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Upfield Line: Gowrie Turnback Cancelled
It seems we can’t have good things in the northern and Western suburbs. The Metro tunnel promised improvements in frequency and service. But network upgrades such as new turnback points at Go…
I have made a FOI request to obtain documents on how much this turnback project would have cost.
Hoping to convince the government to fund it, since I'm betting I would be a tiny fraction of what we spend on roads along the line.
Investigating Matthew Guy's 'trains don't fit the Metro Tunnel' line
It’s been a busy few months on the Metro Tunnel project, then in November 2024 the State Opposition dropped their “new trains unable to use the Metro Tunnel” discourse into the news cycle, which the local media lapped up without any critical thinking. So what is actually going on? In the beginning S...
The Department of Transport has confirmed it is looking into claims that a train passenger was assaulted by ticket inspectors at Middle Footscray Station.
2 HCMTs having a cheeky mid-day nap at West Footscray
The Sunbury line has shut down for maintenance, so I guess they've stabled a couple of HCMTs on the empty platforms
Free Public Transport Christmas Day/NYE, fares increasing 40 cents (full fare), 20 cents (concession) from 6am Jan 1
The Allan Labor Government is making it easier for families to celebrate the festive season with two days of free public transport across the network. Minister for Public and Active Transport Gabrielle Williams today announced public transport will be free on Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve across ...
Editorialised headline, because the actual title makes no mention of the fare increase they stuck in down the bottom
This morning, the very first XTrapolis 2.0s rolled into Melbourne from Ballarat!
They'll begin testing around the network fairly soon
The multi-billion-dollar plan to build an orbital train link through Melbourne's middle suburbs has drawn its share of both supporters and detractors.
For something that was built from scratch 20 years ago, the accessibility issues at Watergardens railway station on the Sunbury line stand out – this is the story of the lifts that didn’t work, and the effort that went into fixing them. In the beginning For years Sydenham station was a wayside stop ...
Apparently a bus weighs as much as 13 hippos
From the latest DTP travel update
Two new stations, but one fewer stop: Brunswick’s ‘sky rail’ plans revealed
Article text (via 12ft.io):
Three train stations in central Brunswick will be closed and replaced with two new stations as part of level-crossing removal works in the rapidly growing inner-north suburb.
Jewell, Brunswick and Anstey stations will shut when a 2.1-kilometre stretch of elevated “sky rail” is built along the Upfield Line between Albion Street and Park Street, in Parkville, by 2030.
Consultation documents show a new “southern station” will be located adjacent to the RMIT campus between Union and Dawson streets – 200 metres north of Jewell Station and 450 metres south of Brunswick Station.
The second “northern station” will be between Hope and West streets, 450 metres north of Brunswick Station and 200 metres south of Anstey.
The loss of one station is likely to be controversial. Merri-bek Council has previously called on the Department of Transport and Planning to keep three stations in the area to maintain the existing level of access for nearby residents.
Jewell and
A Mount Gambier woman who spent decades in institutions has found new freedom and joy through public transport — a love she takes to the extreme.
This lady is so wholesome and an absolute legend
The third of the Metro Tunnel’s 5 new underground train stations is now finished.
