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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="width:25em;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above notheme" style="border-top: 4px solid #999933; border-bottom: 4px solid #999933; color: inherit;">Kew</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef;">Overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Dismantled line - <a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_to_Kew_Rail_Trail" title="Hawthorn to Kew Rail Trail">Hawthorn to Kew Rail Trail</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways" title="Victorian Railways">Victorian Railways (VR)</a> (1890–1957)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Locale</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Termini</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Hawthorn railway station, Melbourne">Hawthorn</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Kew_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Kew railway station, Melbourne">Kew</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Continues from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alamein_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Alamein railway line">Alamein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgrave_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgrave railway line">Belgrave</a> & <a href="/wiki/Lilydale_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Lilydale railway line">Lilydale lines</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Connecting lines</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alamein_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Alamein railway line">Alamein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgrave_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgrave railway line">Belgrave</a> & <a href="/wiki/Lilydale_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Lilydale railway line">Lilydale lines</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stations</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>1 current station</li><li>2 former stations</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef;">Service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Former Melbourne suburban service</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operator(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways" title="Victorian Railways">Victorian Railways (VR)</a> (1890–1957)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef;">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opened</th><td class="infobox-data">10 August 1890<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1890-08-10</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Electrified</th><td class="infobox-data">19 December 1922<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1922-12-19</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Closed</th><td class="infobox-data">13 May 1957<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1957-05-13</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" 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legend">Legend</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0px"> <table class="nogrid routemap" style="font-size:107.95454545455%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"><div class="RMsi">km</div> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="CONTg"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/BSicon_CONTg.svg/20px-BSicon_CONTg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/BSicon_CONTg.svg/30px-BSicon_CONTg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/BSicon_CONTg.svg/40px-BSicon_CONTg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"><div class="RMsi"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Up arrow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Arrow_Blue_Up_001.svg/10px-Arrow_Blue_Up_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Arrow_Blue_Up_001.svg/15px-Arrow_Blue_Up_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Arrow_Blue_Up_001.svg/20px-Arrow_Blue_Up_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><a href="/wiki/Alamein_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Alamein railway line">Alamein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgrave_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgrave railway line">Belgrave</a> & <a href="/wiki/Lilydale_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Lilydale railway line">Lilydale lines</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">to <a href="/wiki/Flinders_Street_railway_station" title="Flinders Street railway station">Flinders Street</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"><div class="RMsi">5.7</div> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Hawthorn railway station, Melbourne">Hawthorn</a> <div class="RMsi"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_75" title="Melbourne tram route 75"><span style="color:#00a9e0;font-size:120%;line-height:100%">■</span></a><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_railway_station,_Melbourne#Transport_links" title="Hawthorn railway station, Melbourne"><img alt="Hawthorn railway station, Melbourne#Transport links" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Victoria_bus_logo.svg/18px-Victoria_bus_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Victoria_bus_logo.svg/27px-Victoria_bus_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Victoria_bus_logo.svg/36px-Victoria_bus_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="xABZgl"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/BSicon_xABZgl.svg/20px-BSicon_xABZgl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/BSicon_xABZgl.svg/30px-BSicon_xABZgl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/BSicon_xABZgl.svg/40px-BSicon_xABZgl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="CONTfq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/20px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/30px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/40px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"><div class="RMsi"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Right arrow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/10px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/15px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/20px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><a href="/wiki/Alamein_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Alamein railway line">Alamein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgrave_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgrave railway line">Belgrave</a> & <a href="/wiki/Lilydale_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Lilydale railway line">Lilydale lines</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">to <a href="/wiki/Camberwell_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Camberwell railway station, Melbourne">Camberwell</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"><div class="RMsi">7.2</div> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Barker_railway_station" title="Barker railway station">Barker</a> <div class="RMsi">(demolished)</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSKRZ-Au"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/BSicon_exSKRZ-Au.svg/20px-BSicon_exSKRZ-Au.