Showing 278 items matching "railway transport victoria"
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Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Board of Inquiry, Report of The Board of Inquiry into The Victorian Land Transport System, 1972
A report by the Board of Inquiry into the Victorian land transport system in the years 1971 to 1972.maps. p.250.non-fictionA report by the Board of Inquiry into the Victorian land transport system in the years 1971 to 1972.land transport - victoria - report, railroad operations - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Booklet, Transport Victoria, c1980
Information booklet on Victorian transportIll, p.12.non-fictionInformation booklet on Victorian transporttransport - victoria, public transport - victoria -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph
The train pulled into Sunbury Station were the type of red carriages that steam trains pulled on many regional rail tracks throughout Victoria. There were times also when the diesel engines pulled these carriages before the modern V Line trains were used to transport people to the regional areas. A non-digital black and white photograph of 7 visible old train carriages pulled into a railway platform. railways, train carriages, sunbury station -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph, 1932
Bairnsdale or Orbost railway closed to passengers 27 April 1935Black and white photograph of a steam train passing over the Tambo River bridge showing a passenger carriage behind the locomotive, man paddling in river. Bruthen Victoriabridges, transport -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph, 1940
Black and white photograph of a railway bridge over waterway on railway line at unknown location. Boat at edge of water has small load of log timbers across it. Victoriabridges, transport, vegetation -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Bridges, Wiblin, Meg, 2011
Date made December 2011|This bridge is one of the few remaining of the several constructed on the Bairnsdale to Orbost railway line from 1913 to 1915.|Also eight photographs similar views, four taken of the top, four from below the bridgeColour photograph showing different views if the timber railway trestle bridge at Wairewa. Railway line and sleepers have been removed, structure appears to be reasonably intact. Nowa Nowa Victoriabridges, historic site, transport -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Turton, Keith, The Portland Railway, 1968
A history of the rail network based on Portland that was developed from the 1870s to transport goods between its port and the growing inland settlements of Western Victoria and Southeast South Australiaill, maps, p.179.non-fictionA history of the rail network based on Portland that was developed from the 1870s to transport goods between its port and the growing inland settlements of Western Victoria and Southeast South Australiarailroad construction - victoria - history, railroads -- victoria -- history -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket - "Zone 2 to Melbourne - Off Peak", The Met, 1983
These tickets were a replacement for the MetroCard Off Peaks introduced in 1980. However, the times of availability were now altered to being valid from 9am weekdays, but more importantly, could be used for return rail travel anytime that day. Like the MetroCards, they also allowed unlimited MMTB tram and bus travel within the Flinders, Spencer, Latrobe, William, Victoria and Spring Streets grid. No conditions were printed on the rear of these tickets. (Extracted from reference.)Demonstrates the development of Melbourne ticketing system that allowed travel in the CBD grid using trams.Edmondson size ticket, printed on pasteboard, and printed in blue ink on a green background. Has been date stamped 6 Oct. 1983. Purchased from Seaford Railway Station. Ticket No. 16478. Blank plain coloured rear.public transport, tickets, trams, tramways, railways, off peak, the met, melbourne -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book - Bradshaws Guide - November 1941, Stillwell & Stephens Pty Ltd
... to services in Victoria, including public transport. Victoria tramways ...Provides detailed information on Victorian railways country timetables, suburban trains, lists of post offices, Victorian and Commonwealth Government officials and elected representatives, and tramways - all night services, first and last cars, including Sandringham and St Kilda services. Provides a detailed guide to services in Victoria, including public transport.Book - 194 pages, 9 sections stapled paper titled "Bradshaws Guide - November 1941" Priced 8d, No. 1029. Has a fold out map of the VR Country and suburban lines. Includes many advertisements.victoria, tramways, melbourne, timetables, railways, guides, bradshaws guide, advertisements -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Anderson Christopher, The Snowy River Floodplains Railway Bridge, 2003
