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Roderick
Tues.9.5.23 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 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 [finished?]
- 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.
9.15 Major delays (equipment faults in the Craigieburn - Broadmeadows area).
- 10.25 clearing
- 10.26 we understand Craigieburn line. Nothing new and major.
- 11.18 Just missed it
Department of Transport and Planning. 71 old Comeng trains are being disposed of in a safe and sustainable way, making way for more-modern trains. Parts will be reused, reducing landfill waste, local jobs supported and scrap material provided for use on other transport projects. https://bit.ly/41cyHVS.
16.00 Glen Waverley line: Major delays (olice in the East Malvern area). Trains in the immediate area will remain at platforms.
- 16.08 Delays clearing. Trains may terminate/originate at Darling.
Buses replace trains Camberwell - Alamein from 20.30 until the last train (works).
Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: All trains direct to/from Flinders St from 21.00 until the last train (maintenance works). From Southern Cross or loop stations, take a Camberwell or Glen Waverley train to Richmond.
Mernda/Hurstbridge lines: All trains direct to/from Flinders St from 21.00 until the last train (works). From loop station, take a tram to Flinders St.
Buses replace trains Berwick - Pakenham from 22.00 until the last train (works).
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/we-ve-got-to-build-new-cities-regional-focus-could-solve-housing-crisis-in-australia/ar-AA1aVUtH
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/qld-the-boom-state-with-more-than-20-000-to-cross-the-border-annually-20230509-p5d72c.html
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/queensland/federal-budget-2023-eight-ways-queenslanders-will-be-better-off/news-story/cfbb94c0d971c4031b82d31e3f07639e
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Wed.10.5.23 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 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 [finished?]
- 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.
4.42 Major delays (an equipment fault at Frankston). Trains may be altered.
- 7.37 Delays have cleared.
7.36 Werribee line: Major delays (an equipment fault at Laverton).
- 7.53 Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate locations, or may operate direct Laverton – Newport.
- 8.27 clearing
- 11.32 Major delays again (the fault ongoing). trains may terminate/originate at intermediate locations, or may bypass Altona.
- 12.10 Delays clearing; normal routing resuming.
9.11 Hurstbridge line: Major delays (an 'operational incident') in the Rosanna area. trains may terminate/originate at intermediate locations.
- 9.29 clearing.
9.39 Lilydale/Belgrave/Alamine/Glen Waverley/Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: Delays clearing after debris on tracks in the Richmond area.
16.17 Pakenham: McGregor Rd was recently closed to traffic so that we could install horizontal concrete beams over it. In East Pakenham, the underpass is taking shape with piling and excavation now complete - ready for our project team to start laying track in the area. https://bit.ly/3nagsm9
Next time you're at Pakenham Central Shopping Centre, check out our interactive stands with children's activities and details about how the rail bridge is being built.
17.16 Pakenham/Cranbourne/Frankston lines: Major delays (police attending to a trespasser in the Hawksburn area). Trains in the immediate area will remain at platforms. Stopping patterns may be changed.
- 17.39 Delays clearing. Trains may operate at a reduced speed in the Hawksburn area.
- 17.40 Frankston line: Outbound delays clearing; Citybound trains will remain at platforms.
- 17.41 Our train still hasn’t left Richmond; give it clearance please.
- 18.01 Frankston line: Outbound trains may operate at a reduced speed Hawksburn - Toorak.
- 19.10 I've been stuck on this train between stations for over half an hour. I hope that you will be giving refunds for this trip.
- How is it possible that I take two trains to travel through a total of six stations, a trip that’s taken me over an hour (usually 30-35 min); I miss an appointment ($$) and still I’m not elegible for compensation or a refund on my ticket?
- 18.44 I’m currently stuck on a Frankston train just out of Richmond. Can the driver not pull the train up to South Yarra to allow passengers off to make alternative travel arrangements? Pakenham/Cranbourne trains continue passing us.
- 19.00 Reduced speed obviously means zero speed. We’ve been stopped for 30 min before Hawsburn.
- 19.00 Any chance of an update at least?
- 19.01 Like are we going to be stuck here for another hour? We’re 50 metres from South Yarra station. Surely passengers can be let off.
- 19.02 I’ve just spoken to the driver to ask why the train can’t move up to the platform to let passengers off. Still waiting for the train to move.
- 19.03 Any further update? Definitely not clearing!
- 19.09 We have been sitting between Flinders and Richmond and I’ve missed two Sandringham trains. The drivers mic is not working correctly 1355T. WHAT IS HAPPENING…. Take us to a platform ffs
- Frankston line: Major delays (a train fault near Toorak after after police attended to a trespasser near Hawksburn). Outbound trains may remain stationary for extended periods at or between stations.
- 19.10 I am claustrophobic get us to a platform now.
- 19.20 Delays ongoing. Outbound trains may remain stationary because of congestion
- 19.23 Trapped on a train for an hour and counting. Can you please advise how we can get off
- 19.31 I was stuck 45 mins in between stations
- 19.42 Why is it only Frankston line, how are the Pakenham/Cranbourne able to operate yet we at standstill watching train after train go past?
- 19.43 clearing, but slowly.
- 20.41 What is the latest please? Still delays or running as normal?
- We are still experiencing delays as we recover the timetable. Can you advise where you are travelling to/from?
- I’m in a pub at South Yarra. Travelling to Bonbeach. Do you advise ordering another pint and/or grabbing an Uber? Or heading back to the station?
- 20.53 Delays are clearing quicklym currently up to 10 min for trains departing from Flinders St.
Buses replace trains Camberwell - Alamein from 20.30 until the last train (works).
Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: All trains direct to/from Flinders St from 21.00 until the last train (maintenance works). From Southern Cross or loop stations, take a Camberwell or Glen Waverley train to Richmond.
Mernda/Hurstbridge lines: All trains direct to/from Flinders St from 21.00 until the last train (works). From loop station, take a tram to Flinders St.
21.17 Sunbury line: Major delays (a motor vehicle struck a boom arm at Old Calder Highway level-crossing). Trains may be held at platforms, or may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.