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/BSicon_exSKRZ-Au.svg/30px-BSicon_exSKRZ-Au.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/BSicon_exSKRZ-Au.svg/40px-BSicon_exSKRZ-Au.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Australian_state_route_32.svg/21px-Australian_state_route_32.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Australian_state_route_32.svg/31px-Australian_state_route_32.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Australian_state_route_32.svg/42px-Australian_state_route_32.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="376" data-file-height="361" /></span></span> <i>Barkers Road</i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKBHFe"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/BSicon_exKBHFe.svg/20px-BSicon_exKBHFe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/BSicon_exKBHFe.svg/30px-BSicon_exKBHFe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/BSicon_exKBHFe.svg/40px-BSicon_exKBHFe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"><div class="RMsi">7.4</div> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kew_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Kew railway station, Melbourne">Kew</a> <div class="RMsi">(demolished)</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 3px 0 0;"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td> </td> <td style="padding:0 0 0 3px;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Kew railway line</b> was a former railway line in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>. The line ran from <a href="/wiki/Hawthorn,_Victoria" title="Hawthorn, Victoria">Hawthorn</a> to <a href="/wiki/Kew,_Victoria" title="Kew, Victoria">Kew</a>. It was opened on 19 December 1887 and was officially closed on 13 May 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-elect_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elect-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last train ran on 18 August 1952 after years of decline. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kew_railway_line&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kewstation.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Kewstation.jpg/220px-Kewstation.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Kewstation.jpg/330px-Kewstation.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Kewstation.jpg/440px-Kewstation.jpg 2x" data-file-width="645" data-file-height="405" /></a><figcaption>The street side of <a href="/wiki/Kew_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Kew railway station, Melbourne">Kew station</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Kew line was a single track railway 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length, departing from the western side of <a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Hawthorn railway station, Melbourne">Hawthorn station</a> and running parallel to the <a href="/wiki/Lilydale_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Lilydale railway line">Lilydale line</a> for several hundred metres, before curving to the north between the Grace Park and <a href="/wiki/Glenferrie_Oval" title="Glenferrie Oval">Glenferrie Oval</a>. The line then entered a curved cutting, where three road bridges passed overhead for Chrystobel Crescent, Mary Street, and Kinkora Road. The cutting ended, and a level crossing was provided at Hawthorn Grove, before <a href="/wiki/Barker_railway_station" title="Barker railway station">Barker station</a> was reached. Barkers Road was then crossed, before the terminus of <a href="/wiki/Kew_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Kew railway station, Melbourne">Kew station</a> was reached in a cutting to the south of Wellington Street. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kew_railway_line&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The construction of a railway to <a href="/wiki/Kew,_Victoria" title="Kew, Victoria">Kew</a> was pushed by the Kew Railway League, which urged that the line branch from the <a href="/wiki/Lilydale_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Lilydale railway line">Lilydale line</a> west of <a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Hawthorn railway station, Melbourne">Hawthorn station</a>, passing on an easy curve on the right side of Bulleen Road (now Church Street, Hawthorn and High Street South, Kew), through low-lying vacant land and old brick fields, to Kew and Prospect Hill. A tunnel under Burwood Road would have been required, but that was offset by no cuttings being required.<sup id="cite_ref-csc_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The line eventually decided upon by the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways" title="Victorian Railways">Victorian Railways</a> consisted a single track line 1.5 mi (2.4 km) in length, as described above, the construction contract being let to Noonan Brothers contractors for £18,086 ($36,172).<sup id="cite_ref-csc_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Residents and members of the Kew Borough Council were unhappy with the course of the line, criticising it for not being the most direct route to Kew.<sup id="cite_ref-csc_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first train left <a href="/wiki/Princes_Bridge_railway_station" title="Princes Bridge railway station">Princes Bridge station</a> on 19 December 1887 at 5.40 am, and arrived at Kew to be greeted by the Station Master, a ticket seller, and the signalman.<sup id="cite_ref-csc_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was no ceremony on the opening, but once the last spike was driven a bottle of Irish whisky was produced from a portable hut near <a href="/wiki/Barker_railway_station" title="Barker railway station">Barker station</a> to celebrate the occasion.