Fw: Fri.17.5.24 daily digest, austerity issue
  Roderick Smith

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Roderick

Fri.18.5.24 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.
16.57 Werribee line: Major delays (police in the Hopper Crossing area).  Trains may remain stationary for extended periods at or between stations, or may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 17.18 clearing.
17.16 Belgrave line: Major delays (police in the Upper Ferntree Gully area).  Trains may be held at platforms, if may terminate/originate at intermediate locations.
- 17.21 Clearing.  Trains may operate at a reduced speed through the Upper Ferntree Gully area.
Werribee/Williamstown lines: Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Newport/Williamstown from 20.30 until the last train of Sun 19 May (maintenance and renewal works).  https://tinyurl.com/26duezzd
18.42 Major delays (a wildlife 'incident' between Sunbury and Diggers Rest).  Trains may remain stationary for extended periods at or between stations. Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 18.47 & 18.59 Buses to replace trains between Sydenham Watergardens and Sunbury.  Buses have been ordered, but will take over 60 min to arrive.  Some outbound trains will run to Sunbury.
- 19.51 Trains resume.  First trains:19.39 ex Flinders St; 20.26 ex Sunbury.
21.13 Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: Major delays (an equipment fault in the Richmond area).  Outbound trains originate at Caulfield; change from a Frankston train.
- 22.07 Are trains to Cranbourne originating at Caulfield as per your tweet. Or is it buses from Caulfield as per station staff member on microphone on Flinders St pfm 6?
- Trains, not bus.
Buses replace trains Dandenong - Pakenham from 21.30 until the last train of Tue 21 May (works).  https://tinyurl.com/mr2df3bx
Mernda/Hurstbridge lines: Buses replace trains Parliament - Clifton Hill - Macleod from 23.00 until the last train of Sun 19 May (maintenance and renewal works take place).  https://tinyurl.com/27p8dvun
23.52  Lilydale line: Major delays (police in the Croydon area).  Trains may remain stationary for extended periods at or between stations, or may terminate/originate at Ringwood.
- 0.02 & 0.35 Buses to replace trains Ringwood - Lilydale.  Buses ordered, ETA 60 min.  Consider bus route 670 for local trips.
- 1.08  buses operating, adding 30 min.
- 1.18 Trains resume, with minor delays.  First trains: 0.39 ex Flinders St; 1.18 ex Lilydale.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/twenty-years-and-counting-the-suburb-waiting-for-a-rail-line-that-may-never-come-20240516-p5je1r.html [Wollert]

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/developers-and-business-face-suburban-rail-loop-levy-to-fund-project-20240517-p5jelc.html