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Proposed Underground Railways in Melbourne

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A semi-realistic map showing old plans for underground railways in Melbourne, including a few plans that would later evolve into the City Loop design. Some station placements are purely hypothetical as some plans didn't include stations, only the tunnel layout
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Ridership
174M
Cost
$ 14.7B
Stations
56
Lines
24
Modes
2
Length
96 km
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A semi-realistic map showing old plans for underground railways in Melbourne, including a few plans that would later evolve into the City Loop design. Some station placements are purely hypothetical as some plans didn't include stations, only the tunnel layout
Map type: local | Total track length: 59 miles | Center coordinate: -37.8288, 144.9658 | * City Underground Railway: (Commuter/suburban rail, 3 stations) La Trobe Street, QVM, North Melbourne (Underground) * 1947 Underground Railway Plan - Line 1: (Commuter/suburban rail, 5 stations) King Street, Queen Street, Spring Street, Fitzroy Gardens, Jolimont (Underground) * 1947 Underground Railway Plan - Line 2: (Commuter/suburban rail, 6 stations) Flagstaff Gardens, Queen Street, Spring Street, Fitzroy Gardens, Jolimont (Underground), MCG * 1947 Underground Railway Plan - Line 3: (Commuter/suburban rail, 6 stations) MCG, Jolimont (Underground), Fitzroy Gardens, Spring Street, Queen Street, King Street * 1947 Underground Railway Plan - Line 4: (Commuter/suburban rail, 5 stations) Flagstaff Gardens, Queen Street, Spring Street, Fitzroy Gardens, Jolimont (Underground) * Ashworth Report - St Kilda Line Extension: (Commuter/suburban rail, 5 stations) Elwood, Elwood North, Acland Street, St Kilda, Fitzroy Street * Ashworth Report - Kew Line Underground Extension: (Commuter/suburban rail, 1 stations) Kew * Rosstown Railway St Kilda Extension via Elwood - Underground alignment option: (Commuter/suburban rail, 5 stations) Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, Acland Street, Dickens Street, Point Ormond * Melbourne Metro 2 - West Gate Freeway Alignment: (Metro/rapid transit, 3 stations) Kooringa (Potential Station), Salmon (Potential Station), Southern Cross (Underground) * Melbourne Metro 2 - West Gate Freeway Alternative Alignment: (Metro/rapid transit, 4 stations) Kooringa (Potential Station), Salmon (Potential Station), Lorimer (Potential Station), Southern Cross (Underground) * Melbourne Metro 2 - Plummer Street Alignment: (Metro/rapid transit, 9 stations) Merri (Trench), Clifton Hill (Underground), Fitzroy (Metro 2), Parkville, Flagstaff Gardens (Metro 2), Southern Cross (Underground), Sandridge, Wirraway, Kooringa (Potential Station) * Melbourne Metro 2 - Williamstown Road Alignment: (Metro/rapid transit, 4 stations) Webb Dock (Potential Station), Garden City (Potential Station), Ingles (Potential Station), Southern Cross (Underground) * Melbourne Metro 2 - Williamstown Road Alternative Alignment: (Metro/rapid transit, 5 stations) Webb Dock (Potential Station), Garden City (Potential Station), North Port (Potential Station), Montague (Potential Station), Southern Cross (Underground) * Melbourne Metro 2 - Turner Street Alignment: (Metro/rapid transit, 2 stations) Innovation Precinct (Potential Station), Southern Cross (Underground) * Melbourne Metro 2 - Sandridge/Employment Precinct: (Metro/rapid transit, 3 stations) Innovation Precinct (Potential Station), Sandridge, Southern Cross (Underground) * Melbourne Metro 2 - Sandridge/Employment Precinct Alternative: (Metro/rapid transit, 3 stations) Fishermans Bend, Sandridge, Southern Cross (Underground) * Melbourne Metro 2 - Bourke Street Alignment: (Metro/rapid transit, 6 stations) Fishermans Bend, Sandridge, Docklands, Flagstaff Gardens (Bourke Street Alignment), Parkville, Fitzroy (Metro 2) * Melbourne Underground Rail Loop with Doncaster connection: (Commuter/suburban rail, 4 stations) Flagstaff, Museum, Exhibition, Fitzroy * Melbourne Underground Rail Loop: (Commuter/suburban rail, 4 stations) Flagstaff, Museum, Parliament, Flinders Street/Princes Bridge * 1946 City Loop Proposal: (Commuter/suburban rail, 7 stations) Flinders Street/Princes Bridge, Melbourne, Southern Cross, Flagstaff, Museum, Eastern Station, Flinders Street/Princes Bridge * Melbourne Metro Two - Balaclava Rd Alignment: (Metro/rapid transit, 5 stations) Domain, Alfred Hospital, Balaclava (Underground), Orrong (Balaclava Rd Alignment), Caulfield * Melbourne Metro Two - Dandenong Rd Alignment: (Metro/rapid transit, 5 stations) Domain, Alfred Hospital, Windsor, Orrong, Caulfield * Melbourne Metro Two - Commercial Rd Alignment: (Metro/rapid transit, 4 stations) Domain, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Caulfield * Melbourne Metro Two - Toorak Rd Alignment: (Metro/rapid transit, 2 stations) Domain, South Yarra (underground(
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