<sup id="cite_ref-csc_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Age" title="The Age">The Age</a></i> newspaper wrote after the opening of the line:<sup id="cite_ref-csc_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>The gradients are distressing and the curves so sharp that the drivers were unable to see the semaphore arms until tell-tale arms were erected close to the ground. The junction with the Hawthorn – Glenferrie line is highly dangerous. It is possible, by the smallest neglect on the part of the signalman, for either a Glenferrie or Kew train to be cut in halves.</p></blockquote> <blockquote><p>This contingency has caused the officers of the traffic office considerable anxiety, and strict orders have been given to the signalman at the junction box that once he has given 'line clear' for a train to run from Barkers Road, cross the main line and stop at Hawthorn, he must on no account alter his signals for a Glenferrie or Hawthorn train until the one from Kew has passed over the junction points. Under these circumstances the Railway Commissioners, faced by the terrible consequences of the Windsor accident, see the absolute necessity of bringing the line into Hawthorn station on a separate set of rails.And this for a line passing through unsettled park lands and terminating in a cutting, beyond which the line cannot be carried except at an extraordinary cost. </p></blockquote> <p>(Refer to <a href="/wiki/Windsor_railway_station,_Melbourne#1887_accident" title="Windsor railway station, Melbourne">Windsor Railway Station</a> for further details on the "Windsor accident") </p><p>The alterations to the junction were completed by 1907 at the latest.<sup id="cite_ref-jun_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jun-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Railway_electrification_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Railway electrification system">Electrification</a> of the line was commissioned on 17 December 1922.<sup id="cite_ref-elect_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elect-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1920s a reader of the 'Argus' newspaper suggested that Kew trains run as shuttles from Hawthorn at peak hour to save congestion on the Lilydale line. At the time Kew trains from Flinders Street were usually empty, with only 5 people to a compartment, even in peak.<sup id="cite_ref-csc_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time the line from Richmond towards Camberwell was only double tracked, unlike today. </p><p>On 18 August 1952 all regular passenger services on the line were withdrawn. The Hawthorn and Kew Railway (Dismantling) Act was passed on 9 December 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reasons for the decline of the Kew railway line are varied. A commonly held idea is that <a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Melbourne" title="Trams in Melbourne">tramway</a> competition led to a loss of passengers. The remoteness of the Kew railway station compared to the tramway which ran along High Street was almost certainly a factor. In his book Marc Fiddian states 'the abolition of through trains to Kew was probably the death knell of the branch line'.<sup id="cite_ref-csc_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Services">Services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kew_railway_line&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On opening, a steam train shuttle service at 20–25-minute intervals, with through trains to the city provided in the peaks.<sup id="cite_ref-elect_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elect-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the electrification of the line, a 20-minute through service from the city was provided, and from 15 April 1923 trains were through-routed with the Fawkner line (today's <a href="/wiki/Upfield_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Upfield railway line">Upfield line</a>) at the same headway, with services increased to every 15 minutes from December 1924.<sup id="cite_ref-elect_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elect-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The decline in services on the line began on 24 November 1930 when non-peak through services to the city were ended. Off-peak the line operated as shuttle from Hawthorn, using a single ABM <a href="/wiki/Swing_Door_(train)" title="Swing Door (train)">Swing Door</a> motor car, every 15 minutes on weekdays and every 20 minutes on Sundays.<sup id="cite_ref-elect_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elect-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This had a negative effect on patronage as people found changing trains inconvenient. On 29 November 1937 through services were eliminated during afternoon peak, with the train paths taken by services on the line to Ashburton (today's <a href="/wiki/Alamein_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Alamein railway line">Alamein line</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-elect_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elect-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bus substitution off peak begun on 5 June 1939 due to still falling patronage, with a local shuttle train operating from Hawthorn during peak hours and on Sunday mornings. By October 1939 the Sunday morning trains were also cut.<sup id="cite_ref-elect_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elect-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1941, there was only a peak-hour service to and from Kew by train, with 13 return trips, from 5.21 am to 9.13 am and 12 trips in the evening, from 3.35 pm to 7.04 pm. The remainder of services were provided by a road motor service at 15-minute intervals, via Denmark Street, Power Street and Burwood Roads.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 18 August 1952 all regular passenger services were withdrawn. The next year weekend Railway bus services were also withdrawn. In 1954 the weekday off-peak bus services were withdrawn, and in 1956, all remaining bus services were cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operation_and_safeworking">Operation and safeworking</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kew_railway_line&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Operation and safeworking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The line spent its operating life under the Train Staff and Ticket safeworking system, although the issuing of tickets was not permitted.