This cache is SirJ-Oz's twenty-first cache. A traditional that shouldn't be too hard.
Hughesdale Interchange - Redux
This cache is a tribute to my Hughesdale Interchange Time-Table cache that was trashed when Skyrail came stomping through.
The Hughesdale Interchange (a term that I made up), is where the Cranboune / Packenham train line connects with the 767 Bus.
However, from 1890 until 1893, the area was also the junction of three rail lines; the Dandenong Railway (1879 - still active), the Outer Circle Railway (1890 - 1893), and the Rosstown Railway (1875 - 1916)
Hughesdale railway station
Hughesdale is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
In 2016 the Level Crossing Removal Authority announced a grade separation project (a.k.a Skyrail) to replace the Poath Road level crossing immediately to the west of the old station. The railway station was closed on 14 October 2017 and demolished on 28 October 2017.
A new Hughesdale railway station opened on 25 August 2018 about 250 metres west of the old station, as part of construction of the new section of elevated rail between Caulfield railway station and Oakleigh railway station.
Since the re-location of the station, the station is located in the suburb of Murrumbeena (not in Hughesdale) on the Pakenham railway line and Cranbourne railway line. Hughesdale station is mostly unmanned (except it is staffed in the morning peak) and is in Zones 1+2.
Hughesdale station is located above the western end of Poath Road. Escalators, stairs and elevators provide station access.
The station consists of two platforms, in an island format, raised above the street level. Parking for the rail station has approximately 70 spaces.
The original Hughesdale station opened on 28 February 1925. The station and suburb were named in honour of James Vincent Hughes, mayor of Oakleigh from 1924 to 1925 who, with the Poath Road Railway Station League, lobbied heavily for a new station for the area. In 1924 the League suggested the station be called "Hugheston", but in February 1925, shortly before the station opened, Victorian Railways decided its name would be "Hughesdale". Hughesdale was once the junction for the Outer Circle and Rosstown railway lines.
The train time-table for the Cranbourne Line can be found here
The train time-table for the Pakenham Line can be found here
767 - Southland - Box Hill via Chadstone, Jordanville, Deakin University
The 767 bus route is run by the Ventura Bus Line and departs from Southland Shopping Centre terminus and travels via Nepean Hwy, Chesterville Rd, Highview Rd, Brady Rd, Normanby Rd, Bignell Rd, Centre Rd, Mackie Rd, North Rd and Poath Rd to Hughesdale Railway Station. From Hughesdale Railway Station bus runs via Poath Rd and Dandenong Rd to Chadstone Shopping Centre then via Middle Rd, Warrigal Rd, Waverley Rd and Huntingdale Rd to Jordanville Railway Station. From Jordanville Railway Station bus runs via Huntingdale Rd, Highbury Rd, Station St, Burwood Hwy, Elgar Rd, Carrington Rd and Station St to Box Hill terminus.
The reverse direction is almost the same path
The Bus time-table to Southland or Box Hill can be found here
The Container
The container is a small camouflaged container;
FTF honours goes to n0w0rries and +Wife
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