Ghost platforms and phantom trains

DRAFT (this unfinished post is a test to see what I can do from my phone)

From the Outer Circle to the Sandridge line, I have been travelling along the tracks of railways that no longer exist. Through the viaducts and along the lines that once were, tracing stories and tracking ghosts.

Sandridge line: all change

The train used to head across the river to Port Melbourne from Flinders Street Station. Now the bar on old Platform 12 is serving crinkle cut chips, 'burgers' made with mushroom and tofu, and arancini balls as the trains clank and roar through behind us.

View from Arbory, old platform 12

I sit here with the river traffic and the reflections, travelling back and forwards.

All aboard.

Next stop is my Outer Circle line. A story of humming electricity, the metallic taste of blood and a brutal coming of age. Add to that dodgy politicians, speculative land deals, and the folly of infrastructure built for no good purpose. Starting to sound like a thoroughly modern story!

More to come...

Postscript: there are abandoned stations in the New York City subway!! I can't wait to check them out.

For future reference, here is an amazing post on the history of Flinders Street Station at Melbourne Curious

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