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Mon.5.7.21 Metro Twitter
Aircraft: No ramp access to platforms until late 2021 (pedestrian-underpass works).
Flinders St: still with a lane closed for tunnel works.
Buses replace trains on sections of the Sunbury line until the last train of Thu 8 Jul (works).
Argyle Avenue, Chelsea closes at the level crossing from this morning until Friday 9 July as part of level-crossing removal works. Use the Bondi Road or Chelsea Road crossings. see http://levelcrossings.vic.gov.au/disruptions/argyle-avenue-chelsea-level-crossing-closure
St Kilda Road is closed between Flinders Street and Southbank Boulevard until early Monday 12 July (YT renewal work). Southbank Boulevard is closed between St Kilda Road and Sturt Street. see http://yarratrams.com.au/projects/st-kilda-road-and-southbank-boulevard-melbourne
QR Codes are now in more than 440 key locations across the public-transport network, including tram stops in the free-tram zone, Metro and VLine stations and key replacement-bus stops.  Please check-in when you see QR Codes at stations, platforms and stops. See http://ptv.vic.gov.au/coronavirus
Centre Rd, Bentleigh, level crossing in 1988, where bells and plenty of signs alerted pedestrians to oncoming trains. The crossing was removed in 2016 and the new Bentleigh station was opened that same year.
Brunswick Plaster Works.  Camera VPRS 12903/P1 item 502/11.
14.26 Werribee line: Major delays clearing after a police action near Williams Landing.
17.41  Frankston line: Major delays (a trespasser between Cheltenham and Southland). Trains may remain at platforms.
- 17.47 Do you have an idea of how long the next train will be departing Southland?
- 17.49 We have a trespasser issue.
- 17.52 they're just saying different things online and at the station
- 17.56 Delays clearing, Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 17.57 Our team is in the Train Control Centre and has the latest info (we just updated the online info); we will check with station staff that they have the latest info.
18.10  Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: Major delays (FireRescue near Richmond_. Trains will depart from altered platforms Richmond - Caulfield.
- 18.24 Are they? They are all Frankston trains on platform 4 at Richmond.
- 18.38 Select service may be altered at very short notice; the situation is very fluid and subject to change.
- 18.49 I came to the office after 3 months and could escape the great service by Metro. Never again! The train has not moved in the last 40 min. Shame on you.
- 18.53  More than 100 people stuck in this train for over 40 min. Exhausted! Take the train back to Richmond and let us take another train.
- 19.14 Have you moved yet? It is a serious incident; we need to make sure all safety procedures are followed [the magic excuse].
- 19.17 We have had a serious incident.  Safety is our number 1 priority, and have worked as quickly as possible to move trains.
- 19.23 Just moved; I need a refund.
- 20.35 Blame the guy that jumped up on the train roof for the lolz, electrocuted himself and shorted out the electrics on that wire
- 20.59 If you knew the circumstances maybe you would have some compassion.
18.32 Glen Waverley line: Buses replace trains Burnley - Darling (police). Buses ordered, ETA 60min. Consider alternatives.
- 18.50 Buses ETA 45min.
- 19.10 Buses ETA 30min.
- 19.33 Replacement buses operating, adding 30 min.
- 19.42 Trains resume, with major delays.  First trains: 19.32 ex Glen Waverley; 19.59 ex Flinders St.
18.36 Pakenham line: Delays up to 20 minutes (police at Berwick). Trains may be held at platforms.
19.20  Frankston line Buses replace trains Caulfield - Mordialloc (a person hit by a train). Buses ordered, ETA 45min. Consider alternatives.
- 20.20 Buses are operating, adding 45 min.
- 21.14 Trains resume, with major delays.  First trains: 21.08 ex Frankston; 21.13 ex Caulfield.
Buses replace trains South Yarra - Sandringham from 20.15 until the last (maintenance works).
Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Upfield from 20.35 until the last train (maintenance works).
Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: Trains will run to an altered timetable Flinders St - Caulfield from 21.00 until the last train (works). All trains will run direct to/from Flinders St, and all will stop at all stations Caulfield - South Yarra. From loop stations, take a train from pfm 4 to Richmond.
Werribee/Craigieburn lines: All trains terminate/originate at Southern Cross from 21.00 until the last train (maintenance works).  From Flinders St, take a train from pfm 1, 2 or 3 to SC.
Buses replace trains Ringwood - Lilydale from 22.30 until the last train tonight level-crossing works.

