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Subject: Sun.26 & Mon.27.3.23 daily digests, austerity archives
Roderick
Sun.26.3.23 Metro Twitter
Flinders St: still with a lane closed for tunnel works?
Because of tunnel works, Degraves St subway at Flinders St is closed until 2024. No platform transfer via Degraves St subway. Passengers should use Elizabeth & Swanston St entry/exits. Campbell Arcade remains closed to 2024. Platform interchange via that subway was available until mid 2022.
Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Werribee/Williamstown until the last train (works).
Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Upfield until the last train (works).
Mernda/Hurstbridge/Lilydale/Belgrave/Alamein/Glen Waverley/Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: All trains direct to/from Flinders St all day From loop stations, take a train from pfm 3 (inbound northern group) to Flinders St.
Until the last train of Sun.30.4: Buses replace trains on sections of the Hurstbridge line. Greensborough, Montmorency, and Diamond Creek stations are closed.
Buses replace trains on sections of the Lilydale/Belgrave lines until late May (works).
Frankston line: Trains will run to an altered timetable until mid 2023 (works). Trains will stop at all stations Caulfield - Cheltenham all day.
12.43 Frankston line: Major delays (police in the Moorabbin area). Trains in the immediate area will remain at platforms.
- 13.21 Delays clearing.
15.36 Sandringham line: Major delays (police in the Windsor area). Trains in the immediate area will remain at platforms.
- 15.43 Delays clearing.
- 18.08 Major delays again (police in the Windsor area).
- Buses replace trains South Yarra - Elsternwick from 20.15 until the last train (works).
Trains will operate as a shuttle between Caulfield and Frankston from 21.00 until the last train. Change from/to a Pak/Cran train. Passengers for Hawksburn, Toorak, Armadale or Malvern, change at South Yarra or Caulfield for a replacement bus [Metro refuses to stop Dandenong trains on the other tracks].
22.42 Mernda line: Major delays after a police action near Thomastown. Trains may run at a reduced speed through the Keon Park - Epping area. Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations
23.17 Alamein Line: Major delays (a motor vehicle on tracks). Trains may be held at platforms.
- 0.11 Buses are replacing trains between Riversdale & Alamein, and will do so until the last train.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/hobart-bus-company-under-scrutiny-by-locals/ar-AA195qmY
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/sydney-travellers-face-train-chaos/vi-AA195lHH
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/domain-road-trams-may-be-gone-for-good-after-metro-tunnel-works-end-20230324-p5cv0n.html
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/motoring/on-the-road/chaos-on-sydney-trains-as-track-repairs-halt-services-on-day-of-state-election/news-story/c187ee0e350598a907f6cc262efdd7c7
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Mon.27.3.23 Metro Twitter
Flinders St: still with a lane closed for tunnel works?
Because of tunnel works, Degraves St subway at Flinders St is closed until 2024. No platform transfer via Degraves St subway. Passengers should use Elizabeth & Swanston St entry/exits. Campbell Arcade remains closed to 2024. Platform interchange via that subway was available until mid 2022.
Until the last train of Sun.30.4: Buses replace trains on sections of the Hurstbridge line. Greensborough, Montmorency, and Diamond Creek stations are closed.
Buses replace trains on sections of the Lilydale/Belgrave lines until late May (works).
Frankston line: Trains will run to an altered timetable until mid 2023 (works). Trains will stop at all stations Caulfield - Cheltenham all day.
13.27 Upfield line: Major delays (police attending to a trespasser in the Moreland area).
- 13.42 clearing.
15.16 Belgrave line: Major delays (a vandalised train in the Bayswater area). Trains in the immediate area will remain at platforms.
- 15.32 Trains may terminate/originate at Ringwood.
- 15.35 Who suffers but the general public, as always?
- 15.46 Buses replace trains Ringwood - Upper Ferntree Gully. Buses ordered, ETA 45min. Consider alternative transport.
- 15.55 Buses ETA 45min.
- 16.05 Trains resume. First trains: 15.47 ex Belgrave; 15.54 ex Box Hill.
20.12 Frankston line: Major delays (an equipment fault in the Moorabbin area). Trains may run at a reduced speed between Highett and Moorabbin. Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 21.48 Delays clearing.
Buses replace trains Clifton Hill - Mernda from 20.15 until the last train (maintenance works).
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/light-rail-stage-2a/vi-AA197lnv
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/concerns-over-major-rail-project-brushed-off/ar-AA196RjK
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/new-labor-ministry-to-be-sworn-in-briefed-on-floods-trains-and-fish-kills-20230327-p5cvlz.html
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/victoria-education/closest-schools-to-train-stations-revealed/news-story/8447034109ff94c926d3fa7e4f576628
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/ballarat/replica-heritage-boom-gates-will-not-be-reinstalled-at-ballarats-lydiard-st-crossing/news-story/bb3f9375822f88291d7d53a95a0ecc66