Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 34 minutes ago
The eastern suburb of Doncaster in Melbourne has does not have a railway. Despite many proposals over the past 130 years, one has never been built. So why can't you catch a train to Doncaster?
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging and their extensive historical connection to these places.
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My website: philipmallis.com
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MORE INFORMATION
2014 Doncaster Rail Study documents: http://www.ycat.org.au/archived-sites/doncaster-rail-study-2014/
Information about the cutting at Victoria Park Station: http://www.ycat.org.au/history-of-the-doncaster-train/3/
Doncaster Railway route as almost built in 1979 as part of the Eastern Freeway:
Melway Map 44: https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343/23962/304156_UDS2013221-6-0055-wm.jpg?sequence=55&isAllowed=y
Melway Map 45: https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343/23962/304157_UDS2013221-6-0056-wm.jpg?sequence=56&isAllowed=y
Melway Map 32: https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343/23962/304144_UDS2013221-6-0043-wm.jpg?sequence=43&isAllowed=y
Melway Map 33: https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343/23962/304145_UDS2013221-6-0044-wm.jpg?sequence=44&isAllowed=y
Melway Map 34: https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343/23962/304146_UDS2013221-6-0045-wm.jpg?sequence=45&isAllowed=y
(Full 1979 Melway here: https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/23962)
Public Records Office Victoria (PROV) article on some of the older route proposals: https://prov.vic.gov.au/about-us/our-blog/waiting-train-arrive
Doncaster Rail advocacy page: facebook.com/DoncasterRail
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SOURCES AND CREDITS
Image source: (Zombie stop sign): Eli Duke, CC-BY-SA 2.0, flickr.com/photos/elisfanclub/370565709
Image source: (Abandoned construction: Yan Song, CC-BY-SA 2.0, flickr.com/photos/geekinmedia/4464201892
Image source (1890 plan): PROV https://prov.vic.gov.au/about-us/our-blog/waiting-train-arrive
Image source (Victoria Park Station photos): Peter J Vincent pjv101.net/film_bw/pjv00707.htm
Video source (North East Link bus video): North East Link Authority youtube.com/watch?v=8eiY9CPTBZ0
The eastern suburb of Doncaster in Melbourne has does not have a railway. Despite many proposals over the past 130 years, one has never been built. So why can't you catch a train to Doncaster?
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging and their extensive historical connection to these places.
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My website: philipmallis.com
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MORE INFORMATION
2014 Doncaster Rail Study documents: http://www.ycat.org.au/archived-sites/doncaster-rail-study-2014/
Information about the cutting at Victoria Park Station: http://www.ycat.org.au/history-of-the-doncaster-train/3/
Doncaster Railway route as almost built in 1979 as part of the Eastern Freeway:
Melway Map 44: https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343/23962/304156_UDS2013221-6-0055-wm.jpg?sequence=55&isAllowed=y
Melway Map 45: https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343/23962/304157_UDS2013221-6-0056-wm.jpg?sequence=56&isAllowed=y
Melway Map 32: https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343/23962/304144_UDS2013221-6-0043-wm.jpg?sequence=43&isAllowed=y
Melway Map 33: https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343/23962/304145_UDS2013221-6-0044-wm.jpg?sequence=44&isAllowed=y
Melway Map 34: https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343/23962/304146_UDS2013221-6-0045-wm.jpg?sequence=45&isAllowed=y
(Full 1979 Melway here: https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/23962)
Public Records Office Victoria (PROV) article on some of the older route proposals: https://prov.vic.gov.au/about-us/our-blog/waiting-train-arrive
Doncaster Rail advocacy page: facebook.com/DoncasterRail
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SOURCES AND CREDITS
Image source: (Zombie stop sign): Eli Duke, CC-BY-SA 2.0, flickr.com/photos/elisfanclub/370565709
Image source: (Abandoned construction: Yan Song, CC-BY-SA 2.0, flickr.com/photos/geekinmedia/4464201892
Image source (1890 plan): PROV https://prov.vic.gov.au/about-us/our-blog/waiting-train-arrive
Image source (Victoria Park Station photos): Peter J Vincent pjv101.net/film_bw/pjv00707.htm
Video source (North East Link bus video): North East Link Authority youtube.com/watch?v=8eiY9CPTBZ0
