It is your fault if you make statements like this, without checking your facts:

Be a man will you, learn some respect!

Metro chief executive Andrew Lezala said the company had great experience in fixing faulty pantographs.

Mr Lezala highlighted $100 million in extra funding provided to Metro by the Government to maintain Melbourne's train fleet that would mean such faults would become less common.

Yesterday's shutdown on the Glen Waverley line happened after a damaged pantograph ... caused a major short circuit. The fault caused damage to five kilometres of overhead power lines between Gardiner and Burnley stations.

UDPATE 8.45PM: A FIGHT aboard a Metro train is causing major disruptions for passengers on the Craigieburn line.

A man and woman approached another passenger on the train and attempted to steal her money and mobile phone, a police spokesman said.

But the passenger’s boyfriend intervened, leading to the altercation.

The train was brought to a halt at Kensington station about 7.45pm after the fight broke out.

Police ordered Metro keep the train at the station, which has blocked outbound services.

Metro spokeswoman Lanie Harris said this also was likely to cause disruption to inbound services during the evening.

And the rest.  Signal failure between North Melbourne and North Melbourne Junction.

Expect V/Whinges from Geelong commuters...

Line Disruptions
5:09pm Craigieburn bound train has been cancelled
5:35pm Craigieburn bound train has been cancelled
5:57pm Broadmeadows bound train will now run
5:57pm Broadmeadows bound train has been cancelled
Line Suspended - Craigieburn line: outbound Essendon-B'meadows, due to person struck by train. Buses replacing trains, major delays. Use other modes.
Line Suspended - Craigieburn line: citybound B'meadows-Essendon, due to person struck by train. Buses replacing trains, major delays. Use other modes.

Teen struck by train at Glenbervie station

   * Mark Buttler
   * From: Herald Sun
   * December 03, 2009 5:54PM

EMERGENCY services have been sent to a north suburban railway station to help a badly injured teenager.

The young male is believed caught between two trains at the Glenbervie station.

Delays to services on the Broadmeadows line are expected.

Seven news reported kid hit was tagging - fits if he was trapped between two trains.

The train was brought to a halt at Kensington station about 7.45pm after the fight broke out.

Police ordered Metro keep the train at the station, which has blocked outbound services.

Seven news reported kid hit was tagging - fits if he was trapped between two trains.

Seven news reported kid hit was tagging - fits if he was trapped between two trains.

Serves him right, really. Justice, served in the form of stainless steel.

Teen hit by train in Melbourne

A 13-year-old boy is in a serious condition at the Melbourne Royal Children's Hospital after he was struck by a suburban train during an alleged graffiti attack.

Paramedics were called to Glenbervie railway station in Essendon shortly after 5:00pm (AEDT) to treat the boy, who suffered upper body injuries.

Police said a train driver saw the boy and a friend, 17, jumping between carriages on a stationary train at the station and alerted inspectors.

It is believed the boys were tagging the train, Victoria Police spokeswoman Senior Constable Alison Noonan said.

"The inspectors asked the boys to return to the platform. However one jumped on to the tracks and ran off while the other jumped off the train, onto the tracks and was struck by an oncoming southbound train," she said.

The injured boy was found between the trains and was placed on a spinal board and carried out by paramedics and firefighters.

Police have since spoken to the 17-year-old boy.

Trains on the Craigieburn line were stopped in both directions as fire rescue and ambulance crews worked to remove the injured boy.

A V/Line P class and H cars train is in the dirt, blocking access to Melbourne Yard. It will be fun for Metro with trains needing to shunt out.

A V/Line P class and H cars train is in the dirt, blocking access to Melbourne Yard. It will be fun for Metro with trains needing to shunt out.

Will more than likely use Craigieburn/ Broadmeadows and Bayswater