Hi everyone! This post contains a few small corrections, a few thankyous, and some links to so other relevant videos: I hope you enjoyed this video, which is the second in my series covering Melbourne's suburban railway lines in depth. I know I will get a lot of requests for other lines, so just FYI: The Hurstbridge line video took 7 months to produce, this one took 10 months. So yes - there will be more of these, but you will have to be patient. ;) If you'd like to support the channel, and be the first to know what's in production and see new videos, you can join me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/Taitset A few corrections: -At 17:56 I said that the 5 milepost on the platform at Anstey was the 'only remaining imperial measurement post on the line that I have noticed.' Well it's true it's the only one I'd noticed, but it's not the only one. The 4 milepost also still exists, on the Up end of the Down platform at Jewell. I'm actually astounded I missed this - I would have been standing very close to it several times, and it's actually visible in the video at 12:57! -At 34:57 I claimed that the line doesn't pass over any 'named rivers or creeks.' A few people have contested this, saying that the Merlynston Creek passes under the line between Batman and Merlynston. This is true, and I was aware of it, but it does so underground in a pipe, and the original creek alignment is dry. So yes, it's a bit of a technicality, but if I started talking about stuff the line crosses underground, things would have got very complicated indeed! -If any other corrections come up, I will add them here. A few thankyous: -To Alexander Jamieson, who designed and built the scale model of the AEC 'Beetle' for this video, the scenes of which were filmed on his excellent garden railway. He also accompanied me on many of the photography expeditions, and helped identify important things to cover. Check out his channel here: www.youtube.com/@melbournesparks3828 -To Alex Pennini, who lent me some books and personal notes on the line - which were a huge help! -To Cian Bennet, who provided the equipment and expertise for recording my voiceover. Check out his music here: hyperfollow.com/cianbennetmusic Some links: My Hurstbridge line video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/h6ONtq2jpsrZns4.html My Brunswick bike race video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nH112spsZbOxj7Q.html Some surviving real footage of the Beetle: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mJuDr6WJptS7cso.htmlsi=ZTb6jXI4FCCCOWx6 (Skip to about 01:50) A cab ride on the Upfield line in the interlocked gates era: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lGVh0dmjmMTAoqQ.htmlsi=tQBLlgadfwnyc07v ~Martin

@Comeng_

2 ай бұрын

👍

@jeffreylaw2407

2 ай бұрын

Could you do one on the Lilydale line ? thanks

@Lazay-di7gw

2 ай бұрын

You should do the belgrave and lilydale lines in 1 video. Also Pako and Cranbourne as one,Werribee Williamstown as one ,Showgrounds and craigeburn as one

@aviationanimations5000

2 ай бұрын

Great job on the video! It was quite interesting, given I live around the mernda line. Which would be cool to look at, including the extension to Whittlesea and inner circle lines. Again, awesome work

@B744ER

2 ай бұрын

Looking forward to the Craigieburn line ! Keep up the great work.

Hold on babe, Taitset just uploaded a 40 minute video about a railway line on the other side of the city

@singapuu7643

2 ай бұрын

*world

@KevinSiebert

2 ай бұрын

39*

The amount of one line zingers in this video gave me a a smile that lasted the entire 38 minutes!

@gbrowne890

2 ай бұрын

The station, 'North Melbourne' in the suburb of ... West Melbourne

My favourite type of video- Taitset talks for 40 minutes about a suburban railway line in Melbourne

@turquoisechannel2.0commentsYT

2 ай бұрын

Real 😂

@thunderturbine8860

2 ай бұрын

Definitely

@Lachm83

2 ай бұрын

Bonus points if it’s one you’ll never use

@BrodyBloom

2 ай бұрын

I know, how good is it

@KatoombaTourGuide

2 ай бұрын

best type of taitset video

haha the cops buying donuts cameo @ 33:30

My 5 year old grandson loves to drive in my model S, I sit him on my lap and his laughter is pure heaven. He asked me to retire from work so I can take him on train rides. I now work 3 days a week, every thursday is dedicated to a train ride with him on different routes and destinations. He loves your video's as do I. Its great we share so much and your video's help a lot.

