I missed doing this last month: ten year old photos from March 2014.
Expansion of the rules banning smoking around public transport were very welcome. No more having to dodge the smokers on the platform to find a spot with clear air while waiting for a train.
One of the biggest transport policies announced by the Napthine Government as the 2014 election approached: the Free Tram Zone and capping of Zone 1+2 fares at Zone 1 prices. Labor quickly matched it.
Also announced that year: a plan to upgrade the Dandenong line, including four level crossing removals. This was overtaken by the Labor pledge to remove all 9 from Caulfield to Dandenong. Labor won the election, and went ahead with their plan.
Heading home after a Billy Bragg concert at the Palais Theatre – as I’ve noted on other occasions, the lack of extra tram services means there’s often queues just to get onto the tram platform.
I remember these as a kid. An old Victorian Railways freight carriage on display at the Steamrail open day.
Me pretending to drive a Tait train, also at the Steamrail open day.
Spotted in the street: it’s out of focus, but this guy had a Sandringham line tattoo, with a late-90s Met logo on it.
Something you just don’t see these days: a promotional DVD given away at a railway station.
Public transport expert Jarrett Walker, speaking at an event in Melbourne for the Metropolitan Transport Forum. Video from a similar presentation from Toronto is online here and is still very relevant.
Newport station – I think this was one of the first locations to get a wheelchair hump, also known as a Harrington Hump, after the station in Britain that first got one.
