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Subject: Sat.13.4.24 daily digest, austerity issue

Roderick

Sat.13.4.24 Metro X
Hurstbridge line: Buses replace trains Heidelberg - Eltham until the last train of Sun 14 Apr (works). https://tinyurl.com/swh6dd94
Buses replace trains city - Glen Waverley until the last train of Sun 14 Apr (maintenance and renewal works).
Lilydale/Belgrave lines: Buses replace trains city - Burnley until the last train of Sun 14 Apr (maintenance and renewal works).
Sunbury line: Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Sunshine until the last train of Sun 14 Apr (works).  https://tinyurl.com/nhaxamwp
Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: Buses replace trains Caulfield - Westall until the last train of Sun 14 Apr (works).  https://tinyurl.com/yc5yech8
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.
We're working 24/7 to finish the new road bridge at Brunt Rd. Crews continue to lay 2400 tonnes of asphalt on the new road bridge over the Pakenham line.  To allow these works to be carried out safely, the road is closed.  More: https://bit.ly/3xE4WE4
Footy's back in Victoria this week, and we're running extra services to and from MCG, Marvel Stadium (Docklands) and GMHBA Stadium (Kardinia Park, Geelong).  See https://bit.ly/3TJ2kwe
13.25 Pakenham & Cranbourne lines: Major delays Dandenong - Caulfield (police).  Trains may be altered.
- 13.37 clearing.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/buses-replacing-trains-on-seven-train-lines-as-metro-tunnel-works-ramp-up/news-story/c91f1b91ad88458e8f1bcd6d6b554898

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/sydney-metro-has-42-contracts-of-concern-one-jumped-in-value-2811-percent-20240318-p5fd9d.html