Philip Mallis 🇺🇦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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When Caulfield Station turned deadly
lachlan slowly taming rustEvery time Murray Lonie's name is mentioned, it should be like Brad being mentioned during a screening of Rocky Horror.
MisterFrogFederal government to contribute nearly $4b extra to Victoria's Suburban Rail Loop
Federal government to contribute nearly $4b extra to Victoria's Suburban Rail Loop - Aussie Zone
How do we all feel about the SRL? Personally, I don’t hate it, but feel like money could have been better spent on numerous cheaper projects (like tram/train extentions for interconnectivity, or massively increasing bus frequencies and rationalising bus routes). But I’m glad for any money to be spent on better public transport, and not more roads.
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]Now the new X’Trapolis 2 trains (henceforth referred to as "iTrain 2.0") are running, what's the retroactive title for the first model?
The Great X'Trapolis
X'Trapolis: A New Hope
X'Trapolis Classic
X'Trapolis (refusal to accept the sequel as canon)
Poll ended at .
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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Luke MillerThere'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...
"Free public transport in Victoria through April as fuel prices continue to climb"
