Possible Frankston-Stony Point pass. closure.

"Paul Westcott" <p_gwestcott@REMOVETOREPLYoptusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> "R.M. O'Donnell" wrote:
>
> > Considering the population along the coast it is suprising that a line
was
> > never built towards Portsea in the days when railways were rampant.
>
> There was - the Red Hill line :-)
>
> Paul Westcott
>
Yes , perhaps it was planned to be extended to Rosebud or more.
I don't know if the Mornington Peninsula hills would have made that sort of
extension impractical, not too much more of a roundabout route than the
Mornington line. I think that the Red Hil South branch was completed about
1920 just when motor transport was developing & a start was being made to
the Nepean Highway. I would think that the Red Hill branch was constructed
mainly to cart milk, apples & potatoes etc. to the Melbourne markets, I
suppose it was thought that the towns toward Portsea could be served well
enough by Nepean Highway buses & what remained of bay steamers.
Cheers,
RMOD

"R.M. O'Donnell" wrote:

> "Paul Westcott" wrote in message
>
> > "R.M. O'Donnell" wrote:
> >
> > > Considering the population along the coast it is suprising that a line
> was
> > > never built towards Portsea in the days when railways were rampant.
> >
> > There was - the Red Hill line :-)
> >
> > Paul Westcott
> >
> Yes , perhaps it was planned to be extended to Rosebud or more.
> I don't know if the Mornington Peninsula hills would have made that sort of
> extension impractical, not too much more of a roundabout route than the
> Mornington line. I think that the Red Hil South branch was completed about
> 1920 just when motor transport was developing & a start was being made to
> the Nepean Highway. I would think that the Red Hill branch was constructed
> mainly to cart milk, apples & potatoes etc. to the Melbourne markets, I
> suppose it was thought that the towns toward Portsea could be served well
> enough by Nepean Highway buses & what remained of bay steamers.

An accurate summary, if my memory of the the published deliberations of the
parliamentary Railways Standing Committee serves me correctly, and in
particular I don't recall any consideration of extensions from Red Hill.

Paul Westcott