Research interpretation and management recommendations for the Snowy river Flood plains railway bridge, near Orbost East Gippsland victoria by Forestec studentbridges, transport, employment -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, TRAM Engineering and Services Pty. Ltd, Inspection Report - Stony Creek Bridge - Bairnsdale-Orbost Rail Trail, 2001
A report on the condition of the Stony Creek Railway bridge, Gippsland, Victoria, as well as the work required to ensure the stability of the bridge and make it suitable for use as a footbridge.transport, bridges, engineering -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Bridges, 1998
Re Heritage StudyColour photograph of the railway bridge over Boggy Creek, showing the bridge high above the waterway, rocky terrain and scrubby vegetation. Nowa Nowa, Victoria,bridges, waterways, transport -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Ministry for Planning and Environment, "Melbourne's Docklands - A Strategic Planning Framework", 1989
Report - 32 A4 pages centre stapled colour printed on gloss paper, titled "Melbourne's Docklands - A Strategic Planning Framework", dated August 1989. Has a foreword by Tom Roper Minster for Planning and Environment. The report with a table of contents looks at the development of the Victoria Docklands area to the west of the railway yards. Has a good colour photograph of the area. Includes public transportation links using trams.trams, tramways, docklands, planning, melbourne, new track, public transport -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Public Transport Victoria (PTV), "Buses in Parkville are changing", Feb. 2018
Pamphlet - 3 fold DL colour printed titled "Buses in Parkville are changing", advising of changes to routes 401, 402, 403,, 505 and 546 buses due to the construction of the Metro Tunnel station in Grattan Street from 18/2/2018. has a map showing the changed bus routes and tram routes. Parkville Station. Issued under the name of Transport for Victoria with a PTV web address. .1 - hanging pamphlet giving details of the proposed changes - cut to be hung on rails inside a bus.trams, tramways, buses, metro tunnel, grattan st, railways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Bureau of Census and Statistics, "Summary of Australian Statistics for Transport and Communication for the Years 1926 to 1936", 1936, 1971
.1 - Report - 60 pages within a grey cover stapled on the side titled "Summary of Australian Statistics for Transport and Communication for the Years 1926 to 1936", Bulletin No. 27, prepared by the Government Statistician Roland Wilson. Details statistics for Railways, tramways, motor vehicles, aviation, traffic accidents, shipping, posts, telegraphs and telephones and wireless communications. The tramway pages have been scanned. .2 - Photocopy of a similar document for June 1971 - for Tramways, Trolley-bus, Omnibus and Ferry Services. private railways, Gives tables of route miles, vehicle miles, rolling stock, passengers, revenue and expenses, employees and accidents.trams, tramways, statistics, australian trams, melbourne, victoria, ballarat, bendigo -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Calendar, Ministry of Transport, "Cavalcade of Transport in Victoria - 1980 Calendar", 1979
Calendar, four pages, full colour titled "Cavalcade of Transport in Victoria - 1980 Calendar", four months per sheet, featuring Harold Freedman, Transport Mural at Spencer St Railway station. The front cover has a short description of the mural. Features Melbourne's trams. Tear off calendars with hanging hole in the top edge centre and Perforated to enable the image to be framed separately. See Reg Item 3671 for the launch of the Mural at the 1978 Cavalcade of Transport.trams, tramways, calendar, spencer st, mural, southern cross station -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), "Operation Exodus", "Bring a Butterbox to Bylands", 1970's
Set of two pamphlets published by the TMSV seeking funds to transport tramcars during the 1970's to Bylands. .1 - A4 photocopied sheet, titled "Bring a Butterbox to Bylands" seeking donations for the transport of a Geelong Butterbox to Bylands. Refers to earlier fund raising ventures. .2 - Folded printed foolscap sheet printed on yellow paper titled "Operation Exodus", asking donations for the transport of Ballarat 17, scrubber (23), Bendigo 11, 5, 25 and scrubber. The Bendigo car acquisition did not occur - see Reg Item 3080.1 Has photos of the Bendigo scrubber, Ballarat 17 and Bylands Railway Station. Printed by Kemara Press Caulfield.trams, tramways, tmsv, donations, transport, ballarat, bendigo -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Public Transport Victoria (PTV), "See you courtside, Melbourne", 2018
