Mont Park branch line ~ 1 mile long.
The main line connection was at the up (Melbourne) end of Macleod station.
Opened 1911 and closed 1964. Goods only line, sparked in 1928. Line was built to service the Mont Park Asylum complex, construction funded by the Health Department.
Macleod 1924.
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1914 agreement was reached with Defence Dept for use of the Mont Park site for a military hospital. 16 Aus Gen Hosp was established. 1915 wounded from Gallipoli admitted, travelling by train from Port Melbourne.
Nursing staff and patients Mont Park
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Servicemen rehabilitated within the Mont Park precinct waiting for the train at Macleod Station c. 1920
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1918 a section for troops with 'shell shock' (PTSD) was established at Mont Park.
Mont Park branch trains did carry troops from time to time 1915-1920.
Last troop train from Macleod, 16th Australian General Hospital, April 1st 1920
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Uniformed patients outside 16th Australian General Hospital, Mont Park, March 14, 1919
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It was a very substantial facility the 16th. Could accommodate 800 patients.
Matron O'Dwyer, 16th Australian General Hospital, Mont Park, circa 1918
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The Mont Park Branch Line (looking North) approaching Mont Park yard 1959
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There were three roads at Mont Park and a platform.
Mont Park 1959
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The approximate path of the Mont Park Branch Line from Macleod Station to the Mont Park Platform.
Image courtesy of Joe Carbone. 1981.
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After closure a section of the Mont Park branch was used for stabling.
Macleod station with a Tait train on Monto Park branch and an up train in the station.
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Taits were sometimes used to take goods wagons out to the end of the branch. E & L class too.
Mont Park looking towards end of track from Melbourne of yard
Weston Langford 14 July 2001
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Defence Force Railway Ticket, Officer-1st Class, Macleod to Melbourne and return, 20 January 1920
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' Travelling in Uniform or carrying a Rifle '
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