Windsor: Plan for high-rise hotel above Sandringham line goes to VCAT. Kiel Egging July 5, 2021 Stonnington Leader
A developer is refusing to give up on its vision of building a high-rise above a busy inner city railway line, with a VCAT appeal underway. Here are the plans.
An artist's impression of the proposed 10-storey complex across the Sandringham line near Windsor railway station. Picture: Supplied.
A high-rise hotel could be built over a busy train line on the edge of Melbourne’s CBD, despite two council knock-backs.
SMA Projects has taken its plans for a 10-storey complex at 24-26 and 28 Chapel St in Windsor to VCAT after they were rejected by Stonnington Council in December.
The developer wanted to build a 111-room hotel on nine levels and shops on the ground floor, with the hotel positioned above airspace on the Sandringham railway line and next to Windsor railway station.
Council officers refused the application after receiving 115 objections, determining it would have “a dominating visual presence in this intimately scaled heritage streetscape of Windsor”.
The council also felt there was a lack of pick-up or drop off space for buses and cars which could impact safety on Chapel St, along with a lack of space for hotel deliveries and storage of supplies.
A multistorey hotel could be built over airspace near Windsor railway station. Picture: David Crosling
The plans also included no room for guest carparking and insufficient bike parking.
SMA Projects originally pitched a 20-storey development at the same location in 2017, which was also rejected by the council.
At Monday’s VCAT hearing, architect Graham Walker told the panel the building’s latest plans had been designed to fit in with the Chapel St streetscape on the bottom two levels, with the hotel set back on the railway line’s airspace.
He said planter boxes and use of similar colours to the exterior of Windsor railway station had also been factored in.
“The design is being true and honest to the functions and programs happening within it (the building),” he said.
Mr Walker said extensive assessment of acoustics had been carried out to ensure hotel guests would not be disrupted by train and tram noises in the area.
“It is important the design addresses the noise factor of the rail corridor … that was all looked at and advised on by acoustic engineers and factored into evolution of the design,” he said.
“The noise of the trams going over the bridge on Chapel St and the rattle of the trams is as much of an acoustic issue as the trains themselves.”
The hearing is set to continue throughout the week along with a site inspection by the tribunal’s panel.
More Coverage
Cellar-bration time for Toorak bar
Church’s sky-high plan for the east
<www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-east/windsor-plan-for-highrise-hotel-above-sandringham-line-goes-to-vcat/news-story/2dba63c6465ebf843c84aa5d0cfceff8>
* That’s just ugly!

CAR SMASHES INTO TRAM Sarah Booth, Brianna Travers, Olivia Jenkins and Sarah Perillo July 5, 2021
A car crashed into a tram near the Queen Victoria Market on Friday afternoon.
A Victoria Police spokeswoman said the tram and car collided on Peel St in North Melbourne, near Victoria St, about 3.30pm before the driver fled the scene.
An Ambulance Victoria spokeswoman confirmed no one was injured in the crash.
Police and fire crews assisted in clearing the wreckage.
Police officers could be seen photographing the collision, during which a gold Nissan sedan became lodged between the tram and a tree.
Emergency crews working to clear the wreckage. Picture: David Caird
Police are trying to track down the driver who fled the scene. Picture: David Caird
The right back passenger door appeared to be ripped off during the collision, while its left side was bent inward by the tree and its bonnet bent out of shape.
Debris and car parts were lodged under the tram and found lying on the median strip the car mounted during the crash.
<www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-victoria/major-delays-after-car-smashed-into-tram/news-story/25627c78cc8fdb49121e544a00ce9c21>

Covid travel rules: Where you can go and what your refund rights are
David Aidone, Shoba Rao, Erin Lyons, Megan Palin and Jack Paynter July 5, 2021  News Corp Australia Network 132 comments
VICTORIA
Restrictions to/from NSW & SA [so no interstate trains?]
Sydney transport alerts:
Ferry    Palm Beach Ferry Cruising (Fantasea Cruising)    Friday 24 September 2021 6am to 6:30am    EttalongBeach    PalmBeach
Ferry    Palm Beach Ferry Cruising (Fantasea Cruising)    Friday 24 September 2021 2pm to 2:30pm    PalmBeach    EttalongBeach
Ferry    Palm Beach Ferry Cruising (Fantasea Cruising)    Tuesday 28 September 2021 6am to 6:30am    EttalongBeach    PalmBeach
<www.heraldsun.com.au/coronavirus/covid-travel-rules-where-you-can-go-and-what-your-refund-rights-are/news-story/69dfa3c8c53b1f46966fbca092dfa400>

Mon.5.7.21 Melbourne 'Herald Sun' Cheering the runners on roof
In 1955, aged 19, Allen Cantwell moved from country NSW to Melbourne to find a job and joined the Victorian Railway Institute gym at Flinders Street Station.
Allen's coach would send his trainees to the top of the station to run five laps around the roof.
"Quite often the big crowds awaiting their trains would see us and start waving." recalls Allen. "I enjoyed the attention and kept waving back.
Coach Aub said they probably assumed we were training for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics!
"I wonder how many others had the thrill of jogging around the top of this famous station?"

Mon.5.7.21 Melbourne 'Herald Sun' letters:
* YOU will find that if mask wearing remains compulsory on public transport after the majority are vaccinated, people won’t comply. Once fully vaccinated, I will refuse to wear one for the three hours each day I would be on public transport to work. I will not succumb to Dan’s controlling way. Other states do not have this between outbreaks.

Mon.5.7.21 Melbourne 'Herald Sun' A PREFERRED site has been identified for the new $77.4m Melton Hospital.
The hospital, expected to open by 2027, will be built on privately-owned land near Cobblebank railway station.
Health Minister Foley said that it would serve the suburbs of Caroline Springs. Rockbank and Melton Central - expected to house 450 000 people by 2050.
This part of Melbourne is now already bigger than the city of Ballarat.
Victorian Health Building Authority will oversee construction at the site, at 245-277 Ferris Rd.
Western Health will operate the hospital.
The new hospital was proposed by the state government in November last year.