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  Roderick Smith


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181223Su Clayton (LXRA)

190110Th Metro Twitter:- Flinders St (Luke Hildred).- Flinders St 1956.
190110Th Melbourne 'Herald Sun':- letters (road.rail.water).
Thurs.10.1.19 Metro Twitter.
Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: Buses replace trains Flinders St (Federation Square) - Westall until the last train of Sun 13 Jan.
Frankston line: Buses replace trains Flinders St (Arts Centre) - Moorabbin until the last train of Sun 13 Jan.
Buses replace trains Frankston - Stony Point until the last train of  Sun 13 Jan.  [What upgrades here, or is it simply that Sprinters's can't be serviced?].
Sandringham line: Trains will run to an altered weekday timetable while work to the Pakenham/Cranbourne and Frankston lines take place.
A live composite shot outside of one of Melbournes most famous landmarks at dusk (Luke Hildred)
7.22 Mernda line: Minor delays citybound (an equipment fault near Hawkstowe).  [less than a year old].
- 8.31 clearing.
8.32 Alamein/Belgrave/Lilydale lines: Minor delays (an [unexplained] operational 'incident' at Camberwell).
9.46 Mernda & Hurstbridge lines: Minor delays (congestion at Clifton Hill).
10.29 Frankston line: Minor delays (an equipment fault between Seaford and Carrum).
Carrum information hub is open 9am-12pm on Tuesdays & 3pm-7pm on Thursdays, also 10am-1pm on the first Saturday of each month.
A large model of the Olympic torch shines bright over the intersection of Swanston and Flinders streets for the 1956 Olympic Games.
11.44 Pakenham line: Minor delays (an equipment fault near Berwick).  [just released from a major shutdown for 'upgrades'].
- The current works are between Richmond and Westall, and are still scheduled to finish on Sunday night, with trains to resume from the first service on Monday.
- Looks like you are experimenting with all the new equipment on the non-toff lines, not fair; the toffs have trains trams and buses, just outside their doors; you should experiment on their lines.
13.51 Frankston line: Minor delays due to an equipment fault between Moorabbin and Highett.
- 14.07 clearing.
15.03 Mernda line: Minor delays (police attending to an unruly passenger at Reservoir).
- 15.20 clearing.
- So far three times this week this is happening.
- Shocker. Happening so often lately. I certainly hope these "unruly passenger"(s) are being penalised.
15.04 Sunbury line: Minor delays (police attending to a trespasser near St Albans).
- 15.19 clearing.
15.55 Frankston line: Major delays (an equipment fault near Moorabbin). Trains may terminate/originate at Mordialloc.
- 16.01 Have you not punished us enough the last few weeks?  Just been bused to Moorabbin from Brighton Beach.  Now no trains and no update on bus replacement or when we can expect to get home.
- 16.04 Crews are on-site attending to the fault.  We're working to have trains moving again soon, and we are also organising for buses to supplement trains. Where possible, consider alternative  transport.
- 16.08 Station staff are telling us “there is no train movement at this point in time, we will keep you advised”...that’s it for the last 10 minutes....Are buses on the way?
- 16.16 The fault has been attended to and trains will resume soon, with delays.
- 16.18 clearing.
17.01 Sunbury line: Minor delays (police near Sydenham Watergardens).
- 17.15 clearing.
19.03 Mernda line: Minor delays (wildlife officers attending to an injured kangaroo on rail lines near South Morang).
- 19.10 clearing.
Buses replace trains Flinders St - Frankston tonight from 23.30 until the last train (urgent track works). This will increase your journey time by up to 75 minutes.

23 Dec 2018 Clayton's rail history rolls on.
Standing proudly within the Clayton Station precinct for more than a century, a heritage-listed building has been carefully relocated and restored to ensure the area’s rich history is preserved.
With plans to build the new elevated Clayton station, the Caulfield to Dandenong level-crossing removal project identified the former ticketing office and waiting shelter as an ideal restoration opportunity.
So, in partnership with Heritage Victoria and Chisholm Institute of TAFE, Chisholm staff and more than 200 students gained hands-on experience as they spent several months carefully restoring each aspect under the expert guidance of a heritage adviser and a heritage architect.
Students from disciplines including carpentry, building and plumbing embraced the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work on a heritage-listed building, which benefited from a complete makeover while retaining important heritage aspects.
The building was salvaged in 2016 and eventually moved to Chisholm’s Dandenong campus for the refurbishment earlier this year, before being reinstated to ground level in the south of the Clayton station precinct.
Classic photos and detailed information are on display inside the building, highlighting the area’s rail history.
This is complemented by several other elements installed around the new station precinct, including customised artwork, a rail timeline on bluestone pavers and markers showing the position of the original rail line.
Image: The newly restored, heritage-listed former ticketing office outside the new Clayton station.
Related:
11 Dec 2018 From little things, big things grow. As part of the Caulfield to Dandenong Project, the team has come up with an innovative way to revegetate the land around the elevated rail.
24 Oct 2018 Buried but not forgotten. A snapshot of life in Noble Park has been preserved in new open space, where it will stay for another 20 years.
https://levelcrossings.vic.gov.au/media/news/claytons-rail-history-rolls-on

