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Subject: Sat.9.3.24 daily digest, austerity issue

Roderick

Sat.9.3.24 Metro X
Sunbury line: Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Sunshine until the last train of Sun 10 Mar (works). [added time not revealed]
Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Craigieburn until the last train of Sun 10 Mar (maintenance works), adding 30 min.
Buses replace trains on sections of the Belgrave line until April (works). [Ringwood - Bayswater]
Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: Buses replace trains Caulfield - Westall until the last train of Sun 10 Mar (works).
Frankston line: Trains will not stop at Parkdale until mid 2024 (level-crossing removal work). Shuttle buses will operate Mentone - Parkdale - Mordialloc, connecting with trains. No access to station facilities or platforms during this time.
Celebrating its 70th year, City of Melbourne's Moomba Festival is back over the long weekend, Sat.9 – Mon.11 March.  Save the stress of finding a park in the city: catch public transport to the festival.
Hurstbridge line: Buses to replace trains between Eltham and Hurstbridge (an animal hit by a train).  Replacement buses ETA 60min. Trins between Flinders St & Eltham have delays.
- 8.48 buses ETA 45 min.  
- 8.59 buses ETA 20 min.  
- 9.13 & 9.25 buses ETA 10 min.    
- 9.34  buses are in operation, adding 20 min.
- 10.02  Delays clearing; trains are resuming.  First trains: 9.19 ex Flinders St; 10.46 ex Hurstbridge.
High temperatures are forecast in Melbourne today.  We may implement heat-related speed restrictions.  See https://metrotrains.com.au/hotweather.
14.20 & 15.26 Buses to replace trains between Camberwell and Alamein (an equipment fault at Riversdale). Buses ordered, ETA 60 min.
- 15.46 Buses operating, adding 20 min.
- 17.23 Trains resume. First trains: 17.29 ex Camberwell; 17.47 ex Alamein.
17.29 Sunbury line: Major delays through Sunshine (police attending to a trespasser). Trains may remain stationary for extended periods at or between stations.
- 17.35 clearing.
- 21.04 Still delayed, still have to get on a bus. Metro is absolutely hopeless.
0.37 Hurstbridge line: Major delays (police attending to trespassers in the Greensborough area. Trains may be altered, or may remain stationary for extended period at or between station.
- 1.16 clearing.  Trains may be cancelled.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/melbourne-s-original-suburb-is-trapped-in-time-by-a-river-with-no-train-20240307-p5fann.html [Kew]

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/brisbane-bus-crash-what-we-know-so-far-20240308-p5fb21.html

https://www.afr.com/politics/another-12b-debt-blowout-in-victoria-sets-scene-for-horror-budget-20240308-p5faxz