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Subject: Mon.15.4.24 daily digest, austerity issue
Roderick
Mon.15.4.24 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.
7.09 Hurstbridge line: Major delays (an equipment fault in the Eltham area). Trains may move at a reduced speed there. Trains may be altered.
- 7.32 clearing. Trains may be cancelled.
8.44 Flagstaff: No lift access between platfrms & street level due to an outage. Passengers travelling to Flagstaff requiring lift access continue to the next station and speak to staff. Passengers at Flagstaff requiring lift access speak to station staff.
- 10.41 Access restored.
12.53 Sunbury/Craigieburn/Upfield lines: Major delays (a train fault in the North Melbourne area). Trains may be altered.
- 12.58 Trains will run direct to/from Flinders St. Trains may be altered.
- 15.17 Minor and clearing.
15.18 Sunbury line: Major delays clearing after a trespasser in the Footscray area. trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
16.38 & 17.11 Werribee/Williamstown/Sunbury lines: Major delays (a trespasser in the South Kensington area). Trains may be held at platforms. If your train is between stations, remain on the train, listen for announcements.
17.04 & 17.11 Craigieburn line: Major delays ongoing (a trespasser). Trains may be held at platforms. If your train is between stations, remain on the train, listen for announcements.
- 17.27 Are trains running between Essendon and Craigieburn?
- 17.29 Some are, with significant delays.
17.21 Werribee/Williamstown/Sunbury/Craigieburn/Upfield lines: Significant delays ongoing (a trespasser in the North Melbourne - South Kensington area). Trains may be held at platforms. If your train is between stations, remain on the train. Police are responding to this incident. Consider alternative transport.
- 17.50 Trains are resuming, with significant delays. Buses may supplement trains.
- 18.01 To the announcer at Flinders Street station on platform 4 and 5…you’re doing a great job. But I can assure you there’s no “room at the Suthern Cross end” like you tell people to move to. If people squash up further they will fall onto the tracks.
- 18.29 And no use trying a tram. Some aren’t even stopping to open their doors anymore.
- 20.11 SORRY I thought their was room!
18.23 Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: Major delays (an equipment fault in the Noble Park area). Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate locations 'to alleviate congestion'.
- 18.33 Clearing. Trains may be altered.
Buses replace trains Ringwood - Lilydale from 20.30 until the last train (works). https://tinyurl.com/vzf836je
Buses replace trains Richmond - Glen Waverley from 20.30 until the last train (maintenance and renewal works). https://tinyurl.com/mujtyhvk
Lilydale/Belgrave lines: Buses replace trains Parliament - Burnley from 20.55 until the last train (maintenance and renewal works). https://tinyurl.com/2pmncwsd
Sunbury/Craigieburn/Upfield lines: All trains direct to/from Flinders St from 21.00 until the last train (maintenance and renewal works). From Loop stations, take a train from pfm 1 to Melbourne Southern Cross.
Trains operate as a shuttle Caulfield - Pakenham/Cranbourne from 21.00 until the last train (maintenance and renewal works). Change from/to a Frankston train.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/australia-s-biggest-city-has-a-car-problem-what-should-melbourne-do-to-fix-it/ar-BB1lBSas
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/my-bayside-suburb-is-split-in-half-by-eight-lanes-of-pain-20240411-p5fj39.html
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/traffic-disrupted-as-pro-palestine-protest-descends-on-melbourne-s-cbd-20240415-p5fjsc.html
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/west/trespasser-causing-major-train-delays-on-sunbury-werribee-and-williamstown-lines/news-story/2c307b06b0a712cfdd7389eb26eb0d21
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-has-got-hundreds-of-new-potholes-since-the-rain-but-the-worst-is-yet-to-come-20240411-p5fj0q.html
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/the-big-questions-being-raised-around-queensland-s-big-build-20240412-p5fjem.html