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Roderick

Thurs.6.1.22 Metro Twitter
Aircraft: No ramp access to platforms until late 2021 (pedestrian-underpass works). [no reopening has been announced yet]
Flinders St: still with a lane closed for tunnel works.
Mernda/Hurstbridge lines: Buses replace trains Parliament - Reservoir/Heidelberg until the last train of Sun 9 Jan (works).
13.38 Werribee/Williamstown lines: Major delays clearing after police in the Spotswood area.
16.09  Sunbury line: Buses replace trains between Sunshine and Sydenham Watergardens (a person hit by a train). Replacement buses have been ordered, however will take over 60 minutes to arrive.
- 16.42 buses are in operation, adding 30 minutes.
- 20.01 Trains resume, with major delays.  First train: 19.39 ex Flinders St.
- 20.13 First citybound 20.26 ex Sunbury.
20.21  Lilydale/Belgrave/Alamein lines: Major delays (police near Burnley). Trains in the immediate area will remain at platforms.
- 20.57  Buses replace trains between Burnley and Camberwell.  Buses have been ordered, however will take over 60 minutes to arrive.
- arrival of buses never posted.
- 22.03 Trains have resumed running, but with delays up to 45 minutes.

Fortescue buys battery-powered trains as green shift for miners heats up. Nick Toscano January 6, 2022 
<www.smh.com.au/business/companies/slow-but-sure-miners-are-looking-for-cleaner-power-as-green-shift-heats-up-20220105-p59m3c.html>