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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/
#MelbourneTrains #PublicTransport #Transit #ShowMeASign #Melbourne #AustralianTrains
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Spotted a speed hump advisory speed limit sign that's pre-metric!
You can see under the faded "20" the "8" from when it was miles per hour.
Never seen one like this before
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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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Spotted this brand new line diagram and rail connections sign at Parliament Station.
The good:
- Connecting transport is included
- Fare zones are marked
- Colours, fonts, etc are consistent with other PTV wayfinding
- It's close to a mapThe bad:
- It's been installed over two weeks ahead of the timetable and route changes included in this poster which will confuse people
- City Loop directions are not clear, especially explaining which train to catch to get to key stations like Flinders Street or North Melbourne
- There's a lot of wasted space and it's not easy to read
- The zone 1/2 overlap is not marked
- The Glen Waverley Line is not treated the same as the Alamein Line with its design
- Including the 609 as a bus connection from Hawthorn Station is technically correct but not a useable interchange
- Labels for the "Traralgon Line" are different at Flinders Street and RichmondIt's far from the worst poster but there is room for improvement
#MelbourneTrains #Melbourne #MetroTunnel #PublicTransport #Transit #ShowMeASign
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Out of all the tens of different PIDs and screen layouts across Victoria this new one at Richmond Station on Platforms 5 & 6 is my favourite.
It includes all the necessary information and is a good layout for an interchange station like Richmond with the extra panel on the right showing train connections.
#MelbourneTrains #Melbourne #ShowMeASign #PublicTransport #Transit
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"Minor" disruption at the moment across the entire Melbourne metropolitan rail network. All passenger information displays, apps and website are not showing train departures.
#MelbourneTrains #Melbourne #PublicTransport #Transit #ShowMeASign
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The upgrades to City Loop stations are all well and good, but what's the point of live departure screens if you can't see them?
Blocked from view at most points on the platform by the new signs placed directly in front of them
#MelbourneTrains #Melbourne #Transit #PublicTransport #Trains #ShowMeASign
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This is just embarrassing.
Is this really the best information signage we can put up during a major planned disruption? I think we can do much better.
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Methinks this was not the best placement for the new exit and hearing loop signs at Melbourne Central Station...
To read the PID passengers now have to walk right up to the signs as they're no longer visible on large sections of the platform.
#MelbourneTrains #PTV #ShowMeASign #PublicTransport #Transit #accessibility
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What on Earth? Why would any train ever terminate at East Camberwell, especially when it is bustitution from Camberwell?
#MelbourneTrains #Melbourne #PublicTransport #Transit #ShowMeASign
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On a railway line with 13 different stopping patterns this minimal sign format that doesn't provide information on stations is pretty useless.
Some kind of consistency with labelling services as "express" or "limited express" would also help.
#MelbourneTrains #PublicTransport #Trains #ShowMeASign #Melbourne
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Despite decades of promises to coordinate and unify passenger information in Victoria, we still have completely different ways of displaying the same information on our rail network.
See these examples side by side in Richmond Station.
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Docklands branded street sign for La Trobe Street. Not many of these left!
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Over 10 years ago the bus interchange at Doncaster Shopping Centre was renovated. This was a noticeable improvement from the old stops and very welcome.
However, this project also created one problem that has still not been fixed today. The Smartbus live departure displays.
The route 902/903 stops used to be at the south end of the interchange where the displays were originally installed. But during the renovation these moved to the north end. Someone decided that it wasn't worth moving these displays as well, so now they are still at the old stops - one of which is now completely disused.
Not only has rendered the displays effectively useless but also creates confusion. Some people assume that these displays are located where the bus departs (not an unreasonable assumption). So they end up waiting at the wrong stop. I have seen some even miss their bus because of this.
Moving these two displays 70 metres north to the correct location would cost next to nothing and make a big difference. Yet here we are, ten years later, with the same problem, and no signs of it ever being fixed.
#PublicTransport #MelbourneBuses #Transit #ShowMeASign #Melbourne
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Another example of poor wayfinding and passenger information on Melbourne's public transport system.
The "BE AWARE OF SWOOPING BIRDS" has been perpetually displayed at Richmond Station since at least March. It's midwinter now. Definitely no swoops now.
Now to make it even worse, someone has decided to block the list of stations for trains on the platform PIDs with this very outdated message. This does nothing except annoy and prevent passengers from reading important information.
#Melbourne #MelbourneTrains #PublicTransport #Transit #ShowMeASign
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The main escalators to platforms at the tenth busiest station in Victoria are closed for almost six weeks.
Another example of the lack of consideration for the needs and convenience of public transport passengers (see previous toots and posts on these topics, especially Southern Cross Station).
#Melbourne #MelbourneTrains #ShowMeASign #Transit #PublicTransport
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Another Southern Cross Station update, this time from the bank of screens near Bourke Street.
For some reason the clock on one of the four metropolitan screens is one minute slower than the other three.
One is dim and very hard to read, and another is just broken entirely. Another for country trains flickers on and off intermittently.
As with the other screens at Collins St from a few days ago, the order and display of trains is all over the place. For example, why does it only show only one next departure for the Sunbury, Alamein and Craigieburn Lines when most others have the next two, three or even four displayed?
Another mess!
#MelbourneTrains #Melbourne #PublicTransport #ShowMeASign #Transit #PTV
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Four departure screens.
Three different times.
Two different sizes.
Another wayfinding mess.For some context, this is the main screen that you see when entering Southern Cross Station from Collins Street. This appears to have confused some people (including me).
Also as a sidenote, in what kind of ridiculous order are the lines listed? There doesn't seem to be any logic. See the leftmost screen for example. The Eltham train is shown first even though there are Hurstbridge trains departing earlier which will also take you to Eltham. Then these are followed on the same screen by a random Flinders Street train on a completely different platform, with other Flinders Street trains to Frankston all the way on the other screen.
It's a wonder anyone can figure out how to get anywhere under these circumstances...
#MelbourneTrains #PTV #ShowMeASign #PublicTransport #Transit
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A very rare sight, might become a collector's item!
#Melbourne #MelbourneTrains #PublicTransport #Transit #ShowMeASign
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Looks like someone forgot to install Network Sans on the new office computer
#Melbourne #PTV #MelbourneBuses #ShowMeASign #PublicTransport #Transit
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Strange "Southern Cross Station" destination listed on the temporary bus stop flag on a'Beckett Street near William Street. No metropolitan buses have this as a terminus.
Anyone know what's going on here, or is this yet another error?
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A lot of PTV passenger information either hasn't improved at all or has become worse recently.
Latest example - the official website showing the Upfield Line on an impossible route
#MelbourneTrains #Melbourne #PTV #ShowMeASign #PublicTransport #Transit
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Route 42 was abolished almost 30 years ago, yet it's still showing up on Tramtracker screens
#YarraTrams #PublicTransport #Tramstodon #Trams #MelbourneTrams #Transit #PTV #ShowMeASign #MelbourneTrams
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Marketing effort at making an advertisement in the style of a schematic transport map.
Doesn't work very well IMHO.
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As a passenger, you might want to know which trains depart from these platforms at Southern Cross Station because multiple lines service these platforms.
Unfortunately these screens only show the immediately next train, and none of the ones departing later.
Not very helpful.
#Melbourne #PTV #MetroTrains #PublicTransport #ShowMeASign #Transit
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My post from earlier this week on maps, bus stops and the need for good transport information - even in the digital age: https://philipmallis.com/blog/2023/01/31/removing-maps-from-bus-stops-and-the-digital-divide/