<sup id="cite_ref-vr_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vr-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Once shuttle services on the line were introduced, operation of the line was simplified to cut down on the staff required. </p><p>The single ABM <a href="/wiki/Swing_Door_(train)" title="Swing Door (train)">Swing Door</a> motor car was stationed at Hawthorn. The guard of the train was required to collect the Train Staff for the line from the signaller at Hawthorn, and pass the Train Staff to the driver who maintained possession of it. On arrival at Hawthorn on the Up train, the guard was required to sight the Train Staff before departing in the other direction. After the last Up local train, the Train Staff had to be returned to the signalman. When a goods train was to be worked on the line, the yard porter was required to retrieve the Train Staff from the signaller and pass it to the driver. For through trains the Officer in Charge of Hawthorn station was responsible for passing the Train Staff to the driver<sup id="cite_ref-vr_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vr-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Trains arriving at Kew were required to pull up to end of the platform verandah. The crossover from 1 to 2 road was usually not in use by the 1950s, and a sleeve was placed across it to prevent its operation.<sup id="cite_ref-vr_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vr-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The down home signal at Kew was usually set at proceed, unless required to be placed at stop to operate the interlocking frame.<sup id="cite_ref-vr_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vr-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stations">Stations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kew_railway_line&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Kew railway line had two stations. Both opened and closed with the line. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Station_histories">Station histories</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kew_railway_line&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Station histories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Station </th> <th>Opened<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Closed<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Age </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Notes<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Hawthorn railway station, Melbourne">Hawthorn</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001861-04-13-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">13 April 1861</span></td> <td></td> <td data-sort-value="7004597670000000000♠">163 years </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Barker_railway_station" title="Barker railway station">Barker</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001887-12-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">19 December 1887</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001957-05-13-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">13 May 1957</span></td> <td data-sort-value="7004253470000000000♠">69 years</td> <td> <ul><li>Formerly Barker's Road</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kew_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Kew railway station, Melbourne">Kew</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001887-12-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">19 December 1887</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001957-05-13-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">13 May 1957</span></td> <td data-sort-value="7004253470000000000♠">69 years</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Barker">Barker</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kew_railway_line&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Barker"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Barker_railway_station" title="Barker railway station">Barker station</a> was located between the Barkers Road and Hawthorn Grove level crossings. The single platform was located on the western side of the line. In the 1940s the Hawthorn Grove gates were permanently closed to road traffic during train running times. Otherwise the interlocked hand gates at each end were opened and closed by station staff.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station also had a single semaphore signal for down trains.<sup id="cite_ref-sig_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sig-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kew">Kew</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kew_railway_line&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Kew"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kew_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Kew railway station, Melbourne">Kew station</a> was located to the south of Wellington Street in a cutting, 1.5 km (0.93 mi) beyond the Lilydale line.<sup id="cite_ref-csc_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A single platform was provided on the western side of the line, with a run around loop provided, as well as a third dead end siding road with a dead end extension.<sup id="cite_ref-sig_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sig-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A fourth road also existed behind the station platform, having a low platform for goods traffic provided on the western side, and staff lock on the main line connection.<sup id="cite_ref-sig_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sig-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An interlocking frame was provided on the platform, for control of three fixed signal and the up end points for the yard and run around.<sup id="cite_ref-sig_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sig-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Proposed_extensions">Proposed extensions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kew_railway_line&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Proposed extensions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There were proposals for extensions to the Kew railway line at various times. One of the first ideas was a <a href="/wiki/Doncaster_railway_line" title="Doncaster railway line">Doncaster line</a> in 1890, running across the <a href="/wiki/Outer_Circle_railway_line" title="Outer Circle railway line">Outer Circle line</a> to <a href="/wiki/Warrandyte,_Victoria" title="Warrandyte, Victoria">Warrandyte</a>, with a branch line running to Templestowe.