Pretty strange looking tunnel
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WGT city exits
Pretty strange looking tunnel
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All forms of transport, including gunzelly
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V/Line patronage surging on weekends
The Monthly Average Patronage By Day Type And Mode data was updated to include up to June 2024, and I thought I’d look at how V/Line is doing, given the fare cap introduced on 31st March 2023. Here’s the chart, with weekends highlighted, as I’ll talk about them a bit more below. The overall pattern ... [More]
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More frequent? Faster?
Are trains faster since the Glen Huntly tram crossing was removed? Perhaps surprisingly, no.
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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]
Planning a cross town trip just got slightly easier, but there are some quirks
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Misplaced PIDs
Information screens are good, but sometimes not placed in the best locations
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170 years since Melbourne’s first train
How frequent was our first train service?
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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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The saga of Deer Park’s platforms
The rebuild didn’t cater for the 9-car trains already running
Your mission, should you choose to accept it…
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]
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New Parkdale station
I took a quick look around Parkdale station on Saturday morning. It opened on Friday after works to remove two nearby level crossings. From the previous stop, Mentone, the line rises fairly quickly, to go over Warrigal Road before arriving at Parkdale, which has two side platforms. The temporary track, which was provided on the ... [More]
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The train speed myth (again)
The claim that trains to Geelong were faster last century came up again. It’s still wrong.
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Grattan Street gets a road diet
The new improved layout has wider footpaths, protected bike lanes, fewer traffic lanes and less parking.
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Which train on which line?
Recent changes mean that most Metro lines now run only one type of train.
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Metro 2 Fishbend preferred route
You might have spotted this in The Age or on the government’s web site: the preferred route and station locations for Metro 2 through Fishermans Bend have been announced. Rewind a moment: What is Metro 2? I’ve got an explainer I wrote a few years ago, but to summarise: just as Metro 1 is a ... [More]