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Subject: Fri.2 & Sat.3.6.23 daily digests, austerity archives

Roderick

down EV at 11.24 through Surrey Hills

Fri.2.6.23 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.
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.
Buses replace trains city - Sandringham until the last train of Sun 4 Jun ('upgrade' works).  During weekdays: (7.00-9.30 & 15.30-19.00) a shuttle bus will operate Sandringham-Hampton, then express to Moorabbin for a Frankston train.
9.50 Frankston line: Major delays (an equipment fault at Caulfield and an overhead-power fault in the Mordialloc - Mentone area). Trains may be held at platforms.
- 11.32  Delays clearing.
17.53 Werribee line: Major delays (police in the Laverton area). Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate locations.
- 17.59 Train stuck at Laverton (a trespasser).
- 18.16  Major delays clearing.
- 18.31 Trains are on the move, with delays clearing.
Buses replace trains on sections of the Frankston line and to Stony Point from 20.30 until early August (works).
Buses replace trains South Yarra - Sandringham from 21.00 until the last train of Sun 4 Jun ('upgrade' works).  Take a Pakenham/Cranbourne/Frankston train to South Yarra.
21.03 Craigieburn line - Major delays (a train fault in the Pascoe Vale area).  Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate locations
- 21.06 Major delays (police in the Pascoe Vale area).
- 21.46 Major delays clearing.
22.13 Usual arrangements for football traffic leaving MCG.
Buses replace trains on sections of the Pakenham & Cranbourne lines (definitely Caulfield - Westall) from 22.30 until the last train of Sun 4 Jun (works).

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Sat.3.6.23 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.
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.
- Buses replace trains on sections of the line and to Stony Point until early August (works).
Buses replace trains on sections of the Pakenham & Cranbourne lines (definitely Caulfield - Westall) until the last train of Sun 4 Jun (works).
Buses replace trains city - Sandringham until the last train of Sun 4 Jun ('upgrade' works).  During weekdays: (7.00-9.30 & 15.30-19.00) a shuttle bus will operate Sandringham-Hampton, then express to Moorabbin for a Frankston train.
- Buses replace trains South Yarra - Sandringham until the last train of Sun 4 Jun ('upgrade' works).  Take a Pakenham/Cranbourne/Frankston train to South Yarra.
7.44 Major delays (police between Eltham and Hurstbridge).  Trains may be held at platforms, or may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 8.27 clearing
- 11.20 Does it mean that the train is already back to normal?
15.59 Pakenham/Cranbourne line: Major delays (a trespasser between Sandown Park and Noble Park).  Trains may be held at platforms, or may terminate/originate at intermediate locations.
- 16.32 clearing.