<sup id="cite_ref-nr40_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nr40-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1897 trial surveys were carried out for extensions from Kew to <a href="/wiki/Healesville,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Healesville, Victoria">Healesville</a>, Kew to <a href="/wiki/Doncaster,_Victoria" title="Doncaster, Victoria">Doncaster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warrandyte,_Victoria" title="Warrandyte, Victoria">Warrandyte</a> (5 mi (8.0 km)), Kew to <a href="/wiki/Templestowe,_Victoria" title="Templestowe, Victoria">Templestowe</a> (4.5 mi (7.2 km)), and Kew to the <a href="/wiki/Outer_Circle_railway_line" title="Outer Circle railway line">Outer Circle railway</a> (1 mi (1.6 km)).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was followed in 1920 by another plan to extend the Kew line, this time to serve Doncaster itself.<sup id="cite_ref-nr40_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nr40-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1930s <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways" title="Victorian Railways">Victorian Railways</a> Chief Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Harold_Winthrop_Clapp" title="Harold Winthrop Clapp">Harold Clapp</a> also drew up plans to extend the Kew line to Doncaster, running underground to the north of Kew Post Office, and then running on the surface with 5 new stations.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Today">Today</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kew_railway_line&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Today"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The site of <a href="/wiki/Kew_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Kew railway station, Melbourne">Kew station</a> is now occupied by the head office of <a href="/wiki/VicRoads" title="VicRoads">VicRoads</a>. The 'California Motor Inn' was built on the site of <a href="/wiki/Barker_railway_station" title="Barker railway station">Barker station</a>, but has since closed, and the site is awaiting redevelopment. Most of the railway formation between Wellington Street and Barkers Road is now used as a carpark and private road by VicRoads. The railway formation between Hawthorn Grove and Chrystobel Crescent is a linear parkland and shared path, and from Chrystobel Crescent to the main line is a carpark for <a href="/wiki/Glenferrie_Oval" title="Glenferrie Oval">Glenferrie Oval</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kew_railway_line&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-elect-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-elect_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-elect_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-elect_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-elect_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-elect_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-elect_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-elect_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFS.E._Dornan_and_R.G._Henderson1979" class="citation book cs1">S.E. 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Pakenham Gazette. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9596316-7-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-9596316-7-4"><bdi>0-9596316-7-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Commuters%2C+Shoppers+and+Scholars+-+A+History+of+the+Melbourne+-+Lilydale+Railway&rft.pub=Pakenham+Gazette&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=0-9596316-7-4&rft.aulast=Fiddian&rft.aufirst=Marc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKew+railway+line" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-jun-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-jun_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.victorianrailways.net/signaling/completedia/erichhawdia.html">Signalling diagram of the junction at Hawthorn in 1907</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Victorian <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dms.dpc.vic.gov.au/Domino/Web_Notes/LDMS/PubLawToday.nsf/2184e627479f8392ca256da50082bf3e/03048A899F611CDFCA256E5B000379C1/$FILE/58-6465a001doc.doc">Hawthorn and Kew Railway (Dismantling) Act 1958</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.railpage.com.au/f-p700554.htm#700554">Railpage Australia: comment by user <b>ninthnotch</b></a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.railpage.com.au/f-p701056.htm#701056">Railpage Australia: comment by user <b>John of Melbourne</b></a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vr-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a 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href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/671303814"><i>Stopping All Stations</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Clunes,_Victoria" title="Clunes, Victoria">Clunes, Victoria</a>: Full Parallel Productions. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0646543635" title="Special:BookSources/978-0646543635"><bdi>978-0646543635</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/671303814">671303814</a>.</cite><span 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href="#cite_ref-sig_10-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.victorianrailways.net/signaling/completedia/kewdia.html">Signalling diagram of the line in 1936</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nr40-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nr40_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nr40_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStephen_Cauchi1998" class="citation magazine cs1">Stephen Cauchi (February 1998). 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Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). p. 40.