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Roderick
Sun.23.4.23 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).
- Buses replace trains Parliament - Box Hill until the last train. Camberwell - Alamein trains will run.
Buses replace trains City - Glen Waverley until the last train (maintenance works).
Trains will operate as a shuttle between Caulfield and Pakenham/Cranbourne from 21.00 until the last train (works). Change at Caulfield from/to a Frankston train.
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.
19.33 Lilydale line: Major delays (police). Trains may be held at platforms, or may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 19.55 Trains may run at a reduced speed through the Ringwood - Croydon area.
- 20.32 clearing.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/politics-put-first-with-big-build-projects/ar-AA1acwtO
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/call-for-skybus-priority-lanes-as-melbourne-airport-rail-link-delayed-20230423-p5d2l9.html
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/politics-put-first-with-big-build-projects-20230420-p5d257.html
https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/free-public-transport-250m-electric-bus-fleet-promised-in-wa-budget-20230423-p5d2n1.html
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/from-the-archives-1993-sprinters-training-for-v-line-start/ar-AA1acthB
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/cost-saving-9-billion-inland-rail-line-proposed-by-liberal-mp/ar-AA1adCqm
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8169084/western-australia-commits-125m-for-bigger-ev-bus-fleet
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Mon.24.4.23 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.
Save on petrol and the stress of finding a park, and take public transport to the footy. We're running extra service to get you there and back. Plan your trip to Round 6 today https://bit.ly/43OChrH.
16.12 Metropolitan trains: Delays through Flinders St (a trespasser). Trains in the immediate area will remain stationary.
- 16.26 Delays clearing; trains will operate at a reduced speed approaching and departing Flinders St.
- 16.32 Stopping patterns may be changed at short notice. Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 17.36 Three trains in a row to Mernda from Flagstaff, where are the Macleod trains? Next is in 25 min.
- 17.46 Trains and crews were out of position for their timetabled runs. The next train towards Macleod is due at Flagstaff at 17.55.
16.15 Mernda Line: No lift access at Epping. Passengers travelling to/from Epping requiring lift access change at South Morang and speak with Metro staff.
Buses replace trains City - Glen Waverley from 20.15 until the last train (works). Buses operate from Caulfield after the MCG match: express to East Malvern, then all stations. Change from a Pakenham/Cranbourne/Frankston train.
Lilydale/Belgrave lines: Heading to MCG tonight? Findd your own way to Parliament for buses replacing trains to Camberwell from 20.30 until the last train.
Heading toward Werribee, Williamstown, Sunbury, Craigieburn or Upfield? Enter via Olympic Bvd and take any train from pfm 1, 3 or 5 to Flinders St.change for connecting services.
Richmond: Heading towards Glen Waverley? If travelling beyond East Malvern, enter via Olympic Bvd for a Frankston/Cranbourne/Pakenham train to Caulfield, then bus.
Richmond: Heading towards Pakenham, Cranbourne, Frankston, Sandringham? Enter Richmond via Olympic Bvd for trains departing from pfm 2, 4 or 6. Plenty of extra trains are running to get you home.
22.18 Richmond: Current wait times leading into the station from Brunton Ave are 1-2 min. [people ignoring the advised routing].
- 22.42 Richmond: Crowds are flowing well through Brunton Ave subway.
- 23.03 No they're not
- 23.28 The bus service is diabolical
- 0.24 Dunno where you were but it was bedlam.
- 0.29 I was amazed at how quickly I got out of the footy, and home on a train to Sandringham. Thank you!.
- 0.38 No buses waiting in Swan St; even the staff were bamboozled. I ended up hailing a cab $95 to Syndal it was chaos. Thanks for no info!
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/in-the-quest-to-decentralise-here-is-what-melbourne-can-learn-from-global-cities-20230419-p5d1rc.html
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-sydney-suburb-which-could-face-round-the-clock-underground-drilling-20230419-p5d1rd.html
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8167858/inland-rail-is-on-track-to-be-nothing-but-a-costly-nightmare
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/push-for-andrews-government-to-forge-ahead-with-airport-rail-link/news-story/fa605aee0c7378ce87d71fbe08a8d144