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There were three railway programs on tv in the evening: Extreme railways, Might trains and another.

Sun.3.10.21 Metro Twitter
Aircraft: No ramp access to platforms until late 2021 (pedestrian-underpass works).
Flinders St: still with a lane closed for tunnel works.
Mooroolbark: Station closed until late 2021 (level-crossing removal). A shuttle bus will operate Croydon - Mooroolbark - Lilydale, connecting with trains. There will be no access to station platforms or facilities during this time.
Edithvale/Chelsea/Bonbeach: Stations closed until late 2021 (level-crossing removal). A shuttle bus will operate Mordialloc - Carrum, connecting with trains. There will be no access to station platforms or facilities during this time.
The level crossings at Argyle Avenue, Bondi Road and Edithvale Road are closed until early October.  Chelsea Road is closed permanently. See http://levelcrossings.vic.gov.au/projects/chelsea-road-chelsea
Buses replace trains on sections of the Frankston/Stony Point lines until the last train of Sun 31 Oct (level-crossing works).
Buses replace trains between Newport and Williamstown until the last train of Friday 12 November (level-crossing removal).
Maroondah Highway, Lilydale closed in both directions at the train line for one month, as level-crossing work ramps up on Friday night. John Street will also be closed at this time. See http://levelcrossings.vic.gov.au/disruptions/maroondah-highway-and-john-street-lilydale-road-closure. ; Buses will replace trains for 6 weeks.
Buses replace trains Ringwood - Lilydale until the last train of Sun 24 Oct (level-crossing works).  Opening the new Mooroolbark and Lilydale stations on Monday 25 October
Night Network will not run 1am - 5am on Saturdays and 1am - 6am on Sundays to support the curfew. 
Cranbourne/Pakenham lines: Buses replace trains on sections  of the Cranbourne/Pakenham lines from first train Sat 2 Oct to last train Sun 3 Oct, while project works take place. Take Belgrave/Lilydale/G Wav train to Burnley for Express buses.
Buses replace trains on sections of the Mernda line until the last train of Sun 3 Oct (maintenance works).
Frankston line: Buses replace trains City - Caulfield until the last train of Sun 3 Oct, while project works take place.  For stations Mordialloc - Frankston/Stony Point, take Sandringham train to Sandringham for Express bus.
Hurstbridge line: Buses replace trains Parliament - Macleod until the last train of Sun 3 Oct, while maintenance works take place.
Cranbourne/Pakenham lines: Buses replace trains on sections  of the Cranbourne/Pakenham lines from first train Sat 2 Oct to last train Sun 3 Oct, while project works take place. Take Belgrave/Lilydale/G Wav train to Burnley for Express buses.
7.12 Flinders St: Platform and concourse information displays are offline (an outage). Metropolitan trains will run to a Sunday timetable.
- 7.35 The displays are back online.
- Did daylight saving contribute to this?
Buses replace trains Newport - Werribee from 20.25 until the last train, while maintenance works take place.

Sun.3.10.21 Melbourne 'Herald Sun'.  Electric buses.
VICTORIA's bus network will transition to a zero-emission fleet, with the government awarding a new contract for a third of the metropolitan network.
Melbourne-based Kinetic, which operates SkyBus and runs local bus routes across Australia and New Zealand, was on Saturday awarded the $2.3bn contract to commence from January 31 next year.
Thirty-six locally made and fully-electric buses will be introduced to the network by mid-2025. including five by June next year.
More than half of the franchise fleet - 341 of 537 buses - will be replaced with low or zero emission vehicles.
"This is a 10-year investment that will transform our buses." Public Transport Minister Ben Carroll said.

Sun.3.10.21 Melbourne 'Herald Sun'.  Travel, a higher education.  KENDALL HILL [with ATN]