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Even magpie-larks need to touch on!
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@rfc6919 straight to my bookmarks this goes ty ๐ค
also if you didnt know about it
https://trainpids.xyzYou're welcome ๐
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Important Melbourne railway news: the support beams at Armadale Station have been removed and seem to have been replaced by concrete
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CW: Melbourne public transport
Impossible to rely on Melbourne's shit trains. Waiting for a replacement bus for about the 30th (seriously) time this year
Buy a car!
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If only there was some important message that this handy new variable sign could show instead of just perpetually saying "Station open"
@wongm
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New post about the good and the bad about the (sort of) new precinct maps at railway stations in Melbourne
https://philipmallis.com/2026/07/03/precinct-maps-at-railway-stations-the-good-and-the-bad/
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My favourite station in Melbourne.
What's yours?
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Today marks the 100th anniversary of one of the worst rail disasters in the history of Melbourne.
On 26 May 1926, a packed Tait electric train crashed into the rear of another waiting on Platform 4 at Caulfield Railway Station.
Three people were killed and over 170 others were injured.
See today's video for more: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lI7VcGmJTfw
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Every time Murray Lonie's name is mentioned, it should be like Brad being mentioned during a screening of Rocky Horror.
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Now the new XโTrapolis 2 trains (henceforth referred to as "iTrain 2.0") are running, what's the retroactive title for the first model?
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Great day out this morning for the very first X'Ttapolis 2 train in regular passenger service!
This is Melbourne's newest EMU train that will start to replace the ageing, but beloved, Comeng fleet.
Many people came to ride this service to Upfield and back despite the weather and short notice.
More to come in a future video!
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Excellent post on the train frequency upgrades announced yesterday for Melbourne and Victoria from Peter Parker.
It's very welcome news but also leaves significant gaps. E.g. the Ringwood Group will have a more frequent service at 11pm on a weekday than at 11am.
https://melbourneontransit.blogspot.com/2026/04/tt-228-more-trains-on-6-lines.html?m=1
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CW: public transport complaint
There's a culture that has taken hold at my state's public transport department that it's fine to turn off trains for a week and run replacement buses.
It makes it really hard to rely on the trains instead of a car. The buses take twice as long and don't allow bikes.
It's like the message is don't structure your life around public transport in Melbourne, you will never have certainty or reliability or flexibility...
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Leading on from yesterday here is another bad disruption notice on the Transport Victoria website.
Amongst other things, it tells people to catch a Glen Waverley train from Camberwell Station, and a Craigieburn train from Footscray Station. All completely wrong.
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Is it just me or has the disruption information from Transport Victoria become even worse recently?
Take this for example. No City Loop trains for Burnley Group trains. The official advice is to take a "City Circle bus" (rail replacement bus) to get to City Loop stations.
No mention of the many other more practical options like the Metro Tunnel or any trams to get to Melbourne Central and Parliament.
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One new issue with State Library / Melbourne Central that I have noticed since the Metro Tunnel opened has to do with interchanging.
When coming out of State Library Station there are no screens to tell you the next train departures from platforms at Melbourne Central. The only bank of screens on the way faces perpendicular to the path of travel.
Installing a new bank of screens facing the top of the escalators as you come up from State Library would be a massive help. Especially when wait times for trains can regularly be 30+ minutes.
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Bank card touch on option spotted at a myki gate at Footscray Station. Only this one had it available though.
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"Heat related speed restrictions"? It's not even 30 degrees. Very strange.
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These signs are a juxtaposition that we hate to see.
There are maintenance works scheduled on the Belgrave / Lilydale Line between Box Hill and Parliament on the same weekend as the Grand Prix, Moomba, AFL Opening Round and Labour Day.
Not a great way to promote heading to the Grand Prix or any of the other events this weekend by public transport.
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Uh oh.
Apparently no injuries, so phew.
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Xtrapolis 2 spotted on the test track at Newport Workshops #MelbourneTrains #PublicTransport #Transit
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Hope everyone on the Lilydale Line is enjoying their one hour wait for the next train!
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Early access to my next video for members!
Check it out here. If you're not a member, you can sign up on the website, or it'll be publicly released in a few days.
https://members.philipmallis.com/early-video-access-what-if-the-city-loop-but-above-ground/
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Heh I didn't notice there was a disruption. Because the Cranbourne / Pakenham Lines don't go through Richmond anymore, there was no information there.
I think this is another thing that can be improved now that the network is more reliant on interchanges. It may be important to know what is happening on another line, even if it doesn't directly go to your station.
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This is the scene at platforms 3/4 at Richmond Station for passengers waiting for a train to Frankston. Never seen it like this before.Looks like the first major disruption post-Big Switch for the #MetroTunnel People seem to be catching Frankston trains to get around it where they can. https://transport.vic.gov.au/disruptions/disruptions-information/article/cranbourne-and-pakenham-lines-buses-replacing-trains-on-tuesday-3-february-2026
More generally on the Tunnel, as others have pointed out:
1) the messaging and comms for City Loop / Flinders St / Metro Tunnel needs to be improved
2) interchange conditions at Caulfield / Malvern need a big improvement given how much more heavy lifting these stations will be doing
3) the issues caused by legacy decisions outside the scope of the Metro Tunnel need to be addressed (see previous toots)#MelbourneTrains #Melbourne #AustralianTrains #Trains #PublicTransport #Transit
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There is a packed train parked at Town Hall. It is not moving until further notice. It was advertised as going to Packenham but now they have announced it will go to West Footscray - we don't know when.
They have just announced that they are organising replacement buses from Hawksburn.
The platform at Town Hall has a lot of people waiting but there is still plenty of room because the platform is very wide.
However, there are nowhere near enough seats.