I just realised that the length of this video is roughly the same time a journey from Flinders Street to Upfield takes.🤯

@xymaryai8283

2 ай бұрын

the Hurstbridge one also gets you about as far as Eltham, so you can hop off and admire the trestle bridge♥

I cannot express how well crafted and put together these videos are. It does not at all feel like I spent 38 minutes watching this. I really enjoy every detail you talk about no matter how specific, and I love learning all this comprehensive information about Melbourne's rail network through these videos. I hope to one day be able to explore all of this for myself, down to every last little thing, just like I have with the rail lines in my home city of Perth. Thanks a lot for this!

@Taitset

2 ай бұрын

Thankyou, I'm very glad you enjoyed it!

33:31, coppers buying donuts!

The tiny Moreland station building that is also a mini book library is cute

I had a good giggle at 33:30 with the cop car.

@Taitset

2 ай бұрын

I scrambled to get my camera out when I saw them going in lol

I love these types of videos due to the ammount of effort that people put into it like tait. 10 MONTHS i do not have patience for that. This deserves more acknowledgement.

Glad you credited the Chicken in the Credits.

I love the light but definitely audible sarcasm when mentioning North Melbourne train station's location 🤣

@musicalaviator

2 ай бұрын

I also like how you go Down the line Up hill to Upfield. and Up the line down hill to away from Upfield.

I feel like we have our own Jay Foreman specifically for Melbourne and that could not make me happier

As soon as I watched the Hurstbridge line video some 10 months ago I loved it, and commented could you please do one on the upfield line. I really wanted to see this happen because for one I loved the video so much and two because I live on the upfield line. then just about 2 weeks ago I saw your post that you were making another video on another train line. Then it hit me he could actually be doing a video on the upfield line. about a week later I rushed to check his patreon, and there it was in all it's glory. A video where I talk about the Upfield line for 38 minutes! I was so exited and when it came out today I was almost crying. This was the best KZread video I have ever watched and I really hope you continue to make more videos on more train lines and maybe even doing a Vline route. every time one of your videos comes out I make sure to watch it at least 3 times and I'm about to watch it for the 3rd time in under 3 hours of when it came out. have a great day😁.

@Taitset

2 ай бұрын

I'm very glad you enjoyed it! I don't remember exactly what made me decide to do Upfield, but your comment might have helped steer me in that direction. :)

Every minitue was pure entertainment, great video

As a lifelong resident of Brunswick, I cannot thank you enough for this video, and I earnestly hope you do talk about the repeated closure attempts of the line in future. I also share a similar sentiment to the level crossing removals to Jewell, they are probably a good idea, but I also feel a lot of Brunswick's character is gained from that narrow rail strip that cuts it in two. Also why such a 'big' project is being considered when really all we want is track duplication.

@minnatodd9023

2 ай бұрын

I live in coburg and I really love what they have done with the level crossing and I have felt in the past that the backlash to it in brunswick was a little silly, but I do get your point. My main thought is that the upfield bike path in brunswick is too narrow and crowded and needs to be upgraded. But maybe the level crossings slowing down traffic are a good thing for the character of the area? I have found the crossings to be very good in the elevated section, but people have argued against them for some reason. Perhaps it would look different in the Brunswick section with 8 crossings instead of the handful on the coburg section. Agree with your point about track duplication though.

@Rexotec

2 ай бұрын

@@minnatodd9023 It is a valid point, and to be fair I don't necessarily think they're a bad thing all things considered, it's just that no project happens in a vacuum. This project is ultimately, to facilitate car traffic. Albion, Victoria, Dawson, and Brunswick Rd and Park St are all major roads. Albion and Victoria don't even have lights, and often the only way to cross is to wait for a train to lower the boom gates. My record is 10 minutes on Victoria St, and that's after they added the tiny traffic island. Now obviously, I think (or I hope) that traffic lights and pedestrian crossings are part of the renewal plan, but ultimately the level crossing is to make it easier for cars to cross, and pedestrianization is mostly an afterthought. It's not about making it better for peds, it's about making it better for cars, and having crossed Moreland Rd and Bell, I have a feeling walking across those major roads is gonna be far more of a waiting game Again, it's a good thing if you take it in isolation, the end result will likely be better than that is there now, but I wonder how much money it would take to simply duplicate the track at Gowrie and just run trains twice as often, and how many cars that would ultimately save, while also not needing to run through the political hoops of Brunswick nutters like myself moaning about 'preserving the culture of the neighbourhood'. My other main gripe is just that the platforms by default become less accessible due to the elevation, which is a minor concern as I know that Coburg and Moreland have elevators, but elevators are 1. inefficient, and 2. able to break down, and as someone who likes systems engineering, the Melbourne Network has enough points of failure as it is, and every one, no matter how little, add to delays. And if you miss a train because you were too slow on the stairs, you still have to wait 20 minutes for another one.

