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transport

More frequent? Faster?

Are trains faster since the Glen Huntly tram crossing was removed? Perhaps surprisingly, no.

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Politics and activism

Council elections 2024

Council elections are happening this month. In a lot of areas there’s been a change. Here in Glen Eira we used to have 3 wards with 3 councillors each. Now we’ll have 9 wards with 1 councillor each. I’m not so sure this is a good idea. Unfortunately some elected councillors aren’t great. In the  ... [More]

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transport

Brunswick stations: 3 or 2?

The Age reported that the State Government is planning to reduce the three stations in Brunswick (Jewell, Brunswick and Anstey) to two during the project to remove 8 level crossings. Looking at the current distances between the stations (source: Vicsig) we can see they’re pretty close. Station km from Southern Cross km from previous stop  ... [More]

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Photos from ten years ago

Old photos from September 2014

Here’s another in my series of ten year old photos, this time from September 2014. We were now fast approaching the November 2014 state election, as you’ll see in some of these snaps. Flinders Street Station’s clocks – if you look closely you’ll note some line names were modified as late as the 1990s (Cranbourne)  ... [More]

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transport

Through routed trains now on journey planners

Planning a cross town trip just got slightly easier, but there are some quirks

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transport

Misplaced PIDs

Information screens are good, but sometimes not placed in the best locations

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transport

170 years since Melbourne’s first train

How frequent was our first train service?

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transport

New lifts at Flinders St

Just a quick post to note that the new lifts at Flinders Street station have recently been unveiled. They’re obviously a little way off commissioning, but this is a part of the Metro tunnel project becoming visible. The lifts will provide an accessible connection from the platforms at Flinders Street to the centre subway, part  ... [More]

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Photos from ten years ago

Old photos from July and August 2014

With all the excitement of the holiday in July, I never got around to posting my regular collection of ten year old photos, so here’s a bumper edition covering July and August 2014. (In fact there’s a couple from June as well that I missed last time.) Here’s the Queens Bridge Street bus and tram  ... [More]

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transport

The saga of Deer Park’s platforms

The rebuild didn’t cater for the 9-car trains already running

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transport TV

Caulfield station on TV in 1989

Your mission, should you choose to accept it…

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transport

Tram platform stops: good news and bad news

The good news is they’re doing consultation and planning for accessible tram stops along route 82. Unsurprisingly they’re avoiding any stops on Ballarat Road, which is a traffic sewer (with the current eastbound stop being a real death trap). The scale on the map is a little funny, and the precise locations seem to be  ... [More]