21:33 |
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Thursday 28th January 1999 |
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