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Subject: Fri.5.4.24 daily digest, austerity issue
Roderick
Fri.5.4.24 Metro X
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.
5.19 Williamstown Beach: Please take extra care when boarding and alighting this morning as a power fault has impacted platform lighting & facilities.
- 5.29 It’s so dark there, I just get into the train to work this morning.
8.09 Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: Major delays (an equipment fault near South Yarra. Trains are moving at reduced speed. Trains may be altered/ cancelled.
- 9.05 Citybound passengers consider changing at Caulfield to the Frankston line.
- 10.10 Still major delays, but trains are moving at normal speed again.
10.31 Craigieburn line: Major delays (a motor vehicle hit a rail bridge near Newmarket). Trains may be held at or between stations for an extended period. Trains may be altered.
10.48 5 minutes or 5 hours? It's impossible to make the best alternative arrangements with no information to work with. Hundreds of people right now are playing a game of How Much Longer Do I Wait Before Giving Up?
- 10.56 Trains are moving through the area with limited speed restriction. Trains may be cancelled.
- 11.02 New station announcement: "We are experiencing major delays... Trains are now running as usual." Which is it? As always, your messaging during outages is terrible. And yet, today's is actually better than the last time this happened... [checks notes] ...one whole week ago.
- 11.06 We are still experiencing major delays. Trains are moving at a reduced speed near Newmarket. Some may be altered.
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15.43 Sunbury line: Major delays clearing after a police action in the Sunshine area. trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
17.04 Major delays (police between Werribee and Williams Landing). Trains may operate at a reduced speed there, or may terminate/originate at intermediate locations.
- 17.10 Now minor and clearing.
18.11 Lilyale/Belgrave lines: Major delays (a trespasser between SHMA Union and Box Hill. Trains may remain stationary for extended periods at or between stations. trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 18.23 clearing.
- 19.19 Why cancel the 19.23 Box Hill to Flinders st? All trains running to Lilydale/Belgrave on time?
- 19.55 Trains were running with delays this afternoon/evening
- 19.59 I think you mean 'are' not 'were' ...they're still very much delayed.
Sandringham line: Buses replace trains South Yarra - Elsternwick from 23.00 until 6.30 Sat 6 Apr (maintenance works).
Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Upfield from 23.05 until the last train of Sun 7 Apr (maintenance works).
Sunbury line: Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Sunshine from 23.15 until the last train of Sun 7 Apr (maintenance works).
Sunbury/Craigieburn/Upfield lines: All trains direct to/from Flinders St from 23.30 until the last train (maintenance works). From loop stations, take a Swanston St tram to Flinders St.
Mernda/Hurstbridge lines: All trains direct to/from Flinders St from 23.30 until the last train (works). From loop stations, take a Swanston St tram to Flinders St.
Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: All trains direct to/from Flinders St from 23.30 until the last train (maintenance works). From Melbourne Southern Cross and loop stns, take a Lilydale/Belgrave/Glen Waverley train to Richmond.
Trains will operate as a shuttle service between Caulfield and Frankston from 23.30 until to 6.30 Sat 6 Apr (works). Change from/to a Pakenham/Cranbourne train. Passengers for Hawksburn, Toorak, Armadale or Malvern, change at South Yarra or Caulfield for a replacement bus.
23.58 Most lines: Delays through Melbourne Southern Cross (police attending to a trespasser). Trains may remain stationary for extended periods at or between stations.
Public-transport disruptions are happening through Autumn (infrastructure projects).
https://www.theage.com.au/national/australia-weather-live-updates-torrential-rain-set-to-hit-nation-s-east-coast-flood-warnings-issued-for-sydney-regional-nsw-20240404-p5fhho.html trains delayed
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/pam-the-bird-graffiti-explodes-across-melbournes-west/news-story/efc35dd7c693076482f55e11f9fd024f ; with full-colour glorification of vandalised trains.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/e-scooter-trial-to-mitigate-bankstown-line-closure-but-only-at-three-stations-20240404-p5fhdt.html
https://www.smh.com.au/national/australia-weather-live-updates-torrential-rain-set-to-hit-nation-s-east-coast-flood-warnings-issued-for-sydney-regional-nsw-20240404-p5fhho.html