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Subject: Fri.27-Sun.29.10 daily digest, austerity issues
Roderick
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Fri.27.10.23
Fri.27.10.23 Metro Twitter
Frankston line: Buses replace trains on sections of the line until 3.00 on Sat 4 Nov (works).
Buses replace trains Frankston - Stony Point until the last train of Fri 3 Nov (works).
12.10 Craigieburn line: Major delays due to equipment faults in the Oak Park area.Select trains may terminate/originate at intermediate locations.
- 12.46 clearing.
13.30 Sunbury line: Buses replace trains Watergardens - Sunbury due to an overhead power fault.Buses ordered, will take over 60 min.
- 14.20 Buses operating. Allow extra travel time.
- 16.40 Trains are expected to be disrupted until at least 7pm.
- 17.28 Trains resume Watergardens - Sunbury with delays after an earlier overhead power fault. First trains: 16:47 Flinders St - Sunbury. 17:42 Sunbury - Flinders St.
17.10 Mernda/Hurstbridge lines: Delays through Clifton Hill due to VictoriaPolice attending to a trespasser. Trains may remain stationary for extended periods at stations or in between stations. Select trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 17.16 Trains may operate at reduced speed between Victoria Park and Clifton Hill. Select trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 17.30 Wow. 90 minutes ahead of schedule. Fantastic work by your crews to repair the overhead wires in just 4 hours
17.49 Mernda/Hurstbridge lines: Delays through Victoria Park due to VictoriaPolice attending to a trespasser. Trains may remain stationary for extended periods at stations or in between stations. Select trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 17.53 Delays clearing after VictoriaPolice attended to a trespasser in the Victoria Park area. Trains may operate at reduced speed between Victoria Park and Clifton Hill in both directions. Select trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
18.54 Belgrave/Lilydale lines: Major delays through Ringwood due to a VictoriaPolice request. Trains may remain stationary for extended periods at stations or in between stations. Select trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 19.10 Delays clearing after an earlier VictoriaPolice request in the Ringwood area. Select trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations. Stopping conditions may change at short notice.
Mernda/Hurstbridge lines: Buses replace trains Parliament - Clifton Hill from 20.30 until the last train of Sun 29 Oct (maintenance works). Buses replace trains Flinders St - Clifton Hill during Night Network hours.
Glen Waverley line: Buses replace trains Richmond - Darling from 20.40 until the last train of Sun 29 Oct (maintenance works).
Lilydale/Belgrave lines: Buses replace trains Parliament - Burnley from 20.45 until the last train of Sun 29 (maintenance works). Buses replace trains Richmond - Burnley during Night Network hours.
27.10 https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/manmeet-sharma-greeted-each-passenger-as-they-stepped-on-his-bus-then-there-was-fire-20231027-p5efhw.html
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Sat.28.10.23
Sat.28.10.23 Metro Twitter
Mernda/Hurstbridge lines: Buses replace trains Parliament - Clifton Hill until the last train of Sun 29 Oct (maintenance works). Buses replace trains Flinders St - Clifton Hill during Night Network hours.
Lilydale/Belgrave lines: Buses replace trains Parliament - Burnley until the last train of Sun 29 (maintenance works). Buses replace trains Richmond - Burnley during Night Network hours.
Glen Waverley line: Buses replace trains Richmond - Darling until the last train of Sun 29 Oct (maintenance works).
Frankston line: Buses replace trains on sections of the line until 3.00 on Sat 4 Nov (works).
Buses replace trains Frankston - Stony Point until the last train of Fri 3 Nov (works).
4.13 Hurstbridge line: Major delays (police near Greensborough).
- 4.21 clearing
5.14 Sunbury line: Major delays (vandalism near Tottenham).
- 5.49 clearing.
19.57 Sunbury line: Buses replace trains Sunshine - Footscray (a person hit by a train). Buses ordered, will take over 60 min. Take a Werribee/Williamstown train to Footscray to connect.
- 20.45 Buses in operation.
- 21.18 : Trains resuming. First trains will be: 21.33 Flinders Street - Sunbury; 21.16 ex Sunbury.
- 22.25 Sunbury line: Major delays clearing after a police action in the Diggers Rest area.
21.46 Craigieburn line: Major delays (police in the Pascoe Vale area). Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate locations.
- 21.58 clearing.
22.39 Hurstbridge line: Major delays due to a VictoriaPolice request in the Watsonia area. Select trains may terminate/originate at intermediate locations.
- 23.03 clearing.
0.25 Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: Major delays for inbound services (a train fault at Noble Park).
- 0.41 Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate locations.
- 0.48 clearing.
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Sun.29.10.23
Sun.29.10.23 Metro Twitter
Mernda/Hurstbridge lines: Buses replace trains Parliament - Clifton Hill until the last train (maintenance works).
Lilydale/Belgrave lines: Buses replace trains Parliament - Burnley until the last train (maintenance works).
Glen Waverley line: Buses replace trains Richmond - Darling until the last train (maintenance works).
Frankston line: Buses replace trains on sections of the line until 3.00 on Sat 4 Nov (works).
Buses replace trains Frankston - Stony Point until the last train of Fri 3 Nov (works).
7.41 Sunbury line: Major delays clearing after an 'operational incident'.
Sunbury line: Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Sunshine from 20.00 until the last train (works).
Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: Buses replace trains Caulfield - Westall from 20.00 until the last train (works). Change to/from Frankston at Caulfield.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/new-vision-for-noisy-grubby-parramatta-road-20231019-p5edho.html
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/traffic-and-more-traffic-can-the-north-be-fixed-with-a-new-tunnel-20231028-p5efqq.html