#upfieldline — Public Fediverse posts

Uh oh.
Apparently no injuries, so phew.
#UpfieldLine #merribek #MelbourneTrains

Uh oh.
Apparently no injuries, so phew.
#UpfieldLine #merribek #MelbourneTrains

It's relatively cheap to lay 4km of ground level train track, the delay on this has to do with not wanting to increase the amount of time the level crossings gates are down in Brunswick and North Coburg.

Doubling the frequency of trains means doubling the amount of time the level crossing gates are down.

So they're removing the level crossings through Brunswick by 2030, a few years later they'll do the level crossings in North Coburg and then we'll get a line duplicate a few years after that.

I don't expect the Upfield line to have more than the current 20min frequency until at least 2040.

i.e they're keeping public transport bad because motorists might complain.

#UpfieldLine #Coburg #Brunswick

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-11/upfield-gowrie-train-line-infrastructure-train-line-melbourne/105985638

It's relatively cheap to lay 4km of ground level train track, the delay on this has to do with not wanting to increase the amount of time the level crossings gates are down in Brunswick and North Coburg.

Doubling the frequency of trains means doubling the amount of time the level crossing gates are down.

So they're removing the level crossings through Brunswick by 2030, a few years later they'll do the level crossings in North Coburg and then we'll get a line duplicate a few years after that.

I don't expect the Upfield line to have more than the current 20min frequency until at least 2040.

i.e they're keeping public transport bad because motorists might complain.

#UpfieldLine #Coburg #Brunswick

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-11/upfield-gowrie-train-line-infrastructure-train-line-melbourne/105985638

Congestion on the Craigieburn Bypass heading out of Melbourne/Naarm

"Geez, the north bound lanes on the #craigieburnbypass is chockers this evening. This is what happens when you allow development of new residential suburbs on the northern periphery of Melbourne without extending the electric train service. The #upfieldline is waiting to be extended from Upfield to Craiguieburn and Wallan. All those people at risk of Vampires ... we kid you not."

VAMPIRE - Vulnerability Indices for Mortgage, Petroleum and Inflation Risks and Expenditure (VAMPIRE) https://researchdata.edu.au/rmit-cur-vampire-sa1-2016/2737944

#congestion #melbourne
#ChihuahuasOnBikes
#Couchpeloton #BikeTooter

“After Sunday cafe-sitting Dad cycled us up to Northern Memorial Park where we watched the #MerribekMob of #EasternGreyKangaroos grazing. We held our bark! There were joeys too!
#UpfieldLine train passed.
These are the Roos that inspired Dad to ask questions in 2018 about a Council #Biodiversity Plan. The Council Nature Plan was subsequently developed and approved in 2020. Thanks Dad for making a difference on the #BiodiversityCrisis “
#JulietAndJones
#ChihuahuasOnBikes
#DogsOfMastodon

“After Sunday cafe-sitting Dad cycled us up to Northern Memorial Park where we watched the #MerribekMob of #EasternGreyKangaroos grazing. We held our bark! There were joeys too!
#UpfieldLine train passed.
These are the Roos that inspired Dad to ask questions in 2018 about a Council #Biodiversity Plan. The Council Nature Plan was subsequently developed and approved in 2020. Thanks Dad for making a difference on the #BiodiversityCrisis “
#JulietAndJones
#ChihuahuasOnBikes
#DogsOfMastodon

I was interviewed on Solidarity Breakfast | 3CR Community Radioshow Sat 10 Dec. Interview starts about 12 minutes in. Subject was the swings against Labor in the Northern suburbs, and the silence on upgrading the #Upfieldline extending it to Wallan. I also discuss the VAMPIRE index (vulnerability assessment for mortgage, petroleum and inflation risks and expenditure) adding to #costofliving pressures in northern suburbs.

Also for the first time the MPs representing #Merribek have all signed the #climateemergency declaration.

#UpgradeUpfield #publicTransport #Vicvotes2022 #Vicvotes http://www.3cr.org.au/solidaritybreakfast

I was interviewed on Solidarity Breakfast | 3CR Community Radioshow Sat 10 Dec. Interview starts about 12 minutes in. Subject was the swings against Labor in the Northern suburbs, and the silence on upgrading the #Upfieldline extending it to Wallan. I also discuss the VAMPIRE index (vulnerability assessment for mortgage, petroleum and inflation risks and expenditure) adding to #costofliving pressures in northern suburbs.

Also for the first time the MPs representing #Merribek have all signed the #climateemergency declaration.

#UpgradeUpfield #publicTransport #Vicvotes2022 #Vicvotes http://www.3cr.org.au/solidaritybreakfast

“Hurry Dad, we can hear a train coming on the #Upfieldline. We Don’t want to miss the #UpfieldWave.

Dad, now is not the time to stop to take photographs. The train is almost here. Boom gates are down. It is go on the #UpfieldBikePath”

#JulietAndJones #CyclingWithDogs #ChihuahuasOnBikes #Merribek #DogsOfMastodon

“Hurry Dad, we can hear a train coming on the #Upfieldline. We Don’t want to miss the #UpfieldWave.

Dad, now is not the time to stop to take photographs. The train is almost here. Boom gates are down. It is go on the #UpfieldBikePath”

#JulietAndJones #CyclingWithDogs #ChihuahuasOnBikes #Merribek #DogsOfMastodon

@dP mesmerising! We need this to extend the #Upfieldline in Melbourne’s northern suburbs to Wallan . I gather overhead electrification would be a bit slower? #upgradeupfield