Good Morning Kew!
The Kew line branched from Hawthorn, station at Barker and then Kew. Single line 1.5 miles long. Opened 1887, officially closed 1957. Sparked 1922.
Map of the railway from Morgan's Street Directory 1938.
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The Kew line branched from Hawthorn, station at Barker and then Kew. Single line 1.5 miles long. Opened 1887, officially closed 1957. Sparked 1922.
Map of the railway from Morgan's Street Directory 1938.
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Kew line profile
'The gradients and curves diagram for the line from the 1919 VR Gradients & Curves book. The original name for Barker station was Barkers Road.'
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'The gradients and curves diagram for the line from the 1919 VR Gradients & Curves book. The original name for Barker station was Barkers Road.'
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DDE CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.783 ON DOWN KEW SUBURBAN TRAIN AT HAWTHORN 25-5-1913 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
DDE 4-6-2T
DDE 4-6-2T
OLD R CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.469 AT KEW STATION - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
This is actually a NEW R CLASS 0-6-0 built c. 1890 Robinson Campbell and Sloss South Melbourne.
c. 1890s
This is actually a NEW R CLASS 0-6-0 built c. 1890 Robinson Campbell and Sloss South Melbourne.
c. 1890s
RAILWAY STATION KEW APPROX 1910 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Through trains from Melbourne were by progressively replaced shuttles from Hawthorn. Around 1940 off peak services replaced by buses.
Through trains from Melbourne were by progressively replaced shuttles from Hawthorn. Around 1940 off peak services replaced by buses.
EXTERNAL VIEW OF LEYLAND TIGER BUS No124 EAST KEW RAILWAY BUS ROUTE - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
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'VICTORIAN RAILWAYS MOTOR SERVICE'
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'VICTORIAN RAILWAYS MOTOR SERVICE'
HAWTHORN STATION
DEPARTURE PLATFORM ON KEW LINE 18-3-59
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DEPARTURE PLATFORM ON KEW LINE 18-3-59
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KEW STATION AND YARDS AFTER CLOSURE - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
BARKER STATION GATES AND HOME SIGNAL 18-3-59 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Barker was first known as Barker's Road
Barkers Road Railway Estate, Saturday 18th June (Barkers Road, Power Street and Hawthorn Grove), 1887 viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE8806… via @Library_Vic
Barkers Road Railway Estate, Saturday 18th June (Barkers Road, Power Street and Hawthorn Grove), 1887 viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE8806… via @Library_Vic
'Catching the train to Kew' 2014
Interesting blog on walking the Kew line route, from Hawthorn Station to where Kew Station was.
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Site of former Kew station, driveway is the alignment of the railway line.
Interesting blog on walking the Kew line route, from Hawthorn Station to where Kew Station was.
highriser.blogspot.com/2014/03/catchi…
Site of former Kew station, driveway is the alignment of the railway line.
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