Disordered Thoughts and Curmudgeonly Ramblings
Murders in Maylands
The trains were running late this morning and the one I was on was halted for quite some time at Maylands station while a pair of cops searched it up and down.
Turns out there’s been a double murder just near the station and the whole area is completely locked down. The cops were looking to see if the alleged killer was trying to escape via the rails.
Scary stuff! Not to mention the that I was late for work!
(What’s the odds that there’s Bikie involvement?)
Idiot dreaming of future rail lines.
If tomorrow the people of Perth arrived en-mass at my front door to appoint me absolute Monarch of the State, there would be a number of programs I would immediately initialise. For instance, the coversion of East Perth Power Station into a royal palace, the banning all imports from Texas (with the exception of Ms Kelly Clarkson) and the distribution of knighthoods and government allowances to people who don’t generally hack me off (a small and exclusive group).
But my major legacy to the state (apart from the continuation of the royal line – ideally with the assistance of Ms Kelly Clarkson) would be the expansion of the city’s public transport system via the construction of a number of underground rail lines. And they would go like this…
(Asterisks indicate interchanges with other lines)
The Northern Suburbs Line – Sorrento, Greenwood*, Ellersdale Avenue, Balcatta Road, Mirrabooka, Norranda, Morley, Broun Avenue, Bayswater*, King William Street, Ascot*, Blackrock Road, Belmont.
The City/Ariport Line – International Terminal, Domestic Terminal, Ascot*, Tranby, Burswood Island, WACA, Victoria Square, Perth Underground*, Cloisters*, Mill Point, Perth Zoo, Douglas Avenue, Ellam Street, Burswood Island (again).
The University Line – Glendalough*, Dog Swamp, Edith Cowan, Hyde Park, Russel Square, Cloisters*, Observatory, Nicolson Road, QE II, UWA North, UWA South, Applecross, Canning Bridge*, Goss Avenue, Curtin, Boundary Road, Hill View Terrace, Oats Street*.
There’s a fair potential for expansion there – for instance the University Line could be linked with the Northern Suburbs line with an expansion between Oats Street and Belmont. The other end of the University Line could be run out to Scarborough Beach, and a further expansion up to Sorrento could complete the loop. Norranda station is well placed for a branch line up to Whiteman Park and Ellenbrook. There’s also plenty of potential to expand into the southern suburbs – or at least there would be if they were anything more than a barren wasteland haunted by wind and ghosts 😉
I’ve obviously got it all figured out. On with the coronation! 😀
Your weekly dose of art nonsense
Midland Line: The muttering of commuters, the smell of stale beer and the soft snoring of drunks.
Clarkson Line: The whoosh of automatic doors and the yells of people trying to be heard over the traffic.
Fremantle Line: The clinking of wine-glasses, the smell of sea air and the tangled dreadlocks of surfers.
Mandurah Line: The whoosh of automatic doors, that new car smell and cries of “We have to take a bus the rest of the way?!”
Thornlie Line: The muttering of commuters and the grey hopelessness of the pre-dawn.
Armadale Line: Jungle drums and muffled screaming.