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Newsrail&rft.atitle=Whatever+Happened+to+the+Proposed+Railway+to+Doncaster+East&rft.volume=26&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=40&rft.date=1998-02&rft.au=Stephen+Cauchi&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKew+railway+line" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.railpage.com.au/f-p546575.htm#546575">Railpage Australia: comment by user <b>ninthnotch</b> - 'Proposed suburban lines 109 years ago'</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.railpage.com.au/f-p700659.htm#700659">Railpage Australia: comment by user <b>574M</b></a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kew_railway_line&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Photos: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.railpage.com.au/f-p726570.htm#726570">Trains on the line in 1937/8</a></li> <li>Signalling diagram: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.signaldiagramsandphotos.com/mywebpages/vr/Metropolitan/823%2709.htm">The Kew line in 1909</a></li> <li>Signalling diagram: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.victorianrailways.net/signaling/completedia/kewdia.html">The Kew line in 1936</a></li> <li>Signalling diagram: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.victorianrailways.net/signaling/completedia/erichhawdia.html">The junction station of Hawthorn in 1907</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11325242.htm">Railpage Australia: Discussion on images from the Public Record Office Victoria</a></li> <li>Google Maps: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&z=16&ll=-37.809191,145.030754&spn=0.011765,0.019913">Kew</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=-37.814683,145.029917&spn=0.008188,0.0156&z=16">Barker</a> station locations</li> <li>c1950 Morgan's Street Directory Map: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ozzmosis.com/photos/msd/m050-051.jpg.html">Kew line locations</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://members.ozemail.com.au/~telica/The%20Hawthorn%20-%20Kew%20railway.html">The Hawthown-Kew railway</a></li></ul> <div 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href="/wiki/Robinvale_railway_line" title="Robinvale railway line">Robinvale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serviceton_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Serviceton railway line">Serviceton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Gippsland_railway_line" title="South Gippsland railway line">South Gippsland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tocumwal_railway_line,_Victoria" title="Tocumwal railway line, Victoria">Tocumwal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_standard_gauge_railway_line" title="Western standard gauge railway line">Western standard gauge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Melbourne%E2%80%93Adelaide_rail_corridor" title="Melbourne–Adelaide rail corridor">Melbourne–Adelaide</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Branch_lines" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Branch lines</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Metropolitan District</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albion%E2%80%93Jacana_railway_line" title="Albion–Jacana railway line">Albion–Jacana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgrave_line" title="Belgrave line">Belgrave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadstore_Siding" title="Broadstore Siding">Broadstore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deer_Park%E2%80%93West_Werribee_railway_line" title="Deer Park–West Werribee railway line">Deer Park–West Werribee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flemington_Racecourse_line" title="Flemington Racecourse line">Flemington Racecourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankston_line" title="Frankston line">Frankston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puffing_Billy_Railway" title="Puffing Billy Railway">Gembrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Waverley_line" title="Glen Waverley line">Glen Waverley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healesville_railway_line" title="Healesville railway line">Healesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurstbridge_line" title="Hurstbridge line">Hurstbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inner_Circle_railway_line" title="Inner Circle railway line">Inner Circle</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lilydale_line" title="Lilydale line">Lilydale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mont_Park_railway_line" title="Mont Park railway line">Mont Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mornington_railway_line" title="Mornington railway line">Mornington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport%E2%80%93Sunshine_railway_line" title="Newport–Sunshine railway line">Newport–Sunshine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outer_Circle_railway_line" title="Outer Circle railway line">Outer Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Melbourne_railway_line" title="Port Melbourne railway line">Port Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powelltown_tramway" title="Powelltown tramway">Powelltown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Hill_railway_line" title="Red Hill railway line">Red Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosstown_Railway" title="Rosstown Railway">Rosstown Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandringham_line" title="Sandringham line">Sandringham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Kensington%E2%80%93West_Footscray_railway_line" title="South Kensington–West Footscray railway line">South Kensington–West Footscray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stony_Point_line" title="Stony Point line">Stony Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Vale_Cemetery_railway_line" title="Spring Vale Cemetery railway line">Spring Vale Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_railway_line" title="St Kilda railway line">St Kilda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_%E2%80%93_Windsor_railway_line" title="St Kilda – Windsor railway line">St Kilda–Windsor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upfield_line" title="Upfield line">Upfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warburton_railway_line" title="Warburton railway line">Warburton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webb_Dock_railway_line" title="Webb Dock railway line">Webb Dock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamstown_line" title="Williamstown line">Williamstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whittlesea_railway_line" title="Whittlesea railway line">Whittlesea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Western & Southwestern District</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alvie_railway_line" title="Alvie railway line">Alvie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballarat_to_Daylesford_railway_line" title="Ballarat to Daylesford railway line">Ballarat–Daylesford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balmoral_railway_line" title="Balmoral