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Subject: Wed.17.4.24 daily digest, austerity issue

Wed.17.4.24 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.
-  Buses replace trains Cheltenham - Mordialloc until the last train (works).  https://tinyurl.com/bdhwrv8b
10.14 Glen Waverley line: Major delays (a motor vehicle hit a bridge near Holmesglen. Trains will be held at platforms or may be altered.
- 01.40 Trains are now on the move.
10.41 Upfield line: Major delays (an overhead-power fault in the Macaulay area). Trains will be held at platforms or may be altered.
- 10.53 Citybound trains will be held at platforms.   Outbound trains are on the move.
- 11.12 Trains are on the move in both directions.  Some trains will be terminating/originating intermediate stations.
16.41 Sunbury line: Minor delays (police in the Albion area). Trains may be altered.
- 16.51 Now major.  Trains may remain stationary for extended periods at or between stations. trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 17.01 clearing.
- 17.12 On the train, just passed Albion, saw nothing.
- Total liar. I'm on the train. Cops, ambulance, fireys. Looks like someone tried to jump.
- Also just went past, there were 3 police cars and an ambulance off to the side
- 3 nights in a row.
- 3 days in a row. How good are you guys!
- 3 days in a row in afternoon peak hour?
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.

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