There is another big Metro tunnel test next weekend, August 16-17. Like last time, trains will run between Sunbury and Cranbourne/Pakenham, but passengers will be offloaded between Footscray and Caulfield onto other trains. Leaving aside the faux peaks, similar to last time, the timetables show these daytime (interpeak) and evening frequencies: One key difference this ... [More]
The Campbell Arcade (aka the Degraves St subway) re-opened this week, and I just thought I’d post the quick video I did for the PTUA social media feeds. (Yes of course it’s got an advocacy message.) Thirty seconds after I filmed this, the Metro Tunnel project director came past. I didn’t ask him, but I ... [More]
Clifton Hill and other issues
How much does my car cost to own (and do I still need it?)
Can we see the effects of the fare cut yet?
I’m falling behind in my posts of old photos from ten years ago. Here’s May and June 2015. The Degraves Street Subway has been closed for so long for Metro tunnel works that you might have forgotten how it used to look. Here it is… note the very professional-looking “Myki top up” sign. The Regional ... [More]
Some thoughts on Australia’s biggest Bus Rapid Transit deployment
I want to donate, but I don’t want them to ring me up later
Is this a preview of the final tunnel timetable?
Monday morning, and sadly time to head home from Brisbane. At home in Victoria it was Kings Birthday (still doesn’t sound quite right), but in Queensland they have that later in the year, so it was a standard weekday. I walked with my sister back to the Cultural Centre bus station again – she was ... [More]
(As usual with my travelogues, this is backdated to the day.) Sunday morning in Brisbane. More perfect weather! We planned a visit to University of Queensland. By the lake is a bench in memory of my dad, so it’s a must for our family holidays. Last time I was there, the bench was looking a ... [More]
Saturday morning in Brisbane, fine weather, low 20s again. I could scarcely believe it was winter. We headed out to explore South Bank and the Cultural Centre. The Cultural Centre does what it says on the tin – it’s got the State Library, Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, Museum, Performing Arts Centre… and an ... [More]