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Essendon railway station, the Glossary

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Railway stations in Australia opened in 1860
Railway stations in the City of Moonee Valley

Absolute block signalling

Absolute block signalling is a British signalling block system designed to ensure the safe operation of a railway by allowing only one train to occupy a defined section of track (block) at a time.

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Airport West, Victoria

Airport West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Moonee Valley local government area.

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Altona railway station

Altona railway station is located on the Werribee line in Victoria, Australia.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Railway Historical Society

The Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS) aims to foster an interest in the railways, and record and preserve many facets of railway operations.

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Bar gate

A bar, post, pole, beam, or boom gate, also known as a boom or a boom barrier, is a beam or bar on a pivot used as a gate.

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Broadmeadows railway station, Melbourne

Broadmeadows railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. Essendon railway station and Broadmeadows railway station, Melbourne are Premium Melbourne railway stations.

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Brunswick East, Victoria

Brunswick East is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Merri-bek local government area.

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CDC Melbourne

CDC Melbourne is a bus operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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City of Moonee Valley

The City of Moonee Valley is a local government area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country.

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Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns.

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Craigieburn line

The Craigieburn line is a commuter railway line in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Craigieburn railway station

Craigieburn railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. Essendon railway station and Craigieburn railway station are Premium Melbourne railway stations.

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Direct current

Direct current (DC) is one-directional flow of electric charge.

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Dysart railway station

Dysart was the name given to a sequence of railway locations on the North East railway beside the Goulburn River south of Seymour, Victoria, Australia.

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Dysons

Dyson Group of Companies, operating as Dysons, is a bus and coach operator in Victoria, Australia.

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Elizabeth Street, Melbourne

Elizabeth Street is one of the main streets in the Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia, part of the Hoddle Grid laid out in 1837.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Essendon, Hertfordshire

Essendon is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, south-west of Hertford.

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Essendon, Victoria

Essendon is an Inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Moonee Valley local government area.

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Flinders Street railway station

Flinders Street railway station is a train station located on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Essendon railway station and Flinders Street railway station are Listed railway stations in Australia and Premium Melbourne railway stations.

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A footbridge (also a pedestrian bridge, pedestrian overpass, or pedestrian overcrossing) is a bridge designed solely for pedestrians.

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Grade separation

In civil engineering (more specifically highway engineering), grade separation is a method of aligning a junction of two or more surface transport axes at different heights (grades) so that they will not disrupt the traffic flow on other transit routes when they cross each other.

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Harris (train)

The Harris trains were the first steel-bodied electric multiple unit (EMU) trains to operate on the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Herald Sun

The Herald Sun is a conservative daily tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia, published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of the Murdoch owned News Corp. The Herald Sun primarily serves Melbourne and the state of Victoria and shares many articles with other News Corporation daily newspapers, especially those from Australia.

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Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire (or; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties.

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Highpoint Shopping Centre is a shopping centre located in Maribyrnong, Victoria, in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria.

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Interlocking

In railway signalling, an interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through an arrangement of tracks such as junctions or crossings.

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Island platform

An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange.

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Ivanhoe railway station, Melbourne

Ivanhoe railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. Essendon railway station and Ivanhoe railway station, Melbourne are Premium Melbourne railway stations.

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Kastoria Bus Lines

Kastoria Bus Lines is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia.

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Keilor East, Victoria

Keilor East or East Keilor is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Brimbank and Moonee Valley local government areas.

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Keilor Park, Victoria

Keilor Park is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Brimbank local government area.

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Kinetic Melbourne

Kinetic Melbourne is a bus operator in Melbourne, Australia, operating a fleet of 602 buses on 45 bus routes, as well as seven SmartBus routes.

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Level crossing

A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel.

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Level Crossing Removal Project

The Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRP) is an infrastructure upgrade program by the Government of Victoria, Australia, to remove and grade-separate 110 level crossings and to rebuild 51 railway stations on the metropolitan and regional rail network of the state capital Melbourne.

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Melbourne

Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.

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Melbourne and Essendon Railway Company

The Melbourne and Essendon Railway Company was formed in 1858 and was authorised by the Victorian Parliament to build a railway line from North Melbourne to Essendon.

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Melbourne central business district

The Melbourne central business district (also known colloquially as simply "the City" or "the CBD") is the city centre and main urban area of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, centred on the Hoddle Grid, the oldest part of the city laid out in 1837, and includes its fringes.

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Metro Trains Melbourne

Metro Trains Melbourne, often known simply as Metro, is the operator and brand name of train services on the electrified metropolitan rail network serving the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Metro Tunnel

The Metro Tunnel, formerly known as Melbourne Metro Rail (MMR), is an underground heavy rail project currently under construction in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Moonee Ponds Junction tram stop

Moonee Ponds Junction is a bus and tram interchange on the junction of Ascot Vale Road / Pascoe Vale Road and Mount Alexander Road in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne (Puckle Street / Dean Street also meets at the same point).

