Posted yesterday by bevans
Plans to build a viaduct to carry Melbourne’s airport rail link within metres of a historic flour mill have alarmed developers and Victoria’s most influential heritage lobby group.
Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
People love stuff for free. Free food.
Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
The Victorian Government has released concept designs for a new rail bridge to replace the Mt Derrimut Road level crossing in Deer Park, which is set to be removed by 2024 – a year ahead of schedule.
Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
People love stuff for free. Free food. Free beer. Free almost anything else.
Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
For too long, the Mt Derrimut Road level crossing is said to have made the lives of locals a misery.
Posted 3 days ago by bevans
A promise by the Andrews government to build a transport “super hub” at Sunshine station that would fuel an economic boom in the working-class suburb may not proceed, putting the government on a collision course with a council in Melbourne’s west.
Posted 4 days ago by Railpage System User
There was a long period, about 20 years ago, between the demise of The Met and the commencement of Metlink, when passenger information in Melbourne was terrible, especially for buses. Nothing was maintained, there were seldom timetables at stops and the highly fragmented information available online was a joke.
Posted 6 days ago by Railpage System User
SSR is a privately owned and accredited freight rail operator that hauls grain and coal, provides intermodal service and offers equipment maintenance service and repairs.
Posted one week ago by newsbot
Major works are about to stay with a ‘big dig’ at one of Melbourne’s busiest level crossings and there will be delays and street closures in the area.
Posted one week ago by newsbot
Buses will replace trains on the Craigieburn line for the next nine days as part of the Glenroy level crossing removal.
Posted one week ago by newsbot
The two companies operating Melbourne’s train and tram services pocketed $16 million in taxpayer-funded bonuses for exceeding their performance targets during the pandemic – despite there being almost no passengers.
Posted one week ago by newsbot
The Department of Transport has been ordered to face the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal after it refused to release advice it provided to the Andrews government that rejected claims a Chinese company building Melbourne’s new train fleet benefited from Uighur labour.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Construction of Stage One of the Suburban Loop is to start in 2022.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Footage from more than 7,400 cameras across the train network will be kept for longer to support investigations.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Jacinta Allan says one level crossing will be removed every month in Melbourne during 2021.
Posted one week ago by 8502
Linking Seymour to the Great Victorian Rail Trail has moved a small step closer, with Council choosing a preferred route for more detailed investigation subject to future government funding.
Posted one week ago by bevans
A land compensation battle worth hundreds of millions of dollars is about to erupt as the Andrews government prepares to tunnel under thousands of properties for the Suburban Rail Loop.
Posted one week ago by 8502
The Andrews government’s flagship Suburban Rail Loop project will not be a continuous line connecting Melbourne’s western and south-eastern suburbs, with commuters forced to change trains at least once to complete the 90-kilometre journey.
Posted one week ago by 8502
A sacked Metro Trains manager joked about arranging for “some homeless f---er” to help sabotage trials of cleaning products at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to protect the revenue of the cleaning company that was allegedly paying off one of Victoria’s most senior public officials.
Posted one week ago by bevans
A former counsel assisting NSW’s anti-corruption watchdog has joined the Victorian opposition in calling for an urgent, wide-ranging audit of Victoria’s public transport contracts in the wake of allegations of serious corruption on Melbourne’s railways.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
GS1 says it is “excited” to welcome a new group into the Alliance Partner Program.
Posted one week ago by bevans
Bombshell phone recordings have revealed a company contracted to clean Melbourne trains plotted to deliberately “contaminate” carriages in a bid to boost profits.
Posted one week ago by bevans
A Metro Trains manager tipped off a cleaning company about a surprise COVID-19 cleaning audit during Melbourne's deadly second coronavirus wave last year, a corruption inquiry has heard.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
The PTUA has uncovered Department of Transport (DOT) plans to further integrate public transport and road operations, following the integration of Vicroads and Public Transport Victoria into the one broader organisation in 2019.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
There’s a push for Victoria’s public transport network to be renamed “The Met” under a push by the Greens to revive interest in public transport
But they say it’s more than “re-branding” exercise.
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