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Roderick

Fri.17.6.22 Metro Twitter
Flinders St: still with a lane closed for tunnel works? [reopened by July?  Closed again by Nov.]
Campbell Arcade (Flinders St station) is closed until 2024. The exit from the Myki gates within the subway will  also be closed. No pedestrian access between the arcade & Flinders St. Use Elizabeth & Swanston St entry/exits. Platform  interchange via that subway will be available until mid 2022.
Mernda line: Trains will run to an altered timetable until Sep 2022 (works).  Trains operate on a single track Thornbury - Regent, and trains will not stop at Bell or Preston.  Shuttle buses operate Thornbury - Bell - Preston - Regent - Reservoir. No access to station facilities during this time.
Buses replace trains Sunshine - Sunbury until the last train of Wed 29 Jun (works).
9.55 Werribee line: Major delays (a track-equipment fault in the Newport area).  [posted wrongly as Thurs.16.6 yesterday}
- 10.54 fault fixed; minor delays.
11.27 Pakenham/Cranbourne Lines: Major delays (emergency services at Dandenong). Trains may be held at platforms.  [posted wrongly as Thurs.16.6 yesterday}
- 11.43 clearing.
Werribee/Williamstown lines: Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Newport/Williamstown from 20.30 until 4.30 Sat 18 Jun (works). 

Letters to the Editor June 17
* Tram a dinosaur.  Messrs Barr and Rattenbury continue to ignore the strong opposition of southside residents to the plan to send their dinosaur tram to Woden.
They have shown nothing but contempt for southside residents by not fronting public meetings to address residents' concerns.
When will they stop hiding and present their case to the public in public?
Mr Barr's claim that the 2016 election was a mandate for building light rail does not apply to south Canberra where the Liberals convincingly won more votes than Labor.
For a great many voters this was due to the tram being a highly vexatious issue.
<www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7783093/the-kangaroo-cull-has-a-devastating-effect-on-humans-too>