Pamphlet, four fold, titled "See you courtside, Melbourne" , giving details of getting to the Australian Open using tram services and walking times. Has a map showing the Melbourne CBD, the Tennis centre, tram lines and railway stations. Has PTV contact details. Has logos of Transport for Victoria, PTV and Yarra Trams. Two copies held.trams, tramways, melbourne, map, routes, events, tennis centre, yarra trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Ministry of Transport, "Transport in Victoria - Yesteryear and Today", 1980
Pamphlet or Book - 20 pages, full colour printed on gloss paper, centre stapled titled "Transport in Victoria - Yesteryear and Today", published by the Ministry of Transport giving an outline of Victoria's transport history from 1834. Provides a short history of the state transport system, railways, roads, trams, Metropolitan planning, the Bland report, social changes, the underground loop, transport interchanges, West Gate Bridge, Roads and Freeways, transport inquiry of 1980 and environmental changes resulting from motor cars. 2nd copy added 14-5-2016 from the estate of Charles Craig.trams, tramways, minister for transport, railways, trb, crb, murla, planning, history -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Department of Infrastructure (DOI), "A transport system that works for all Victorians", Apr. 2001
Report or Book - 28 A4 pages, full colour centre stapled printed on gloss paper titled "A transport system that works for all Victorians", published as a progress from the Bracks Government, April 2001. Includes a message from Peter Batchelor. Looks at the forward planning for transport in Victoria, including various public transport projects.trams, tramways, planning, doi, m>tram, spencer st, public transport, railways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Administrative record - Annual Report/s, Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), "Metropolitan Transit Authority of Victoria Annual Report - 1983/84", 1984
Annual Report - 44 pages, A4, gloss card cover, with fold out front cover, gloss printed pages, centre stapled. Features photos of passengers at a railway station, tram stop and a bus stop. Has forward by L.A. Strouse Chairman and Managing Director to the Minister of Transport Steve Crabb. Includes list and photographs of the Board Members, including F. D. Snell, N. Maddock, K. Dunstan, and J. Grigg. Includes a table of contents. Gives information on the Authority, its make up, work including new uniforms. Has a detailed financial statement and balance sheet, personnel statistics and performance indicators. Includes ticketing rearrangements.trams, tramways, annual reports, the met, uniforms, public transport, mta, personnel -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), "Electrical Engineering in the PTC 1906 - 1991", Oct. 1991
Report or Programme for the Sunday 20th October 1991, PTC Open Day 23 A4 photocopied sheets + A3 folded drawing stapled in the top left hand corner titled "Electrical Engineering in the PTC 1906 - 1991". Describes the history of electric traction systems and engineering in Victoria for both rail and tram operations, overhead wiring systems, lighting and power supplies, with photos of Newport Power Station, Jolimont, Camberwell, Preston tramway substations. The last sheet has a drawing, poor quality of the 1500V DC railway traction system.trams, tramways, ptc, overhead, substation, electrical engineering, electric traction, open days -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Leisure object - Cardboard Model, Public Transport Victoria (PTV), c2016
Cardboard, punched out, folding model trains. .1 - V/Line Velocity set - two cars - in purple colours - - has facts and V/Line logos .2 - Metro - X'Trapolis carriage - 898M - has facts and metro / PTV logostrams, tramways, models, railway vehicle manufacture, railways, ptv, v/line, metro trains -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, Herald Sun, "Revenge fantasies inspired by the ticket machines from hell", "Victim of those machines", "Trouble on the Tracks", "A day it was on for young and old on a city tram", "Trams roll, crowds boo, Jeff's Jukebox plays on", 1998
Set of 8 A4 photocopies of various newspaper articles or letters to the Editor about the introduction of the Metcard ticketing system onto Public transport in Victoria during 1998. .1 - "Revenge fantasies inspired by the ticket machines from hell" - The Age - 16-4-1998 - written by Garry Linnell about ticket machines, passengers, Metcards and ticket inspectors. .2 - :Dangerous Prank" - The Age - 12-6-1998 - about children riding backs of trams and lack of conductors. .3 - "Tram conduct deserves reward" - Herald Sun - 5/6/1998 - about assisting elderly passengers with Metcard. .4 - "Victim of those machines" - The Age - 22/6/1998 - about a man being injured on the tram while trying to buy a ticket from a machine. Also has Tender adverts for a Central