Brisbane Transit Centre businesses seek compo ahead of eviction 10 January 2019.
Talking points
•Businesses in the Food Court and on the ground floor close shortly..
•Some sections will be boarded off in the first half of 2019.
•The successful tender will be chosen in mid-2019.
•Existing buildings will be demolished towards the end of 2019, depending on the wining tender's design.
Family businesses that have been operating on month-by-month leases at the Brisbane Transit Centre for more than a decade are now asking for millions in compensation, after being told to vacate by March 20.
The Brisbane Transit Centre at Roma Street will be demolished as part of the $5.4 billion Cross River Rail project, with a new underground train station and the Brisbane Live entertainment precinct being built in its place.
More than 230,000 commuters a week use Roma Street as a transport hub for trains and buses.
Businesses inside the Brisbane Transit Centre on Roma Street are seeking compensation from Lend Lease and the Cross River Rail Authority after being asked to leave by March 20.Credit:Jocelyn Garcia
Some businesses in the Transit Centre food court will leave by the end of this month, others by mid-February. The dental clinic will close by March.
Lendlease-managed property trust, Australian Prime Property Fund, owned the Brisbane Transit Centre and Hotel Jen until it was acquired by the Cross River Rail Delivery Authority in December 2018.
Hotel Jen ceased trading on December 15.
The Roma Street Brisbane Transit Centre will be progressively demolished from the end of the year, following the selection of the Cross River Rail design in mid-2019.
Many businesses expressed quiet frustration with Lendlease after being told they must all be out by March 20.
Most small businesses are now negotiating with either Lendlease or the CRRDA to finalise their compensation agreements.
Some businesses had been told not to talk to the media, others were prepared to talk in general, while others said their compensation talks were “not too bad, but what can you do?”.
Brisbane Times understands the Cross River Rail Delivery Authority is now working through more than 40 individual compensation claims for the businesses.
The CRRDA will cover the businesses relocation costs, business transition costs - within reason - and allow businesses to make business expense claims for three years, a senior source said.
Louise Alberts has run the coffee stall on the third floor bus lounge on a month-by-month lease for three years.
Ms Alberts said she had to close by August, when the third-floor bus arrival and departure lounge was due to close, before she shifts to the northern side of the Roma Street train station.
Brisbane Transit Centre coffee trader Louise Alberts. 'I don't think they realise a lot of us are small family-run businesses.'Credit:Tony Moore
She said her compensation talks were “pretty good”.
“But I don’t think they realise a lot of us are family-run businesses and we aren’t paid when we have to move on,” Ms Alberts said.
Lara Smit has run the Transit Centre Newsagency for 26 years. She said almost all businesses were negotiating their way out of the centre with the CRRDA.
“I think everybody is,” Ms Smit said.
“There are different tenancies. Everybody is different, with different spaces and different leases.”
Transit Centre newsagency's Lara Smit says all businesses are looking for compensation.Credit:Tony Moore
Pack and Walk owner Pram Kisho has run his Asian food business in the food court for more than three years.
Mr Kisho had a three-year lease in the Transit Centre food court, which was set to expire in 2020, but has been asked leave by March 20 this year. He plans to leave by the end of January.
Mr Kisho said compensation talks were “good” with the CRRDA..
“It is a bit hard for us, but it is good for the government,” he said.
“We are asking for compensation, we all are.”
The Food Court section of the Brisbane Transit Centre will be closed by late March 2019.Credit:Tony Moore
The old bus coach terminal, on the third floor of the Brisbane Transit Centre, was due to close in July.
While demolition and construction work is under way, it will be shifted to a temporary facility for up to 10 years at a ground-floor section of Parkland Crescent, on the Wickham Terrace side of Roma Street train station.
This new temporary facility, next to train platform 10, was expected to be operational by July.
"An exact date to close Level 3 of the Brisbane Transit Centre has not yet been confirmed," a Cross River Rail Delivery Authority spokeswoman said.
"The current expectation is that it will close once the new temporary Coach Terminal becomes operational, which is expected to be from mid-2019."
The temporary coach centre will have just five coach bays, compared to the 30 at the existing Brisbane Transit Centre bus terminal.
The new temporary bus centre at the Roma Street train station will be ready by July 2019.Credit:Artists' impression
A new permanent bus and coach centre is being planned as part of the upgraded Roma Street station.
The CRRDA spokeswoman said bus demand had reduced in the past two decades and the fewer number of bus bays was appropriate to the customer demand.
The new complex is planned to be completed by 2025.
Related Article Roma Street Transit Centre to be demolished in 2020 for new entertainment venue
<www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/brisbane-transit-centre-businesses-seek-compo-ahead-of-eviction-20190110-p50qo5.html>


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