Their opening coincided with the introduction of a steam railmotor on the Varsity Line, and each was conveniently sited alongside a level crossing.
The opening of the station marked the inauguration of a rail motor car service between Oxford and Bicester.
Their opening coincided with the introduction of a steam railmotor on the Varsity Line, and each was sited alongside a level crossing.
On the Upfield line an AEC railmotor operated a shuttle service between Fawkner and Somerton (on the site of today's Roxburgh Park station) from the reopening of the section in 1928, until 1956 when the line north from Fawkner was closed.
Lalor Station opened in October 1949 as Rail Motor Stopping Place 77 and was served by the Thomastown to Whittlesea railmotor shuttle.
In 1956 two 1900 class railmotor prototypes were constructed by Commonwealth Engineering, Granville using Budd construction techniques.
Trains with a single Budd railmotor, which are also lightweight, and with discbrakes, had some problems when they stopped, and had to make a double stop to ensure good contact with the rails.
Walker railmotor is a term for a family of railcars ordered by the Victorian Railways of Australia.