Melbourne's Hurstbridge line is a 38km suburban railway line, running from the city out to the scenic Diamond Valley in the north-east suburbs. The line is 1600mm Broad Gauge and electrified at 1500v DC. In the video I talk through the line's many interesting features from the city out to the terminus. All photographs and video are taken by Martin Bennet (that's me), I also do the writing, narration, and diagrams. The only content in this video not made by me are a couple of scans from the 1927 Victorian Railways 'Curves and Grades' book, one from the 1945 VR passenger network map, and the google maps screenshots.

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At the end of the video I mention you can travel on this line by steam train during the Hurstbridge Wattle Festival, usually in August or September. You can check here for details of the next one: https://www.steamrail.com.au/

For a full length diagram on the line and more details on historical dates etc, visit the Vicsig line guide page here: https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/lin...

My voiceover in this video was recorded with the assistance of my brother Cian, who happens to be a sound recordist and musician. Check out his music here: https://hyperfollow.com/cianbennetmusic

Chapters:
00:00 - Hello, this is the Hurstbridge line
00:46 - Flinders Street // The City
01:47 - Jolimont
03:48 - West Richmond
04:38 - North Richmond // Special Pictorial Interlude
05:53 - Collingwood
06:20 - Victoria Park
08:14 - Clifton Hill // The single track story so far
10:11 - Westgarth
10:56 - Dennis
11:16 - Fairfield // The Outer Circle // The APM siding
12:49 - Alphington
14:15 - Darebin
14:42 - Ivanhoe
14:58 - Eaglemont
15:30 - Heidelberg
18:32 - Rosanna
19:30 - Macleod // The Mont Park Line
22:31 - Watsonia
23:30 - Greensborough
26:04 - Montmorency // The Butterfly Effect
29:00 - Eltham // Some signalling history
35:25 - Diamond Creek
36:41 - Wattle Glen
38:04 - Hurstbridge
39:13 - We made it!

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