A nice clean and tidy, well laid out Train Station. Now goes underground and has a good bus…read moreinterchange. Toilets are much cleaner than most and there are disabled and baby change facilities. Café has coffee and fast food etc, with limited indoor and outdoor seating. Manned office and plenty of exit and entry stalls make for quick arrival and departure. Lifts and ramps along with stairs to get up and down to the 2 platforms. One of the better stations on the network.

In a way this is a major suburban railway station, namely because it happens to be a stop for the…read moreV/Line trains as well as a number of the suburban trains (well, actually all of the suburban trains that head along this line). It is basically a fully serviced railway station, and quite accessible as well, though I'm not entirely sure if it actually sports restrooms (a lot of them don't, and when they do it happens to be locked). Still, trains are reasonably frequent along here.

Essendon Junction does not have a lot to offer, but it does provide a train station (Craigieburn…read moreLine), tram stop (rout 59), bus depot (many routes), 7 Eleven, a couple of bars and a cafe. Essendon station has a lot of parking, but fills early. It is also close to Windy Hill, if you happen to need to go there for some reason.

I did catch a train from here years ago, and I believe that this used to be one of those stations…read morewhere form basically follows function. However that has changed since they decided to elevate the railway line over the road, namely so that traffic wouldn't bank up whenever a train passed by. Well, the station looks much more modern these days, and has a lot more facilities as well, including a warm waiting room, a ticket office, and of course toilets (which are sorely lacking from a lot of the older stations). Another thing that I certainly appreciate about this station is that it happens to be located near some shops, which means that it is good to stop off at for a coffee, or grabbing a bite to eat.

The station that reminds me most of the London underground…read morebut a bit more sleek and modern, the longest of treks, and the station that has the weirdest exit and entry points in all of Australia. Not to mention the 75 degree gradient (I think) escalators. But yes its both bland and utilitarian as Dominic C mentions. It could also serve as a set to a science fiction movie. It's a strange place here.

It does the job by having trains (most of the time) and platforms..... Limited amenities, a long…read moreway underground and really a rather bland utilitarian bit of infrastructure

This station is actually rather tacky, and it is actually the last station along the dual track…read moresection of the line, meaning that you end up having trains hanging around until another train passes by. Look, it serves its purpose, and it is fully staffed as well, and reasonably close to the shopping centre, but no hugely close. It certainly isn't one of my favourite stations, and while it does serve a purpose, it doesn't look doing doing it (though I should point out that they are now duplicating the track from here, except there is a section that won't be on the grounds that the bridge it crosses is heritage listed).

This is another one of those old style railway stations. Actually, I have been through this station…read morequite a number of times since I had a couple of friends that lived down here. While it isn't a major station, the old style wooden buildings, and the walkway, are quite lovely. Mind you, disability access is a little lacking, particularly when it comes to the pedestrian bridge.

I would say that this station is much like the station at Toorak, but in reality it is exactly the…read moresame - well almost exactly because the name on the station sign does happen to be different, but you sort of do get that. However, like the Toorak station, this one is quite nice, though the lack of rest rooms is somewhat disappointing. However, it is still a nice station, and at least the trains stop here as well, which is pretty cool.

This is a major interchange station in Melbourne, which means that trains are regularly coming…read morethrough here. So, of course, it is a boon for those who live in the area, especially since they can catch some express trains. The station itself is quite nice as well, capturing the old days of train travel. Yeah, I really do like this station, even if the local area isn't all that great.