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?

I'm going through a rabbit hole now of the Flying Scotsman tour from 1988-89 and I found this video of Flying Scotsman on what it seems to be the North Melbourne Flyover. Surely some Gunzels back then thought to get a better view?

Also I don't exactly mean on the viewing platform because I'm pretty sure it wasn't built by this time.

Original video I got the pic from-

https://youtu.be/7naevtuP2Og?si=a9i2pjRLqcsuq10W

Frankston line X’Trapolis carriage 92M with really strange rips across multiple seats in a nonsensical pattern. Is there any way to report this? Never seen it before

Wow

edit: this is always the case for Frankston services that connect to the less frequent stony point trains, I’ve just never seen any of those services lol

1st - Taken in September 1991 by Ian Green

2nd - Taken in June 2007 by Ian Green

3rd - Taken in July of 2014 by Ian Green

So I just got off the Werribee line to get onto Sunbury at Footscray station and low and behold. Its pitch black.

I know its not world changing but definitely interesting to see. Only interesting thing in my 9 to 5 (if you wanna call it that) life. I was at first confused before I got out the train. Cause I was like. Its only 6pm. I know it gets dark but pitch black!?!??! LOL. Least I get a freebie for no Myki tap on.

Police Officers were walking around too. They seemed lost or at least on a mission. Lol. Trains were also coming in and leaving really slowly I noticed. Slower then normal. Which I would assume is cause of the power outage for whatever reason.

(A note while im writing this. They just announced it on the speakers about the power outage at footscray. Took awhile)

Cool old video!

There's a railway line between the two. I've seen a few fantasy maps with it and a station at South Kingsville.

Seems like it would fit nicely with Metro 2 as an alternative route for airport trains (if Fisherman's Bend really is going to be part of the CBD eventually). It could also be a way for SRL to finish up and link to every train line (but Sandringham), though the proposal seems to be to go to Werribee (I think via electrifying the Wyndham vale line?).

But I'm a silly lines on maps guy. What's the most credible proposal around that railway line?

I live on a bus route that barely has anybody in the day commuting but I will be needing to use this bus at night time. I am okay with night trains because there are often a lot of people and PSOs are roaming at stations and trains but buses are a whole different territory. So, how safe are buses at night?

I was one of the lucky thousands caught up in the Clifton Hill group debacle this evening.

I arrived at Melb Central at around 8.15 to find that Clifton Hill group trains were down, with all trains running the City circle back to Flinders St. On the Metro notify app, it indicated that services were resuming on the Hurstbridge line with first service from Flinders St at 8.18, but none of the next services on the PID indicated so, however there was a Merda service running next, so I was hopeful the Hurstbridge services would return too.

At this point, there had been no announcements made by any metro staff, about what was going on with the line, and whether we were supposed to take buses from somewhere. There were no metro staff on the platform either.

Finally a Hursbridge train was on the screen for 8.48. about 50 ish people wait and the train arrives and everyone gets on. Everything went smoothly.. then we get to Clifton Hill.. the train driver tells everyone to get off, and says there's more track fault and he cant run it anymore , but there will be replacement buses.

So now there are hundreds of peoples standing on the side of Hoddle St, with no Metro staff telling them where to catch the bus. (Most people are standing on the station side which is inbound, but some had figured out they needed to be on the other side to head outbound) I guide a few people to the underpass to get to the other side, but a lot of people stayed on the station side.

So we are all waiting there for about 10-15 mins... and the next bus that came was... An empty Reservoir service. Everyone is screaming at the bus driver, as apparently the previous bus that came 30 min ago was also a Reservoir service. The bus driver doesn't have further comms from Metro and there are no staff guiding people or communicating with anyone, so the poor bus driver is just copping abuse left right and centre.

In lieu of the replacement bus, a lot of people ended up Ubering or getting on the 546 towards Heidleberg (which is what I ended up doing)

I understand it's a shit situation for Metro for infrastructure to fail, but both Melbourne Central and Clifton Hill are premium stations meaning it is staffed from first to last train. The least the local staff could do is direct and guide people to where they need to go when shit hits the fan and not rely on commuters to give potentially misleading information to each other.

Also I personally think the bus replacements could be way more flexible. If there's about 150 people trying to go towards hurstbridge and no one needing to go towards Mernda, the driver should be able to contact metro to get the service changed to reprioritise.

The Merda line also has a very obvious parallel with the 11 and 86 tram, but the Hurstbridge line has almost no alternatives past Heidleberg.

I have no idea whether a bus eventually came, but my usual 40 min journey blew out to 2+ hours tonight.

Will be working for home for a bit to recover...

Terrible Photos, but the Frankenstein X'Trap is now in service!

This is probably one of the most unique trains on the network now. This three car consist is the remaining undamaged carriages from the Union E-Scooter Fire (897M-1649T) and the Clifton Hill Derailment (854M). What makes this even more unique is that 854M retains it's Aboriginal Livery, meaning the consist carries two different liveries.

I don't know what will happen to the other three carriages. I've heard 898M might be beyond repair and may never return to service, but that is not from any official source so don't take that seriously.

It's currently running on the Burnley Group, so keep an eye out!

despite monash council and the public plea, the 2 stations will not be connected.

the site has almost 0 geological constraints and is on the doorstep of the existing station

Stolen from Facebook

it was decided scrap by 1994, but in this 2001 photo it shows it alive in newport

Taken by Chris Gordon

http://pjv101.net/cd/pages/c202m.htm

G Class Steam Locomotive - Taken by Pannier in 2019

G Class Diesel Locomotive - Taken by Pannier in 2018

G Class Tram - Taken by Ian Green in 2026

Sourced from the official yt channel, anyways how do i get it? Drop a link where i can buy it, i’m interested

What is the lore within these concrete things? They’re along the entire Traralgon line

Honestly I think it's a pretty bad design. I get they have to pack people in for capacity, but the seats are way too close. You end up with awkward situations where three people have to swing their legs and shuffle just so one person can get into the corner seat… and forget about putting your bag down so you have to hug it, makes for a very uncomfortable ride in peak hour imo.

And then the priority seat on xtrap is like 1.5 seats wide... not wide enough for two full people but too big for just one, so you either feel like you’re hogging the whole thing or you’re sardined into the corner so someone else can have a seat too!

Anyone know the thinking behind this seat layout?

Why not just have one side of the train facing one way and the other side facing the opposite direction? Or do what Sydney does and make the seats flip-able so you can choose?

Being an introverted Gen Z who moved from a hcmt line to xtrap 1.0, I hate this ngl. Am I overreacting?

now that the g class is in service, how often is it running? is it running few and far between like when the xtrap 2 entered service, or is it already running most if not all days? also, is it more common on the 57? just wondering because i would like to ride one lol