Control building for train management - Bayside trains and Redevelopment of Flinders St station - Hillside trains. .5 - "Trouble on the Tracks" - The Age - 14-2-1998, written by Virginia Trioli - re removal of tram conductors, fare evasion and ticket machines. .6 - "A day it was on for young and old on a city tram" - The Age - 13-7-1998 - written by Nicole Brady about loud music on trams. .7 - "Trams roll, crowds boo, Jeff's Jukebox plays on" - The Age - 30-7-1998 - David Austin about ticket machines and issues - notes Sheffield and removal of ticket machines from shelters. .8 - "A sudden stop" - The Age - 3-8-1998 about an accident on a tram.trams, tramways, ptc, metcard, trams, railways, ticket inspectors, conductors, one man trams, accidents, passengers -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, “No more tears, it's the trip of happiness”, 5/03/2019 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clippings titled: “No more tears, it's the trip of happiness” Newspaper clipping from the Age 5/3/2019 Melbourne editor - Jewel Topsfield Dean Butler, creative lead at PTV's customer service division, has been lead designed of a new moquette to replace seat fabric on all trams, trains and buses in Victoria over the next 5 years. The moquette will come in 5 colours - blue for Metro trains, purple for v/Line trains, green for trams, and a darker colour being developed for buses. The fifth colour, bright orange will be used across the fleet for priority seating.trams, tramways, public transport, ptv, interiors, tramcars, railways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper - Digital Image, The Examiner, “'Historic' Melbourne trams to call Launceston home”, 9/4/2019
Digital image of newspaper clipping titled: “'Historic' Melbourne trams to call Launceston home”, by Jessica Willard Newspaper article with pictures of two Melbourne trams numbers 742 and 770 being loaded and transported from Newport Railway Workshop to Launceston. Initially they will be put into storage until consultation with local council and community groups. Plans include transforming the trams into indoor seating areas in Riverbend Park. The trams will travel on the Spirit of Tasmania More than 1500 applications were received through the expression of interest process, which was mostly for W-Class trams retired from Victoria's railway and tram network over the past 30 years. VicTrack is in the process of allocating all retired trams from Newport and is expected to take two years.trams, tramways, w class, w5 class, sw5 class, newport workshops, launceston, tram 742, tram 770 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Public Transport Victoria (PTV), "Open up your night with Night Network", Aug. 2016
Pamphlet - 4 fold DL full colour printed on re-cycled paper titled "Open up your night with Night Network", detailing the various routes, train, tram, bus and night coach giving frequencies, where information can be found, stop information and contact details. Published by the Public Transport Victoria August 2016. ditto - 1- fold DL - full colour printed on re-cycled paper - titled "Melbourne's open late and from 1 January 2016 public transport too" - gives details of the one year trial and of services that were to be operated. Added 3-1-18.trams, tramways, night trams, public transport, ptv, buses, railways, all night services -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Map, Public Transport Victoria (PTV), "Melbourne tram network", "Victorian train network", May. 2017
A4 printed map, full colour published May 2017 titled on one side "Melbourne tram network" and the other "Victorian train network", showing the tram and train routes, and details of each route or line. Published by Transport for Victoria and PTV. Two copies held.trams, tramways, maps, railways, tramways, victoria, tram routes -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Southern Cross Station Authority, Transport Mural at the Southern Cross Station, 2007
Full colour postcard featuring part of the railway section of the Transport Mural at the Southern Cross Station. Published by the Southern Cross Station Authority. On the rear has some details of the mural, the authority logo, Victoria State logo and that of the Heritage Council. Produced by Avant Card as a free postcard 2007. Two copiestrams, tramways, spencer st, mural, southern cross station -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Public Transport Victoria (PTV), "The night network is arriving on 1 January 2016", late 2015
Pamphlet - 3 fold DL titled "The night network is arriving on 1 January 2016", giving details of the night services on trains, trams, buses and coaches. Has a diagrammatic map of services. Provides contact details, language phone numbers. Published late 2015, Two copies held.trams, tramways, night trams, public transport, ptv, buses, railways, all night services