@PJRayment

5 күн бұрын

@@Rexotec "This project is ultimately, to facilitate car traffic." Correct. "...duplicate the track at Gowrie and just run trains twice as often, and how many cars that would ultimately save,..." Ah, but running trains every ten minutes means that the level crossing are closed to cars twice as much, providing all the more reason to grade separate them!

17:51 there is also a 4 mile post on the downline side at Jewell station. It's at the southern end of the station! 10 years of catching the Upfield line finally coming in handy

@Taitset

2 ай бұрын

Thankyou, can't believe I missed that one!

Thank you for this video. I grew up in Dallas, literally opposite the Broadmeadows line and not far from Upfield. While I was still at school, I had an early morning job selling newspapers at Upfield station. I'd stand outside, on Barry road, and the passing cars and pedestrians would usually buy The Sun (before it merged and became the Herald Sun). From memory, it was around 40 cents at the time. However, the car drivers could only buy the papers when they had to stop for the red light of the pedestrian crossing, so as soon as the light went green, I'd count to about 100 and press the button again if nobody was waiting to cross. It was a good balance, cars stopped frequently enough to buy papers, and the traffic continued to flow (admittedly at a slower pace). At the end of the week, as well as my pay, I would easily get about $20 extra just in tips, and when you're only around 12 in 1987, that was a hell of a lot! In hindsight, I owe a lot to my dad. He'd drive me every morning at 5 am to the newsagent so I could collect all the papers because there were just too many for me to carry on my bike.

Nice, I’ve been hoping you’d make another one of these If this is gonna become a series, maybe the Belgrave/Lilydale or Frankston lines next? Those are some of the best imo

I miss Melbourne so much. I find myself watching these kinds of videos about the trains and trams just sometimes in tears from how much I miss it. I’ll be back soon Melbourne, I love you.

@B1akTang1dH4rt

2 ай бұрын

I love taking trains like especially going to and from gigs. On this line actually cos I go to Brunswick mostly.

@theyapper1337

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's a sick city. I definitely don't feel bad about moving from NZ.

@Nathan-bu5ci

2 ай бұрын

I moved away from Melbourne too, lived in Kensington and used both the Craigeburn and Upfield lines quite a bit, a few memories coming back.

I’m a Brunswick local so I was so excited to watch this video about my usual train line! Absolutely delightful. I’m excited to be looking out for that old level crossing infrastructure on my next ride.

Thanks for another great video! "Rail Motor Stopping Place No,21" sounds like it could have been a hit song title form the Beatle era.

Thanks, Martin, for this interesting talk and video exposure of the Upfield line. Only just found time to relax and catch up with you and several other KZread friends after a techky malfunction and dealing with other issues. I noted your corrections and scanned through the many comments (most of which are complimentary) and have to say a big thank you for the 10 months of research, thought, collating, editing and care taken to produce this interesting 38+ minutes. Thanks also to Alex Jamieson and your other collaborators for the research and effort put into this production. Looking forward to many more - hopefully before my earthly remains get lowered into the ground. Now I must move on to your most recent offering on the Freshwater class of Manly ferries. Cheers from Michael.🙂

@Taitset

Ай бұрын

Thanks for your comments Michael, glad you enjoyed it!

What an absolutely amazing video. Always saw the Upfield line as a watered down Cragieburn line. To be a little bit off topic, Melbourne is going through a weird faze right now of both upgrading lines (such as the Upfield line) whilst making 20 lane freeways like the North East Link and expanded M1. One of the only cities I’ve ever seen doing this.

