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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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...
"Free public transport in Victoria through April as fuel prices continue to climb"
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.
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.
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.
Bank card touch on option spotted at a myki gate at Footscray Station. Only this one had it available though.
"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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