Last year a friend and I went to lots of the new train stations around Melbourne. They have been building new ones where they have taken out level crossings so the trains don’t hold up the cars.
The one at Reservoir was not the first one we visited, but it was the first one I started working on.
Here it is from the road.
It is interesting to see what they have built. Some have been interesting, and some not. I don’t mind this one, but when when we photographed it they were still working on it.
The weather wasn’t great for photos and I think I will have to ask Steve about maybe going back and seeing what we can get.
I also liked the end where the above tracks then met the road.
This is a very busy intersection and with the train going through it, then that just made it worse. You can see from the road that it was wet.
I know I normally do the 1 image 4 ways today, but I’m not going to do it this month. It is a lot of work and most people don’t really seem that interested, so I am going to take some time off. I might try again next month, we will see.
aha, I just googled this station, it’s a commuter line if I rightly understand Wikipedia, a bit like the SkyTrain lines (and elevated stations) here in the Vancouver area. It’s an opportunity for interesting as well as functional architecture, and I hope that, most of the time, the designers live up to the opportunity.
Yeah, it is part of the railway network in the city of Melbourne. They put some stations like this up high when they were getting rid of the level crossings, it made sense, however, the actual line is not always up high, most times it goes down to ground level and back on the old tracks. Sort of depends on where they are. Some of the stations are quite amazing, and some not so much. They are all different, which is good in a way. Thank you Penny.
You made these structures look great, and it’s good to know what’s going on in Melbourne!
Thank you Nicci, great architecture and design really help. They are building stuff everywhere.
I like how your images are architectural. They’re moody also.
Thank you, I lvoe photographing architecture.
Love trains and one day I hope to take a long train ride and see our wonderful country. Thank you for sharing some of the train stations. They’re pretty cool looking
Thank you Dawna, I love them too. I hope you get to go on that train trip.
Hi Leanne,
I will take that train trip. It’s such a strong passion and desire to do so. I get more inspired when I see posts like yours. Please keep posting those train stations and trains should you capture one.
Hugs
I’m sure you will love it Dawna, there are some great train trips out there, if not a big expensive.
High tech indeed. Your photos emphasise the 21st century-ness of this.
Thank you Margaret, it is that indeed.
I like the architecture of this train station, made even more beautiful by the way you photographed it. I’m a little disappointed that you are thinking of foregoing your one image four ways. I know it must be a lot of work for you, but I’ve learned a lot from it and appreciated it. I know you will make the right decision for YOU and that’s what’s important.
Thank you Anne.Yeah, I don’t know that I will stop doing it altogether, but hardly anyone looks at it, or even comments, so i need to decide what to do. Maybe I will do it when I think I have an image that would be fun to do it for, if that makes sense.