@Taitset

2 ай бұрын

Thankyou! It really is a watered down Craigieburn line haha

I live in Brunswick and grew up in Castlemaine, and this is the first time I've become consciously aware of how comfortable and familiar the Maldon style of station is for me. It's giving me complicated feelings about the proposed level crossing removals.

Can't wait for the Mernda (Whittlesea) line to get covered, with it's quarries and Milk supply to Melbourne in the late 1800's early 1900's and with infrastructure from those early years still visible from Plenty Rd to this day and having had a massive turn table at Whittlesea it has a lot of interesting history.

If a 15 minute video takes me 5 hours to edit, the amount of work put in to this must have been immense... It's about time for me to join your patreon. Thoroughly interesting and enjoyable.

@Taitset

2 ай бұрын

Thankyou so much!

A very interesting and enjoyable video, that brought back quite a few memories. For the first nine years of my life we lived in Coburg, moving away at the end of 1955. Shortly before moving, we rode The Beetle to Somerton and return. Some time ago, I saw a photo showing several passengers boarding The Beetle at Fawkner, including a family group. From their attire, it's possible that it was my parents, brother and me. Unfortunately, with only a magnifying glass available, I could not enlarge the photo enough to be certain. As well as the sidings around Bruswick mentioned in the video, at the time Coburg had a very busy goods yard on the west side, one road of which was wired and used to stable electric trains. It also had a short siding on the east, which was used to access the electric substation. It had been a loco siding in steam days. At Batman, there was a loop and a siding that crossed McDonald Street to serve Lincoln Knitting Mills on the west of the line. Batman would probably have been the terminus for goods trains at the time, as there were no sidings or run-around facilities further north.

2:58 love that decal on the truck!

Coburg Station is an example of an LXRP Blueprint Station, a standardised design that can be used to cut down on station design costs. Coburg station is a side platform station with entrances at the ends of the platform, with stairs firming an "m" shape, reaching ground level on the inner leg and straddling two lifts. If you travel 3.3km east along Bell Street to Bell Station you'll notice the station has the exact same layout.

I moved to Brunswick only a year ago from a small city with no trains and the Upfield line was my very first regular train experience so this video and train line is very close to my heart

Re the painting on the silo at Anstey: what a surprise to see that! I live in Christchurch and was locked down with my students at a high school 500m from the second mosque that was attacked. That image was HUGE here afterwards and to my knowledge the other woman's husband was killed. Still a most unusual rendering as you say!

Its a tribute to your abilities that you've managed to make the worlds most boring trainline interesting and watchable. Watched all 38 minutes. The beetle footage was an absolute highlight.

Thought I could wait till the release but I folded! Glad I joined the patreon to support more videos like this :) hopefully a Burnley line next!

@Taitset

2 ай бұрын

Awesome!

I'm sure he'll get to it eventually, but I can't wait for the Belgrave/Lilydale line edition of this

I grew up in Melbourne but now live in the Mallee. I don't know how your video was recommended to me by KZread but I'm glad it was. Fascinating and entertaining. Thank you. Darren.

29:34 Love it seeing a Tait and beetle together as scale models

Well, that was certainly interesting. I even learnt some things, which is always a bonus. The models were very nicely done too. So much that I could just about ignore the overhead above the AEC at Campbellfield. 😆😊 (well, I hadn't noticed it at first)

@Taitset

2 ай бұрын

Haha I was waiting for someone to point that out. 🙂 Glad you enjoyed it!

Great video! Another note about Campbellfield: In the 2013 high-speed rail study, it was proposed for there to be a northern Melbourne station on the high-speed line immediately next to the Upfield line north of Camp Road. If this ever gets built, it would make a lot of sense for a Campbellfield station to be built next to it as an interchange station.

A couple of weeks ago i rode my ebike to Marvel Stadium. On the way home to Coburg I rode alongside a train from Jewel to Moreland without having to stop at a crossing. You did something similar. It was lots of fun.

Babe wake up, new 40-minute Taitset video just dropped!

Metropolitan Ringo Road was my favourite Beatle! The model was great.

