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Subject: Sun.8-Tues.10.10.23 daily digests, austerity
Roderick
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Sun.8.10.23
Sun.8.10.23 Metro Twitter
Sunbury/Craigieburn/Upfield lines: All trains direct to/from Flinders St all day (works). From loop stations, take a train to Southern Cross.
Buses replace trains Broadmeadows - Craigieburn from 23.30 until the last train (works).
Buses replace trains Heidelberg - Hurstbridge until the last train (maintenance works).
Lilydale/Belgrave/Alamein/Glen Waverley lines: All trains direct to/from Flinders St all day (works). From loop stations, take a train to Flinders St [apparently with special city-circle trains].
Buses replace trains Ringwood - Lilydale until the last train of Thu 12 Oct (works).
Buses replace trains Dandenong - Pakenham until the last train (works).
16.33 Lilydale/Belgrave lines suspended between Box Hill & Camberwell (a person hit by a train). Replacement buses eta over 60 min.
- 17.33 Buses eta 30 min. Consider alternative transport.
- 18.48 Trains resuming. First trains 18.32 Flinders St - Ringwood; 18.38 Ringwood- Flinders St.
Buses replace trains Westall - Pakenham/Cranbourne from 19.15 until the last train (emergency third-party works).
19.23 Werribee line: Major delays (police). Trains may be held at platforms.
- 19.30 clearing.
8.10 https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/will-jacinta-allan-be-a-good-premier-the-telltale-signs-are-already-showing-20231005-p5ea1f.html
8.10 https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/the-incongruence-of-geelong-when-a-big-city-can-t-keep-up-20230914-p5e4q7.html
8.10 https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/the-population-experiment-and-the-towns-that-almost-made-it-20230920-p5e66k.html
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Mon.9.10.23
Mon.9.10.23 Metro Twitter
Buses replace trains Ringwood - Lilydale until the last train of Thu 12 Oct (works).
9.48 Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: Major delays (a trespasser in the Westall area).
- 9.52 clearing.
- 15.57 Are the trains running again? Or are the delays ongoing?
- 16.00 Outbound trains are running to timetable; however two citybound trains are running 15 min late after a train fault at Dandenong.
Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Upfield from 20.25 until the last train (maintenance works).
Lilydale/Belgrave lines: Buses replace trains Parliament - Burnley from 20.55 until the last train (maintenance works).
Sunbury/Craigieburn/Upfield lines: All trains direct to/from Flinders from 21.00 until the last train (maintenance works). From Loop stations, take a southbound tram to Flinders St [as ever, Metro ignores Flagstaff and Parliament].
Trains will operate as a shuttle service between Caulfield and Pakenham/Cranbourne from 21.00 until the last train (works). Change from/to Frankston trains.
Buses replace trains Richmond - Glen Waverley from 21.05 until the last train (maintenance works).
9.10 https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-oliveri-family-lost-their-contract-now-almost-all-sydney-buses-are-run-by-multinationals-20231006-p5ea8d.html
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Tues.10.10.23
Tues.10.10.23 Metro Twitter
Buses replace trains Ringwood - Lilydale until the last train of Thu 12 Oct (works).
We're extending the lifetime of mykis which have recently expired or are about to expire. You can activate the extension to your myki at any myki machine, PTV Hub, t]Ticket office or myki retailer or scan your myki using the PTV app.
11.46 Frankston line: Major delays clearing after a trespasser in the Highett – Southland area. Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate locations.
13.30 Craigieburn line: Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Essendon (a person hit by train). Replacement buses have been ordered, but will take over 60 min to arrive. Train run Essendon - Craigieburn, with delays.
- 13.45 buses may take over 50min to arrive.
- 13.55 buses may take over 40min to arrive.
- 14.05 buses may take over 30min to arrive.
- 14.15 buses may take over 20min to arrive.
- 14.35 & 15.24 Buses are in operation, adding 40 min.
- 16.09 Trains are resuming. First trains will be: the 16.14 ex Flinders St, and the 15.45 ex Craigieburn, originating at Broadmeadows.
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18.44 Frankston Line: Major delays (an equipment fault in the Parkdale area). Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
18.04 Pakenham/Cranbourne: Major delays after (a train fault at Carnegie).
- 19.34 clearing.
18.53 Lilydale/Belgrave lines: Major delays (an equipment fault in the Nunawading area). Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Upfield from 20.25 until the last train (maintenance works).
Buses replace trains Parliament - Burnley from 20.55 until the last train (maintenance works).
Sunbury/Craigieburn/Upfield lines: All trains direct to/from Flinders from 21.00 until the last train (maintenance works). From Loop stations, take a southbound tram to Flinders St [as ever, Metro ignores Flagstaff and Parliament].
Trains will operate as a shuttle service between Caulfield and Pakenham/Cranbourne from 21.00 until the last train (works). Change from/to Frankston trains.
Buses replace trains Richmond - Glen Waverley from 21.05 until the last train (maintenance works).
10.10 https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-metro-paying-contractors-2300-a-day-amid-cost-blowouts-20231009-p5eatz.html