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Subject: Sat.4.5.24 daily digest, austerity issue

Roderick

Sat.4.5.24 Metro X
Sunbury line: Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Sunshine until the last train of Sun 5 May (works).  https://tinyurl.com/82sjchjf
Buses replace trains on sections of the Mernda line until the last train of Tue 7 May (works).  https://tinyurl.com/3hzy7fdm
Lilydale/Belgrave lines: Buses replace trains Burnley - Ringwood until the last train of Sun 5 May (maintenance and renewal works). https://tinyurl.com/bdzk4ezx
Buses replace trains Camberwell - Alamein until the last train of Sun 5 May (maintenance and renewal works).  https://tinyurl.com/yc4m3fxk
Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: Buses replace trains Caulfield - Westall until the last train of Sun 5 May (works).  https://tinyurl.com/y22y4wt6
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 have taken a sustainable approach to stormwater management by using underground tanks made from recycled plastic to prevent flooding at the new station.  https://bit.ly/3JCdcrJ
- You might have reduced flooding at the station, but it has flooded several times under the rail overpass in recent months. Only last week a major road was closed causing local chaos. Hadn’t flooded for 14 years until you put the new rail bridge in!! 🤦
8.46 Werribee/Williiamstown lines: Major delays (police in the South Kensington area).  Trains may remain stationary at or between stations for an extended period, or may be altered.
- 8.55 clearing.  Trains may be cancelled.
17.57 Craigieburn line: Major delays (vandalism in the Roxburgh Park area).  Trains may be held at platforms, or may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 18.14 Buses to replace trains between Broadmeadows & Craigieburn.  Buses have been ordered, ETA 60 min.
- 18.33 Buses ETA 45 min.  Consider alternative transport.   
- 18.42 Buses ETA 35 min.  
- 19.06 Trains resume with: 18.37 ex Flinders St; 19.15 ex Craigieburn.
17.59 Sunbury/Craigieburn/Upfield lines: Trains will run direct to/from Flinders St (emergency works required in the city loop).
- 18.05 Loop running has resumed.
Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Upfield from 23.00 until 5.00 Sun 5 May (works).
Learn about accessibility access and areas on trains, trams, buses, & taxis. Join us at Southern Cross Station, Thurs, 9 May for a Try Before You Ride event anytime from 10am. The event concludes at 2pm.  Register for free at www.eventbrite.com.au/e/try-before-you-ride-event-tickets-826077739757