Melbourne's NEWEST Train Station (East Pakenham)

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Melbourne's NEWEST Train Station (East Pakenham)

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2 ай бұрын

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@dylanshadowstar9779 2 ай бұрын

A new drinking game. Take a drink every time a train KZfaqr does an East Pakenham video

@sparksofmelbourne4508 2 ай бұрын

grate commer mayte I tryed dis

@VictorianVlogzooooooo 2 ай бұрын

and try not to laugh…

@msg5507 2 ай бұрын

I understand it's a requirement to have landings and seats on long accessible ramps to meet disability requirements, so an elderly person or someone with mobility restrictions can stop for a short rest on the way. I've seen those at stations like McKinnon and Bentleigh, although the seats are smaller than you saw at East Pakenham.

@74_pelicans 2 ай бұрын

Typical ableist KZfaqr checking in

@msg5507 2 ай бұрын

@@74_pelicans mate, what are you on about

@scottietheshark 2 ай бұрын

This may as well be another strangest train station video.

@TimChuma 2 ай бұрын

It will be used a lot by people driving down from Gippsland during train disruptions. My brother in law was driving down to Pakenham already for work every day.

@rod.h8064 2 ай бұрын

The road access from that direction is a pain

@PJRayment 2 ай бұрын

They were giving out muffins at East Pakenham (and Pakenham) during the morning peak period of the first day.

@senorliamy17 2 ай бұрын

This station is definitely going into his next 'Strangest Stations in Melbourne' video.

@andrewhighriser9531 2 ай бұрын

In 50 years, you may understand why there is a seat halfway up the ramp.

@rod.h8064 2 ай бұрын

For this section of track, it's a return of electrification as the line used to be electrified to Traralgon. The bus bit is mainly for the replacement buses and the future extension of the nearby bus routes. Warragul used to be where the Pakenham line service ended before victrack/vicgov said no more wires.

@mjcats2011 Ай бұрын

The line was already electrified down to East Pakenham to serve Pakenham East Depot.

@rod.h8064 Ай бұрын

@@mjcats2011 it was re-electrified after the 1990s removal of wires installed in the 1950s

@mjcats2011 Ай бұрын

@@rod.h8064 Exactly, the point is that Electrification did not happen due to the new Station.

@lynwill65 Ай бұрын

@rod.h8064 I'm assuming you're talking about the suburban trains, predominantly Commeng, ran to Warragul. They were actually running to a VLine timetable, not the suburban TT. There weren't as many as they have now going to Traralgon. Pakenham was still the end of the line for the regular trains. There were a lot of issues with the suburban trains(Sparks) causing the overhead to come down. I worked at Pakenham (Signal Asst) in the late '80s and then at Berwick and Narre Warren and from what I can recall, the issues with the O'head were the main force is finally removing the lines and reverting back to the diesel service.

@rod.h8064 Ай бұрын

@@lynwill65Yes, suburban electric trains. And I know of the L-class electric locos that were used on Traralgon service and for some limited urban freight. I gathered that main reason why all the overhead was removed was from insufficient maintenance and being life expired.

@outsashag702 2 ай бұрын

Great video as usual. I haven't been there yet bcuz i'm too lazy to go all the way there and back, considering my stop is malmsbury on the bendigo line. Keep up the good vids!

@banksiafox Ай бұрын

I'm pleasantly surprised to see a train station and bus exchange infrastructure put up before a mass new neighbourhood is populated. The local council has opened up a vote to re-name the suburb due to the scale of the future developments there (7000+ new homes according to them). My best guess is that 'E Pakenham' is a temporary name until the new suburb name is finalised.

@banksiafox Ай бұрын

This is what should have been done with Clyde/Clyde Nth before the area exploded in population. Smh

@Alexander_Dunn 2 ай бұрын

3:10 Melbourne Central isn't displayed on desto boards normally afaik.

@richardlangly4635 2 ай бұрын

WHAT?! This is the first I'm hearing of this. Crazy

@giddy1337 2 ай бұрын

After the V/line trains officially return on Thursday and I travel into Melbourne on a weekend, I’ll definitely pass through and have a quick look 👀 at it. “Hehe :D”* *This is a reference to the ytp ‘Michael Rosen’s Chocolate Boy Obsession’.

@giddy1337 2 ай бұрын

@Qazzy I wish you a safe travel to Japan and hope you have a splendid time holidaying over there, too.

@beidouforlife__2081 Ай бұрын

Woahh opened on my birthday lmao

@aidansbirdvideos4355 2 ай бұрын

Using the prefix N, E, S or W is quite common in America when naming stations or streets.

@Traveltheme706 2 ай бұрын

Great vid mate

@Alexander_Dunn 2 ай бұрын

0:18 mernda was actually a rebuild.

@kippen64 2 ай бұрын

Dandenong is a large city and easily reachable by train from Pakenham. I work in the Melbourne CBD and formerly commuted from Morwell in the Latrobe Valley. The replacement buses became too much and I moved to Melbourne. So please don't think that it isn't possible to commute from Pakenham.

@samkneen 2 ай бұрын

they should add clyde then extend that line to come into berwick, connecting the two

@HazptMedia 2 ай бұрын

Newest & Strangest Station

@tangiers365 2 ай бұрын

nice video qazzy

@QuinnyQuinster 2 ай бұрын

first lol. nice vid watched it in 3 seconds.

@74_pelicans 2 ай бұрын

the Clyde extension has been talked about since you were in nappys, it isnt happening anytime soon mate

@therealsammyvee888 2 ай бұрын

Does Sunbury have the same issue that Pakenham had with V/Line trains and terminating suburban trains? I mean, it has many V/Line services running through it to Bendigo and beyond. If so, would they extend/further electrify the Sunbury line too?

@VisibleReality 2 ай бұрын

Sunbury has a unelectrified passing track in between its two platforms.

@mineyon-ms 2 ай бұрын

they terminate half of all sunbury trains at watergardens, and wgs has a platform specifically for terminating metro services, meaning v/line can run thru platform 3 and not be held up by other trains. sunbury has 2 bi-directional platforms with crossovers at both ends, and combined with the 40-min frequency that it gets, v/line can pass thru without major delays

@therealsammyvee888 2 ай бұрын

@@VisibleReality Oh, I didn't know. Thanks.

@therealsammyvee888 2 ай бұрын

@@mineyon-ms Oh yeah, I forgot about Watergardens terminating services. Makes sense. Thanks.