33:31 BRO I CANT HAHAHHAA THE COPS GOING FOR A KRISPY KREME DRIVE THRU XD XD XD

@Taitset

2 ай бұрын

I was so happy I captured that lol

An interesting fact about this line is that while the freeway was being built over the line at Macaulay, the line was closed between the light repair centre and Flemington Bridge, and a crossover was installed at Flemington bridge to cater for running a shuttle service between there and Upfield. This was initially provided by three-car Comeng trains which were, of course, captive to that section. However, because of the Comeng trains not being sufficiently reliable (given that they couldn't go to the light repair centre or anywhere else for maintenance for the duration), the railways replaced them with three-car Silver (aka Hitachi) sets. The only way to do this was to tow the Silver sets in and the Comeng sets out by diesel over the Upfield-Somerton section. This was, I believe, the last time any trains ran over that section.

Phenomenal work mate! I could watch and listen to hours of this content! Can't believe I might have to wait 10 months for the next one! Please know your effort hasn't gone unappreciated. Massive well done from a Sandringham line user!

@Taitset

Ай бұрын

Thankyou, glad you enjoyed it! Fingers crossed the next one doesn't take me quite as long. :)

Great video! Upfield line has a special place in my heart. I grew up in Brisbane and now live in Sydney, but whilst at university I spent a 3 month stint as a student engineer at the Ford plant next to Upfield station. For at least half that time, the Upfield train line was my way home to relatives in the south east. So of all the Melbourne lines, I know this by far the best. It was great to learn of its history and see how much it has changed in the 30 years since I regularly used it. I must say my first trip on it going past the zoo and their being a station for it seemed quite a novelty! And going through the cemetery at Fawkner was also something I’d not experienced on trains in Brisbane. Also joined the Patreon for this, happy to support great content such as this and the Hurstbridge video and many others.

@Taitset

2 ай бұрын

Thankyou, glad you enjoyed it!

A surprisingly entertaining "movie" about a line I don't think I have travelled on. Country boy from east Gippsland.

The footbridge near the Brickworks, as well as a stretch of the shared path and a shot of the Dawson St level crossing, all show up in the film Death in Brunswick (1990)!

Really good video! As a Craigieburn line-er it's interesting learning about Upfield - lots of people in the comments already comparing the two, though, so I won't do the same. The mental image of people enthusiastically turning the turn-table to get the train back around is kind of cute haha

Macauley is one of my favourites! Used to live in Kensington. Just love the scale of it, and the general ambience being surrounded by brutal urban infrastructure.

I live in brunswick so it great to see the local history of the Upfield line!

saw someone filming at Caulfield station today and thought of this channel! was a good reminder to watch this video

I’m really glad you’ve finally produced and released this video! I remember on last year’s SRV Member’s Taitset trip you were expressing a desire to do so, and definitely worth the effort and wait for it! Well done

@Taitset

2 ай бұрын

Thankyou! That must have been around the time I started it I think!

I can’t wait for this video to premiere! I watched your video on the Hurstbridge line four or five times! I love your videos mate.

It's rare that I will sit riveted t o the screen, watching a train line video, but that was bloody great mate. Nice one!

I lived up in Kensington and remember when I first came to Melbourne the Upfield trains were half trains. I used to catch the Craigeburn (Broadmeadows) and then if i missed it could run down and catch an Upfield into the city. (I see you got some old photos with the half trains running). Great video.

I listen to your videos while driving a truck, so i dont get to comment or like each one, but ill place a comment here while waiting to be unloaded. I like your videos, calm sounding and informative and i very much like the humerous reasons you dont have a picture of things, such as not having a camera for a million years after such happened or that there was an administrative error seeing you not born yet at the time 😂 excellent work 👌 also. Unsure if youve done one i havent seen, but hitachi content? When i was a teen i wrote a letter to connex asking for my specific services i needed for my weekend job to be populated by hitachi trains, which astonishingly they abliged 😂

As long as you eventually get to the Sunbury line I'm happy mate. Great videos, love it

Excellent work, that is a really interesting video and a wonderful tribute to one of the suburban network's 'great survivors'. I travel the line occasionally and am never bored by it. The Upfield line is an endlessly interesting slice of Melbourne.

