The eastern suburb of Doncaster in Melbourne has does not have a railway. Despite many proposals over the past 130 years, one has never been built. So why can't you catch a train to Doncaster?

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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging and their extensive historical connection to these places.

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My website: https://philipmallis.com

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MORE INFORMATION

2014 Doncaster Rail Study documents: http://www.ycat.org.au/archived-sites...
Information about the cutting at Victoria Park Station: http://www.ycat.org.au/history-of-the...

Doncaster Railway route as almost built in 1979 as part of the Eastern Freeway:
Melway Map 44: https://digitised-collections.unimelb...
Melway Map 45: https://digitised-collections.unimelb...
Melway Map 32: https://digitised-collections.unimelb...
Melway Map 33: https://digitised-collections.unimelb...
Melway Map 34: https://digitised-collections.unimelb...
(Full 1979 Melway here: https://digitised-collections.unimelb...)

Public Records Office Victoria (PROV) article on some of the older route proposals: https://prov.vic.gov.au/about-us/our-...

Doncaster Rail advocacy page:   / doncasterrail  

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SOURCES AND CREDITS

Image source: (Zombie stop sign): Eli Duke, CC-BY-SA 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/elisfan...
Image source: (Abandoned construction: Yan Song, CC-BY-SA 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/geekinm...
Image source (1890 plan): PROV https://prov.vic.gov.au/about-us/our-...
Image source (Victoria Park Station photos): Peter J Vincent http://www.pjv101.net/film_bw/pjv0070...
Video source (North East Link bus video): North East Link Authority    • Melbourne's First Dedicated Busway - ...