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How to find the PTV buses at Melbourne Airport

It’s possible to find Myki machines and regular route buses at Melbourne Airport – but it’s a bit of a walk.

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transport

Sovereign Hill transport options

Not authentically Gold Rush are the full car parks outside Sovereign Hill – the horseless carriages is the main mode of access.

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transport

Bus PID improvements

A small but useful upgrade

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transport

Something went wrong

If you try and browse the PTV web site over the long weekend for a timetable, you might see this: “Something went wrong, please try refreshing the page”. There are two problems here. Firstly, the error is wildly misleading. You can try to keep refreshing the page right through the long weekend. It won’t work  ... [More]

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transport

When is an accessible bus stop not accessible?

I was exploring when I found this very fine accessible bus stop near Yarraman station, in Railway Parade. Two routes serve it, but it’s in a residential area, and is not a major stop. Phillip Mallis’s bus stop patronage map showed it got 8 boardings a day in 2017-19. Looking at the site on Google  ... [More]

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transport

Boxing Day buses at Chadstone, 2022

Boxing Day is probably the single busiest shopping day of the year at many of the big department stores and shopping centres, and I’ve taken a look at Chadstone and how its public transport copes several times in recent years: 2019; 2018; 2017. I went for a look again this year. From what I can  ... [More]

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transport

Confusing bus routes

What are some of Melbourne’s most confusing bus routes? There’s pretty strong competition.

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Going green transport

Electric buses are coming

On Saturday I had my first brief ride in an electric bus. The electric bus seemed much quieter than it’s diesel cousins. And no engine vibration while idling. And no fumes of course.Great to see more electric buses coming into service – hopefully with ongoing investment in route reform and more frequent services.? pic.twitter.com/AsVFhGWdKI β€”  ... [More]