Great video. I've lived in Coolaroo, Brunswick and Coburg so the Upfield line has served me well. Such an interesting history that i did not know about. I do remember the last of the manned crossing gates in the late 90s. And the many threats to close the line down. And the times we only got 3 carriages.

Every single minute of this video was great. I particularly enjoyed the model Beetle and stations. They were a highlight. Excellent work from the chicken 🐔.

Amazing video as always!!

Thankyou for your service

Excellent and informative as always

Great video as always! Much enjoyed and loads learned!

great video and perfect format

4:54 I had a good chuckle at this lol, always down for a good 1930s style announcer impression.

Awesome video. Super informative.

I have only been on this line a few times, but it is really interesting to see how it has changed and evolved. love all the photos along the route and seeing the scale model with the chicken at then end; what a treat!

Great video mate. Impressive research! Keep up the great work! 👍

Fantastic video as always man, thanks so much :)

Excited for this one!!

Nice to see another instalment in this series. Good work Martin. Thanks for putting out videos like this.

Thanks so much, another great video

Another excellent video🎉 thank you, always love your longer ones and also thank you for your awesome video on Wellington Metlink. ❤

Thanks Martin - another interesting, informative and enjoyable video in the series! Looking forward to the next one 👍🏻

Nice. Thanks for this video, mate. 👍

Ok, I'll be your latest SUB just through your sheer tongue-in-cheekery (if there's such a word).

@Taitset

Ай бұрын

Haha thankyou

Looking forward to the next instalment in another 10 months! Great video!

Amazing video, makes me glad to ge a patron! I think its quite interesting that SRL north is (eventually) slated to interchange at Fawkner, presumably alongside some major TOD development. Seems like a funny place but I suppose there's lots of underutilised land around there.

@Taitset

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, it does seem like a surprising place to make the connection!

More long videos like this please! I loved it

Great video, looking forward to more, especially a Belgrave video! :D

Great start to my Saturday Morning

fantastic vid !! trains have never been my forte, but seeing one of your vids pop up a few months ago hooked me in, you just make it so interesting, even if it's not an interest i had previously :)

Amazing video, I actually learned a lot of new things surprisingly.

yay! finally what i have been waiting for (for what feels like years), thanks Martin!

Thanks for covering my local line! I actually learned a few things. I knew there was an extension beyond upfield that somehow connected to Craigieburn (I grew up there wishing they would reopen it so I could get to Kmart campbellfield by train as a teen!), but had no idea why! Also, yes, it’s pronounced “Oh-Hey!” Street lol. There is a bike path which connects to the upfield shared path, which runs all the way to Sussex Street. Also, the bus you saw at Gowrie runs all the way to Coburg station via O’Hea too! All things considered, it’s a very interconnected area! I’m very glad they didn’t close the line.. it’s wonderful being within walking distance to all modes of transport! 🎉

Regularly beating the train from Royal Park to Moreland and back! Thanks for another informative and entertaining video!

this video and your page is frickin amazing / the engaging and informative style makes the learning fun!! I am sure you will be referenced in Dissertations for sure ❤

I'm so glad you are continuing this series i can't wait for more train line videos

This video was great! I enjoyed every minute it of it! Thank you for putting so much effort into making these videos :)

I'm excited for this to become a series for each line!

Always an uplifting day when Taitset uploads😊

this is pretty much the only line I haven't touched so I was excited to see this come around

The good thing about the upfield line is if you’re late to the train, you can try your luck with trams at Sydney road.

@dylanshadowstar9779

7 күн бұрын

If you're going as far as batman, and there's replacement buses. You basically should just get the tram

Love your videos. I grew up in Eltham so enjoyed the Hurstbridge video and now live on the Upfield so enjoyed this too. O’hea st is pronounced ‘o’hey’. And the line is so close to crossing a creek… just a few metres from the fence blocking the old section at the end of upfield

Great video as always bro. Loved the transport service truck at 3.00😂😂😂. Legend

seeing the cop car turn into the krispy kreme drive through made me chuckle, would love an alamein line video!