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  Thread: Transport bureaucrats spend $3.3m on new Victorian offices
jjd76au

Replies: 25
Views: 864

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:38 am   Subject: Re: Transport bureaucrats spend $3.3m on new Victorian offic
........ and the Eastern Freeway into Hoddle Street....

Was that the one where the locals piled crushed cars into a massive high wall to block the constraction and/or opening?

I have vague recol ...
  Thread: "Travelling second-class" - Paul Mees in "The Age"
jjd76au

Replies: 69
Views: 2407

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:48 pm   Subject: Re: "Travelling second-class" - Paul Mees in "
Thanks ZH836301!! And no time wsted either !!

That makes things a tad clearer
  Thread: "Travelling second-class" - Paul Mees in "The Age"
jjd76au

Replies: 69
Views: 2407

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:04 pm   Subject: "Travelling second-class" - Paul Mees in "The Age"
I don't know how many times it has to be said Melbtwerp.

It is not a metro.

I've read this many times over the last year or two.

Could someone educate me as to what IS a 'metro' and why it's ...
  Thread: North East Line to Standard Gauge
jjd76au

Replies: 504
Views: 34867

PostForum: Victoria   Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:34 pm   Subject: Re: North East Line to Standard Gauge
Hi all,

Something I saw this morning caught my attention that I thought you all might be interested in. I've also posted the same over at VicSig.

It's PART of this while project (I think) but a ...
  Thread: "Travelling second-class" - Paul Mees in "The Age"
jjd76au

Replies: 69
Views: 2407

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:17 am   Subject: Re: "Travelling second-class" - Paul Mees in "
When the 6:13/6:33pm Shep train used to do the Seymour stops as well we had one particular conductor who'd throw in the odd 'Crazyburn' or 'Dunnybrush' during his announcments.

He'd only do it once ...
  Thread: [The Age] Connex changes affect thousands
jjd76au

Replies: 96
Views: 3143

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:07 pm   Subject: Re: [The Age] Connex changes affect thousands
Some commuters who chose to change trains at North Melbourne this morning to catch another City Loop service were left behind because the trains they were trying to board were already severely overcro ...
  Thread: Crossing SG on North East line
jjd76au

Replies: 7
Views: 516

PostForum: Victoria   Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:26 am   Subject: Re: Crossing SG on North East line
Thanks kuldalai, I guess I had the blinkers on for what was just outside my door.

Also, I'll try to post some pics of the new loop and bridge for the odd person or two on here that seem to be sligh ...
  Thread: Crossing SG on North East line
jjd76au

Replies: 7
Views: 516

PostForum: Victoria   Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:18 am   Subject: Re: Crossing SG on North East line
That diagram for Kilmore East is about to change yet again.

A passing loop for the Melb-Syd freight line running from almost Butlers Crossing in the North to just south of K-E station is almost com ...
  Thread: Tresspassing
jjd76au

Replies: 90
Views: 3865

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 12:51 pm   Subject: Re: Tresspassing
I haven't read all of this - to be honest once the arguements started I flicked forward to the last page.

"A friend of mine" who happens to live near a "certain" Vline station used to shortcut acro ...
  Thread: Phone-free call for a quiet ride (Herald Sun)
jjd76au

Replies: 64
Views: 1635

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:58 am   Subject: Re: Phone-free call for a quiet ride (Herald Sun)
From the Sunday Herald Sun; Sunday 2nd November 2008.

One noise-free train carriage

Shannon Deery
November 02, 2008 12:00am

CONNEX is calling for commuters' views on an initiative that would ...
  Thread: Multi-car level crossing accident at Oak Park
jjd76au

Replies: 21
Views: 1080

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:08 pm   Subject: Re: Multi-car level crossing accident at Oak Park
Never thought of that.

Hindsight had me wondering if I could've gone across to Pascoe Vale Road and caught a bus north back to Broady. Is there anything running north along there?

My focus was t ...
  Thread: Thousands of seats to go on trains [HS]
jjd76au

Replies: 28
Views: 1281

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:38 am   Subject: Re: Thousands of seats to go on trains [HS]
Thanks people!!

....learning something new every day!
  Thread: Multi-car level crossing accident at Oak Park
jjd76au

Replies: 21
Views: 1080

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:33 am   Subject: Re: Multi-car level crossing accident at Oak Park
Jeez calm the hell down people, I know as well as anyone that they can't pull buses out of their bums.

My comment was meant in the vein that it seemed that announcements were made that all was well ...
  Thread: Multi-car level crossing accident at Oak Park
jjd76au

Replies: 21
Views: 1080

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:09 pm   Subject: Multi-car level crossing accident at Oak Park
Buses replaced trains between Essendon and Broadmeadows.
The first down terminated at Essendon at 7.07am and formed the 7.16am up service from there.
Disruptions lasted a bit over an hour.

Steppe ...
  Thread: Thousands of seats to go on trains [HS]
jjd76au

Replies: 28
Views: 1281

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:47 am   Subject: Thousands of seats to go on trains [HS]
I suppose the X'Trap looks and sounds modern... I mean we can ignore the fact that GTO Thyristor control was actually obsolete long before X'Traps were ordered.

For the less tech-savvy amongst us.. ...
 
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