Yet at Melbourne Central yesterday trains were being described by PRIDE as "running express from Melbourne Central to Spencer Street", and in the new voice too.

The display screens continued to say Southern Cross though.

Maybe on the topic of undoing some other stupid ideas - could we also have Ric Stone back? And the original layout and access points for Museum station?

Dept of Transport simply complied with what was being asked despite the fact that it's been turned into rat maze.  If you asked GPT why its such a rat maze they would respond how much 'friendlier' or 'convenient' it is.  Nothing to do with proper access or being able to get in or out easily - on top of the extra walking you would have to do it's certainly made a proper evacuation difficult because instead of the access direct to Swanston street you have to go back inside the shopping centre first.  What if the shopping centre is on fire/full of smoke?  

But hey, what's a few lives in a fire when you can get bigger rents from forcing train passengers though a rat maze.  I'm truly surprised GPT didn't make it a condition that you also had to spend money in their shops first before you could enter the station (maybe get stamps from retailers?).

Come to think of it, the recent renovation of Southern Cross has left us with a similar layout - you have to navigate your way through these extra shops to try and get though to the trains.  I recall the spin from when they first announced the 'renovation' saying how much more 'convenient' it was going to be and I thought 'uh oh, another Rat Maze Central'.