railway line">Balmoral</a> (Hamilton to East Natimuk)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolangum_railway_line" title="Bolangum railway line">Bolangum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buninyong_railway_line" title="Buninyong railway line">Buninyong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carpolac_railway_line" title="Carpolac railway line">Carpolac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casterton_railway_line" title="Casterton railway line">Casterton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colac%E2%80%93Ballarat_railway_line" title="Colac–Ballarat railway line">Colac–Ballarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coleraine_railway_line" title="Coleraine railway line">Coleraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crowes_railway_line" title="Crowes railway line">Crowes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_railway_line" title="Forrest railway line">Forrest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fyansford_Cement_Works_Railway" title="Fyansford Cement Works Railway">Fyansford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_standard_gauge_railway_line" title="Western standard gauge railway line">Gheringhap–Maroona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton%E2%80%93Koroit_railway_line" title="Hamilton–Koroit railway line">Hamilton–Koroit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopetoun_railway_line" title="Hopetoun railway line">Hopetoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mortlake_railway_line" title="Mortlake railway line">Mortlake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Gambier%E2%80%93Heywood_railway_line" title="Mount Gambier–Heywood railway line">Mount Gambier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navarre_railway_line" title="Navarre railway line">Navarre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinnaroo_railway_line,_Victoria" title="Pinnaroo railway line, Victoria">Pinnaroo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellarine_Railway" title="Bellarine Railway">Queenscliff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skipton_railway_line" title="Skipton railway line">Skipton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timboon_railway_line" title="Timboon railway line">Timboon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wensleydale_railway_line_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wensleydale railway line (Australia)">Wensleydale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yanac_railway_line" title="Yanac railway line">Yanac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaapeet_railway_line" title="Yaapeet railway line">Yaapeet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern & Midland District</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balranald_railway_line" title="Balranald railway line">Balranald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cohuna_railway_line" title="Cohuna railway line">Cohuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daylesford_Spa_Country_Railway" title="Daylesford Spa Country Railway">Daylesford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerang%E2%80%93Koondrook_Tramway" title="Kerang–Koondrook Tramway">Koondrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kulwin_railway_line" title="Kulwin railway line">Kulwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancefield_railway_line" title="Lancefield railway line">Lancefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morkalla_railway_line" title="Morkalla railway line">Morkalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redesdale_railway_line" title="Redesdale railway line">Redesdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Goldfields_Railway" title="Victorian Goldfields Railway">Shelbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stony_Crossing_railway_line" title="Stony Crossing railway line">Stony Crossing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North Eastern District</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandra_railway_line" title="Alexandra railway line">Alexandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bright_railway_line" title="Bright railway line">Bright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobram_railway_line" title="Cobram railway line">Cobram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colbinabbin_railway_line" title="Colbinabbin railway line">Colbinabbin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cudgewa_railway_line" title="Cudgewa railway line">Cudgewa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girgarre_railway_line" title="Girgarre railway line">Girgarre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katamatite_railway_line" title="Katamatite railway line">Katamatite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansfield_railway_line" title="Mansfield railway line">Mansfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oaklands_railway_line,_Victoria" title="Oaklands railway line, Victoria">Oaklands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peechelba_East_railway_line" title="Peechelba East railway line">Peechelba East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatong_railway_line" title="Tatong railway line">Tatong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wahgunyah_railway_line" title="Wahgunyah railway line">Wahgunyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitfield_railway_line" title="Whitfield railway line">Whitfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yackandandah_railway_line" title="Yackandandah railway line">Yackandandah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Eastern District</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Beach_railway_line" title="Barry Beach railway line">Barry Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Briagolong_railway_line" title="Briagolong railway line">Briagolong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maffra_railway_line" title="Maffra railway line">Maffra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirboo_North_railway_line" title="Mirboo North railway line">Mirboo North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noojee_railway_line" title="Noojee railway line">Noojee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outtrim_railway_line" title="Outtrim railway line">Outtrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strzelecki_railway_line" title="Strzelecki railway line">Strzelecki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorpdale_railway_line" title="Thorpdale