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Spring Heritage Hurrah to Seymour

October 19, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 6:00 pm AEDT

$5 – $20

Join the Bus & Coach Society of Victoria for a heritage bus and coach running day on Saturday 19th October, featuring various heritage buses and coaches from both Moonee Valley Bus Lines & Driver Bus Lines.

Our ultimate destination for the day will be Seymour, including a visit to the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre (SRHC), who will be hosting a public open day.

PICKUPs

We can confirm the following pick-up info. Oakleigh and Caulfield are both out due to station works and the Caulfield Cup respectively. There will be parking available around Malvern station for those who wish to join there.

Bus 1 – Vehicle(s) from Driver Classics fleet (TBC)

* Huntingdale Station (601 stop in bus interchange): 8:45am

* Malvern Station (City-bound rail replacement stop on Dandenong Rd, outside Contour Panel Works): 9:05am

* Southern Cross Station (216/219 stop on Spencer St at Lonsdale St, outside Coles): 9:30am

Bus 2 – 1989 ‘Eagle Model 20’ from Driver Classics fleet

* Mt Waverley Shops (733 ‘Box Hill’ stop on Stephensons Rd): 8:30am

* Box Hill Station (612 stop in bus interchange): 8:45am

* Essendon Station (903 ‘Mordialloc’ stop on Mt Alexander Rd) – 9:35am (on request to tours@bcsv.org.au)

Anyone planning to meet us at Moonee Valley Coaches should arrive by 9:50am for a 10am start.

DROP-OFFs

The same vehicles will return participants home, as follows (all times approximate):

Bus 1

* Southern Cross Station: 4:45pm

* Malvern Station: 5:10pm

* Huntingdale Station: 5:30pm

Bus 2

* Essendon Station: 4:30pm (on request)

* Box Hill Station: 5:20pm

* Mt Waverley Shops: 5:40pm

MORNING TEA & LUNCH

After our heritage rides at Moonee Valley Coaches we will enjoy a late morning tea before departing for Seymour.

Seymour Railway Heritage Centre (SRHC) has advised that the local SES will be hosting a community BBQ on site as part of their open day. Accordingly, we have agreed to forgo our private BBQ, and instead participants can either support the SES and purchase a snag from them or alternatively, may wish to BYO sandwiches (etc) from home.

FARES

The members’ fare remains at $5, which includes morning tea. SES BBQ lunch at your expense.

Non-members fare has been dropped to $15 with the SES BBQ lunch at your expense.

Under 18s half price ($2.50 members & $7.50 non-members).

VESTs & TOUR ETIQUETTE

Hi-vis vests will be required at Moonee Valley Coaches. Limited spares available.

Attendees are encouraged to refresh themselves with our tour etiquette guidelines – https://bcsv.org.au/events-overview/tour-etiquette

RSVPs

Anyone who has booked a one-way trip home on either the R707 or DERMPAV heritage train services departing Seymour early afternoon MUST email tours@bcsv.org.au to ensure that we aren’t looking for you when we leave Seymour.

Likewise, those wishing to board Bus 2 in Essendon must request this pick-up.

For everyone else, we’d greatly appreciate if you could select “Going” on the Facebook event page to indicate your planned attendance.

Link – https://www.facebook.com/events/369115680706899/

OPTIONAL TRAIN RIDES HOME!

We have ensured our programme for the day will allow participants the chance to partake in an OPTIONAL alternative way home.

Both 707 Operations Inc and Dermpav Victoria will be operating heritage train services to Seymour on the same day as part of Tastes of the Goulburn 2019 and are offering one-way fares.

Our programme will include a 90 min morning visit to Moonee Valley Coaches including rides on restored vehicles before we depart for Seymour. We expect to arrive Seymour around 1pm.

Our lunch stop & second highlight will be Seymour Railway Heritage Centre (SRHC) who are hosting a public open day.

Our coach convoy is expected to depart Seymour between 2:30pm & 3pm.

Participants who wish to travel back by heritage train have two exciting options:
* R707 steam train, departing Seymour at 2:05pm, arriving Southern Cross at 3:50pm ($45 one-way)
* DERM railmotor 58, departing Seymour at 3:12pm, arriving Southern Cross at 4:54pm ($30 one-way)

Participants can also consider an early afternoon shuttle ride on the DERM in the Seymour area ($15) but will need to make their own way back to Melbourne via either the DERM option or the regular V/Line services ($12.46 Zones 1+6 full fare).

Details regarding bookings & intermediate stops enroute can be found online at:
R707 – http://www.707operations.com.au/
DERMPAV – https://www.dermpav.net.au/

Those wishing to travel back to Melbourne by train MUST book their seats themselves via the respective heritage group websites in advance and additionally advise us via email at tours@bcsv.org.au to assist with our headcounts departing Seymour.

BOOKINGS ON THE TRAINS ARE STRICTLY LIMITED.

All enquires regarding the train options should be made directly to the respective heritage train group.

The BCSV takes no liability for any missed train connections due to unforeseen delays or issues with the return train services.

Details

Date:: October 19, 2019
Time:: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm AEDT
Cost:: $5 – $20
Event Categories:: BCSV Tour, Transport Events, Vehicle Convoy

Organiser

: BCSV
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