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Mordialloc, Victoria

Mordialloc is a beachside suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston local government area.

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Mount Alexander Road

Mount Alexander Road (and its northern section as Bulla Road) is a major road in Melbourne's inner northern suburbs, connecting the northern edges of the city district to just south of Essendon Airport.

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Myki

Myki, stylised as myki, is a reloadable credit card-sized contactless smart card ticketing system used for electronic payment of fares on most public transport services in Melbourne and regional Victoria, Australia.

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Newsrail

Newsrail is a monthly railway magazine covering the railways and tramways of Victoria, Australia.

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North East railway line

The North East railway line is a railway line in Victoria, Australia.

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Overhead line

An overhead line or overhead wire is an electrical cable that is used to transmit electrical energy to electric locomotives, electric multiple units, trolleybuses or trams.

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Passing loop

A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place, refuge loop or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at or near a station, where trains or trams travelling in opposite directions can pass each other.

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Public Transport Victoria

Public Transport Victoria (PTV) is the brand name for public transport in the Australian state of Victoria.

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Queen Street, Melbourne

Queen Street is a street in the Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia.

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Railway electrification

Railway electrification is the use of electric power for the propulsion of rail transport.

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Railways in Melbourne

The Melbourne rail network is a metropolitan suburban and freight rail system serving the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Regional rail

Regional rail is a term used for passenger rail services that operate between towns and cities.

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Ryan Brothers Bus Service

Ryan Brothers Bus Service is a bus operator in Melbourne, Australia.

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Seymour railway station

Seymour railway station is on the North East line in Victoria, Australia.

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Seymour V/Line rail service

The Seymour Line is a regional passenger rail service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia.

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Shepparton railway station

Shepparton railway station is located on the Tocumwal line in Victoria, Australia.

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Side platform

A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway.

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Siding (rail)

A siding, in rail terminology, is a low-speed track section distinct from a running line or through route such as a main line, branch line, or spur.

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Signalling control

On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetable.

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SmartBus

SmartBus is a network of bus services in the city of Melbourne, Australia.

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Southern Cross railway station

Southern Cross railway station (until 2005 known as Spencer Street station) is a major railway station in Docklands, Melbourne. Essendon railway station and Southern Cross railway station are Premium Melbourne railway stations.

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Subway (underpass)

A subway, also known as an underpass, is a grade-separated pedestrian crossing which crosses underneath a road or railway in order to entirely separate pedestrians and cyclists from motor or train traffic.

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Sunbury Bus Service

Sunbury Bus Service is a bus operator in Melbourne, Australia.

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Sunbury railway station, Melbourne

Sunbury railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia. Essendon railway station and Sunbury railway station, Melbourne are Premium Melbourne railway stations.

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Tait (train)

The Tait trains were a wooden bodied electric multiple unit (EMU) train that operated on the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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The Age

The Age is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854.

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The Herald (Melbourne)

The Herald was a morning – and later – evening broadsheet newspaper published in Melbourne, Australia, from 3 January 1840 to 5 October 1990.

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Tocumwal railway line, Victoria

The Tocumwal railway line (also known as the Shepparton line) is a gauge railway line in Victoria, Australia.

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Trench

A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide (as opposed to a wider gully, or ditch), and narrow compared with its length (as opposed to a simple hole or pit).

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V/Line

V/Line is a statutory authority that operates regional passenger rail and coach services in the Australian state of Victoria.

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Ventura Bus Lines

Ventura Bus Lines is a large bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, operating a fleet of 927 buses on 141 bus routes.

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Victoria (state)

Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia.

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Victoria State Government

The Government of Victoria, also referred to as the Victorian Government, is the executive branch of the Australian state of Victoria.

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Victorian Railways

The Victorian Railways (VR), trading from 1974 as VicRail, was the state-owned operator of most rail transport in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1983.

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Victorian Railways H class

The Victorian Railways H class was an express passenger steam locomotive operated by the Victorian Railways from 1941 to 1958.

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VicTrack

VicTrack, trading as the Victorian Rail Track Corporation, is a Victorian Government state-owned enterprise which owns all railway and tram lines, associated rail lands and other rail-related infrastructure in the state of Victoria, Australia, with the exception of the Emerald Tourist Railway Board's heritage Puffing Billy Railway.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essendon_railway_station

Also known as Essendon Station, Essendon railway station, Melbourne, Essendon railway station, Victoria.

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Railway stations in Australia opened in 1860

Railway stations in the City of Moonee Valley

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