railway line">Thorpdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walhalla_railway_line" title="Walhalla railway line">Walhalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wonthaggi_railway_line" title="Wonthaggi railway line">Wonthaggi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodside_railway_line" title="Woodside railway line">Woodside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yallourn_railway_line" title="Yallourn railway line">Yallourn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Narrow gauge branch lines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beech_Forest_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Beech Forest railway line">Beech Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puffing_Billy_Railway" title="Puffing Billy Railway">Gembrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powelltown_tramway" title="Powelltown tramway">Powelltown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyers_Valley_Tramway" class="mw-redirect" title="Tyers Valley Tramway">Tyers Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walhalla_railway_line" title="Walhalla railway line">Walhalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welshpool_Jetty_railway_line" title="Welshpool Jetty railway line">Welshpool Jetty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitfield_railway_line" title="Whitfield railway line">Whitfield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cross country lines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avoca_railway_line" title="Avoca railway line">Avoca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaglehawk%E2%80%93Inglewood_railway_line" title="Eaglehawk–Inglewood railway line">Eaglehawk–Inglewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geelong%E2%80%93Ballarat_railway_line" title="Geelong–Ballarat railway line">Geelong–Ballarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathcote_railway_line" title="Heathcote railway line">Heathcote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moolort_railway_line" title="Moolort railway line">Moolort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toolamba%E2%80%93Echuca_railway_line" title="Toolamba–Echuca railway line">Toolamba–Echuca</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="V/Line_services" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/V/Line" title="V/Line">V/Line</a> services</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albury_line" title="Albury line">Albury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballarat_line" title="Ballarat line">Ballarat</a> <ul><li>inc Ararat and Maryborough</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bendigo_line" title="Bendigo line">Bendigo</a> <ul><li>inc Echuca and Swan Hill</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geelong_line" title="Geelong line">Geelong</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Warrnambool_line" title="Warrnambool line">Warrnambool</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gippsland_line" title="Gippsland line">Gippsland</a> <ul><li>Traralgon and Bairnsdale</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seymour_line" title="Seymour line">Seymour</a> <ul><li>inc Shepparton</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Metro_Trains_Melbourne_services" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Metro_Trains_Melbourne" title="Metro Trains Melbourne">Metro Trains Melbourne</a> services</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alamein_line" title="Alamein line">Alamein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgrave_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgrave railway line">Belgrave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craigieburn_line" title="Craigieburn line">Craigieburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranbourne_line" title="Cranbourne line">Cranbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flemington_Racecourse_line" title="Flemington Racecourse line">Flemington Racecourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankston_line" title="Frankston line">Frankston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Waverley_line" title="Glen Waverley line">Glen Waverley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurstbridge_line" title="Hurstbridge line">Hurstbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lilydale_line" title="Lilydale line">Lilydale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mernda_line" title="Mernda line">Mernda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakenham_line" title="Pakenham line">Pakenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandringham_line" title="Sandringham line">Sandringham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stony_Point_line" title="Stony Point line">Stony Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunbury_line" title="Sunbury line">Sunbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upfield_line" title="Upfield line">Upfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werribee_line" title="Werribee line">Werribee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamstown_line" title="Williamstown line">Williamstown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major pieces of shared infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_Loop" title="City Loop">City Loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flinders_Street_Viaduct" title="Flinders Street Viaduct">Flinders Street Viaduct</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Tourist_railways" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Tourist railways</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Operational</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bellarine_Railway" title="Bellarine Railway">Bellarine Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daylesford_Spa_Country_Railway" title="Daylesford Spa Country Railway">Daylesford Spa Country Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mornington_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Mornington Railway">Mornington Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puffing_Billy_Railway" title="Puffing Billy Railway">Puffing Billy Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Goldfields_Railway" title="Victorian Goldfields Railway">Victorian Goldfields Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walhalla_Goldfields_Railway" title="Walhalla Goldfields Railway">Walhalla Goldfields Railway</a></li> <li><a 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