Well, this is basically the railway station at the end of the South Morang Line. There probably…read moreisn't all that much that one can actually say about a railway station, especially since all you generally do here is get on, or get off, a train (though if you are young you might end up hanging around with your friends, and then getting chased off by a security guard). Okay, it is a little more than just a railway station as it also has a bus station, and a snackbar (though it isn't one of those trendy inner-city type places so don't expect rip-roaringly good coffee that you might find at, say, Northcote). Also the Plenty Valley Shopping centre is also a short walk from the station as well (not that I go there all that much). Oh, they also have ticket gates so much sure that your Myki Card has been touched on or you may find yourself in a bit of a pickle.

Once you arrive here you are basically in Melbourne's leafy foothills. Okay, not all trains along…read morethis line reach this station, but most do, though if you are planning on heading further north then, unfortunately, you may have to get off the train here and wait for the next one to come along. Still, as a station, it really isn't too bad, though it does feel like one of those rather unappealing 60s types. Yet, it is staffed and does have facilities, so that is a good thing.

This is actually quite a new station - sort of. There used to be a station here ages ago, back when…read morethe railway line when all the way up to Whittlesea, but as governments are prone to do, they decided to rip it up. Not surprisingly, they have since laid it back down again, and built some new stations, and this is one of them. Look, it certainly serves its purpose, and is also quite large, and even has some good facilities, something that many of the newer, and revamped, stations are taking on board. Yeah, this station certainly does work, and it is much better than others that I have encountered.

Well, brutalism is a form of architecture that I have discovered that seems to describe those…read moreplaces where form follows function, and that basically means that there is really nothing all that fancy about the place. This station certainly does fit that description. Mind you, as a station it doesn't really impress me all that much, and when I was here there weren't all that many trains passing by anyway. Honestly, it does serve it's purpose, but that is basically about it.

Yeah, I'm sure if you live in Melbourne you will be familiar with this station, and with this…read morelocation. I have ended up here a couple of times, namely because it is a major interchange station where you can not only catch the suburban trains but also the V/Line and even the train to Sydney (which runs twice a day, though you can't catch it into Melbourne, which is a shame). Yeah, basically it is one of those places that you should only go to if you really need to go to it.

Set opposite the massive shopping centre, Broadmeadows Train station is a gateway for those in the…read morenorth. Serviced by both the Craigieburn and Broadmeadows lines, metro trains operate at least every ten minutes from here during the week; and between 10-15 minutes on weekends making it one of the better stations in regards to frequency. The other great thing about this station is that V Line trains run through, and stop here. So if you're coming to Melbourne from the country and would prefer to hop off before you get to Southern Cross, Broady's your port of call. My sister comes from North Vic regularly to visit me on the train, and it's so much easier to meet her and drop her off at Broady from my place not even 15 minutes down the road. However, Broadmeadows is well known for its high crime rates and youth unemployment, making the train station a popular hangout for unsavoury types. Because of this I always feel a little uneasy, but if you plan you're travel for during the day and try to get there so you don't have to wait around too long, it's not so bad. Being a premium station Broadmeadows is manned through the Metro and V Line ticketing office so there is a good sense of security whilst the office is open.

Well, this is something different, a railway station that has been constructed out of a shipping…read morecontainer. Okay, this might work if it happened to be located in some hipster part of Melbourne, but it isn't - it's Craigieburn, which basically means that it really appears as if the railway station was done on the cheap. In another sense, it sort of feels as if it was supposed to be temporary, but ended up becoming permanent. Still, at least it has restrooms.

Honestly, this is another one of those railway stations that really doesn't impress me all that…read moremuch. Okay, I'm not necessarily going to say that it is a particularly bad station, but it really doesn't have any character that the older stations have, nor does it have the convenience of many of the newer stations. Okay, it is probably more utilitarian than anything, but these 60s stations really don't impress me all that much.

I've been told that I should probably be careful up around this station, but then again when I was…read morehere nothing really untoward actually happened to me. Then again, I didn't actually hang around all that long, so I guess there is that. This is basically an end of the line station, and honestly, there really isn't all that much to see here, station or otherwise. Sure, there is a pub next door, but it isn't a particularly good one.

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.