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180316F Melbourne 'Herald Sun' - 180318Su Run for Kids road closures.

180318Su 'WA Today' - Claisebrook.

Roderick.

Metro Twitter, Sun.18.3.18
We're up all night with you for with Night Train services running throughout
the early hours. If you feel unwell, First Aid staff are available at
Flinders Street.
Alternatively, speak to station staff, or press the red button on the
platform for assistance.
We're running extra trains to get you to Flinders St for Run for the Kids:
Werribee, departing 6.25.
Sunbury, departing 6.32.
Craigieburn, departing 6.29.
South Morang, departing 6.41.
Upper Ferntree Gully, departing 6.23.
Glen Waverley, departing 6.36.
Pakenham, departing 6.15.
Frankston, departing 6.20.

March 18 2018 Perth woman stabbed 'five times', robbed while walking near
station . with tdu.
<www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/perth-woman-stabbed-five-times-robbed-while-walk
ing-near-train-station-20180317-h0xmcr.html>

Melbourne public transport shake-up to come when Metro Rail Tunnel opens.
Herald Sun March 18, 2018.
MELBOURNE'S Metro Rail Tunnel will halve the time it takes to travel across
the city.
New analysis obtained by the Sunday Herald Sun shows it will take just nine
minutes by train between Anzac station in the south and Parkville -station
in the north.
Trips between Anzac, Town Hall, State Library and Parkville stations will
each take two minutes, with a minute at each station for passengers to get
on and off the trains.
A tram from Domain Interchange to Melbourne University, where Parkville
station will be, now takes 15 to 20 minutes.
With trains providing a more -efficient service, the $11 billion Metro
Tunnel will prompt a shake-up of the tram network, with services diverted
from the heart of the city to the west end of the CBD.
The Metro Tunnel will prompt a shake-up of the tram network. Picture: AAP
Image/James Ross Authorities have confirmed that tram routes along St Kilda
Rd and Swanston St, the world's busiest tram corridor, will change. Some
city-bound services on St Kilda Rd will turn left at Park St before
travelling up Clarendon and Spencer streets.
It is believed it will take just two minutes for commuters to change from
the platform at Domain Interchange's new "super" tram stop to the new Anzac
station platforms.
A Transport for Victoria spokesman said half the passengers who used Anzac
station each day would swap between trains and trams.
"By relieving pressure on St Kilda Rd-Swanston St tram corridor, the Metro
Tunnel will create additional capacity on the tram network, enabling some
services to potentially be rerouted to the west of Melbourne's CBD to cater
for the city's growth."
But the lobby for public transport users has warned the whole network would
need to be carefully scheduled and synchronised.
"It is vital that the interchange at all the new stations, not just Anzac,
is as smooth and as quick as possible," said Public Transport Users
Association spokesman Daniel Bowen.
Excavations at the former site of the Melbourne City Square in preparation
of the Metro Rail Tunnel.
"That seamless trip is what we are looking for. The last thing we would want
is for it to take ages to get off the platform, up the escalators, along a
corridor, through a fare gate, along another corridor, up some stairs - a
long, maze-like route.
"We need to be sure that both the trains and the trams are running
frequently so you never wait for long."
A missing section of track on Park St prevents trams from connecting St
Kilda Rd to the CBD west, but that will be solved as part of the rail works.
Metro Rail Authority chief executive Evan Tattersall said not all the trams
running on St Kilda Rd and Swanston St were needed: "What we really need is
trams to the west of the city because the growth down there, with Docklands,
has been significant."
Premier Daniel Andrews said last month that the Metro Rail Tunnel was a year
ahead of schedule and now due to open in 2025.
IT'S TIME TO BRING RELIEF FOR THESE EXHAUSTED COMMUTERS.
MAJOR CONSTRUCTION BLITZ SET TO SLOW YOUR COMMUTE.
THOSE MOST LIKELY TO BE HURT ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
THE NEW WAY YOU'LL PAY FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
<www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/melbourne-public-transport-shakeup-to-co
me-when-metro-rail-tunnel-opens/news-story/c6c6f8d76e46924e42a0fc764d684bcd>
* I will only believe it when happens to be a more smooth going thing.
And If we got rid of the use of Cars and Trucks, it would run even better.
ANZAC station should be rename as "Southern Cross"
* Fifteen years ago my wife and I saw the writing on the wall. We would
catch the train from the eastern suburbs. Car parking was already an issue
even at 7am. And trains were almost maxed out passenger wise. Tired of
watching trains go by and can't get in. We both worked in the city. So we
made the decision to uplift the kids and moved into an apartment. Back then
apartment prices were respectable and affordable. The tower we moved into
hardly had any families with other kids. I think there was one other family.
Today fifteen yrs on so many people with kids in tow have moved into the
tower. But not everyone can do what we did or want to. It's a lifestyle
choice. But looking back it was the best choice we made considering the
traffic mess and public transport fiasco. We walk everywhere or tram it.
Another upside is I fill up my car once a month with fuel. In three yrs it's
done 15k km. Again this is not a lifestyle for everyone but I pity the poor
people who commute from far away and the hrs of travelling frustration
especially if there are disruptions.
* I still don't see the point of this ridiculous, disruptive and extremely
costly Metro Rail project. Saving 6 to 10 minutes on a train trip from St
Kilda Rd to Melbourne Uni - whoopee do! Not to mention the lunacy of
excluding South Yarra railway station. And don't get me started on the
abandonment of more important projects like East West Link.
* Call me a cynic but could these changes to the tram routes be to push
commuters onto the new Metro. I strongly believe that this is also the
reason there is no interchange at Sth Yarra. As I understand it to get to
Southern Cross from Dandenong or Frankston lines you will have to enter the
Metro and change, this has the political advantage of increasing the numbers
using the new Metro tunnel.
you understood wrong. Any train towards Cranbourne or Pakenham goes through
the new tunnel, skipping South Yarra. If you want to get to Southern Cross
you can change at any station between Caulfield and Hawksburn and get on a
City Loop train that has come from Frankston. Or if you don't mind a short
walk you can get off at State Library and Town Hall stations and walk to
Melbourne Central and Flinders St respectively.
* Or back to the Car. All the Public Transport thing is not to get you to
use Public Transport. It's a trick to get you back into Cars, etc.
* much higher concentration of people to move in CBD.
* The problem is getting to the CBD from many of the outer suburbs.
* great news - we need good public transport no matter which political party
provides it.
* great news - we need good public transport no matter which political party
provides it.
* a paid political advertisement
* Yes! You've opened up my eyes
* for my next subject , stating the bleeding obvious
* How nice if you live in the city of Melbourne CBD. The train and tram
lines have not been extended past the original city limits yet the suburbs
have expanded many kilometres beyond. But who cares, not the current Govt.