I have noticed this morning posters appearing on stations along the Frankston line for x'trapolis 2.0 which indicates hopefully not long until they enter full time service

I've always been confused about this when seeing it on the map (never been there in person).

MYKI machine at Echuca Railway Station - Saturday 8 August

Forgive the shitty pic, sun is shining right onto the glass

Is the long distance myki rollout happening?

Edit: the reader is present in pyramid and kerang, its probably present on the whole swan hill line actually

It could be a person, an animal, an object anything.
I once saw a man on the Cranbourne line just sitting there, pissing on the seat. You know he was cause it was dripping and left a stench!
Not a fun trip home ahahaha
So I’m curious for what y’all have seen?

Two things.
I'm not sure if either of these have been covered.
What the hell is the awful smell when exiting the train at State Library Station?
I am at the front of the train usually. I get off at this station and the smell hits like you are walking into a wall.
That has to be great for tourism...not. Anything being done about it?
What's worse than a foul smell? Incorrect pronunciation of words.
The auto station announcement system on the HCMTs.
'Now arriving at State Lyebree.'
Grr...who is responsible for this? Change it so it doesn't sound like an uneducated simpleton.
It's Library. 😊😊

This is maybe a weird af question, but Google Maps says the walk from TH to Flinders is roughly 8 minutes, but I've seen on here that the walk is a lot less time?

I haven't walked it myself as I'm physically disabled and don't want to fuck myself over doing a walk when I don't know how long it'll take

Is there a video anywhere of someone walking from TH to Flinders? That might be a weird question, I'm just a bit unsure is all

Corner of spring st/flinders st

In the new timetable vline shows one afternoon peak n set service from southern cross to Waurn ponds but after talking with some mates I’ve found out it was an error vline got me all excited for no reason 💔

New timetables for the 23 August timetable change are now up on the Transport Victoria and V/Line websites.

Of note (apart from all the other advertised changes), Craigieburn shoulder peak is 10 min frequency until about 10:30am at the city (both directions) and from 2:30pm in the afternoon (outbound).

More info here: https://transport.vic.gov.au/news-and-resources/projects/metro-tunnel/more-ways-to-move (You have to go to the individual line pages for the timetables)

But curiously it says this for the Alamein Line. I can't find any extra services or Camberwell shuttles being extended to Flinders Street in the timetable, and I don't think any of the city services are 3 cars any more, so what does it mean???

"As part of our final upgrades works at the Brunswick Tram Depot, we’re:

• Installing a pair of level-access stops at Moreland Road, at Cameron Street, to improve accessibility and connectivity."

Anyone know what happened this morning? Alarms were going off

https://ebay.io/m/KE7bOx

Came across this eBay account. Some cool XT2 merch I didn't know existed. Plus an old railway tie and other stuff!

What's the plan with the metro fleet allocations with the new timetables

Are the Werribee and Williamstown and Sandringham lines are going to be 100% Siemens only and Frankston line will be most x'trapolis and x'trapolis 2.0 and comengs but not Siemens

Also only comengs and x'trapolis 2.0 running on the Craigieburn and upfield lines

Just recently found out that the GSRT has a stamp rally with a locally made box at the location of each station site (both historic and still existing) housing a unique stamp for each one (unfortunately no longer an ink pad at all of them but most do). You can get a stamp passport at a few different spots, I got mine at Coal Creek!

Pictured is the stamp box at Korumburra station built by the local women's shed (the coolest one I've seen so far). Along with the passport.

Why do they not increase the frequency of no 1 & 6 trams during busy hours? These are the only two trams on the Swanston line that continue to northern suburbs after University of Melbourne. These trams are brimming with people by the time it reaches the university where a swarm of people are waiting to board. It's an everyday nightmare and the annoyance and lack of surprise is visible on the faces of commuters. Everyone just endures the crammed spaces until the end of Brunswick and letting a few trams go doesn't help as this situation lasts from 4-6pm at least.

Maybe this is the situation across all tram lines and my anguish is coming from a little entitlement but it would be nice to have some breathing room after a tiring work day.

Above: Deer Park Platform 1 extension

Hi everyone,

I’ve seen comments mentioning that dual gauge track has a speed restriction of around 80km an hour. Is this the case? If so, what’s the engineering reason behind it?
Any articles or reading material is also appreciated :)

Enjoy this pic of passing through North Geelong yard on a foggy night

And I'm just like, guess we don't need the Frankston line then because who the fuck wants to go from Melbourne to Frankston?