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Roderick
Tues.11.4.23 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 on sections of the Hurstbridge line until 3.00 Sun.30.4.
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.
- At 20.30 on Fri.31.34, trains stopped at Glen Huntly for the last time in a while. Trains will not stop there until Aug.2023 (works). Shuttle buses operate Caulfield - Glen Huntly - Ormond. No access to station facilities during this time.
- Citybound trains will not stop at Parkdale. A shuttle bus is running between Parkdale and Mentone.
17.23 Major delays (police in the Pakenham area). Trains in the immediate area will remain at platforms. Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 17.34 clearing.
Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: Buses replace trains Caulfield - Westall from 20.15 until the last train (works). Change at Caulfield from/to a Frankston train.
Sunbury line: Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Sunshine from 20.15 until the last train (maintenance works).
Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Upfield from 20.30 until the last train (maintenance works).
Craigieburn line: Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Essendon from 20.40 until the last train (maintenance works).
Belgrave/Lilydale/Glen Waverley lines: All trains direct to/from Flinders St from 21.00 until the last train (maintenance works). From Melbourne Southern Cross or loop stations, take a train to Flinders St [just inbound Pak/Cran?]
21.58 Buses to replace trains between Berwick and Pakenham (debris hit on tracks after vandalism in the Pakenham area). Trains are running between Westall and Berwick.
- 22.10 & 22.32 buses to take over 60 min to arrive.
- 22.53: Buses are replacing trains
- 0.05 Trains have resumed.
- 0.07 I suspect that the train involved in the incident sustained significant damage and needed special assistance to clear the line, hence the 2 hour line closure.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/melbourne-s-second-cbd-agree-on-a-vision-and-count-the-journey-in-decades-20230410-p5cz92.html
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nightmare-residents-enter-fourth-year-of-metro-pain-as-construction-drags-on-20230405-p5cy8h.html
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/revealed-the-true-cost-of-the-metro-west-line-20230410-p5czcg.html
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/vic-needs-to-make-tough-choices-before-going-to-feds-for-a-bailout-20230411-p5czhm
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Wed.12.4.23
Wed.12.4.23 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 on sections of the Hurstbridge line until 3.00 Sun.30.4.
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.
- Trains will not stop at Glen Huntly until Aug.2023 (works). Shuttle buses operate Caulfield - Glen Huntly - Ormond. No access to station facilities during this time.
- Citybound trains will not stop at Parkdale. A shuttle bus is running between Parkdale and Mentone.
- 8.06 Citybound trains have resumed stopping at Parkdale after fire damaged the pfm 1 building. While work continues to restore communication systems, staff will be on site from first to last train to assist passengers with service information. [premature announcement? The same announcement came 2 days later].
Cranbourne/Pakenham lines: Buses replace trains Caulfield - Westall from 20.15 until the last train (works). Change at Caulfield from/to a Frankston train.
Sunbury line: Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Sunshine from 20.15 until the last train (maintenance works).
Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Upfield from 20.30 until the last train (maintenance works).
Craigieburn line: Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Essendon from 20.40 until the last train (maintenance works).
Belgrave/Lilydale/Glen Waverley lines: All trains direct to/from Flinders St from 21.00 until the last train (maintenance works). From Melbourne Southern Cross or loop stations, take a train to Flinders St [just inbound Pak/Cran?]
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/calls-for-better-public-transport-as-canberra-grows/vi-AA19L0qC
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/has-your-bus-been-cancelled-recently-here-s-one-hidden-reason-why-20230411-p5czh8.html