Since the recent trip to Brisbane, I was pondering the effects of the 50 cent public transport fares. They apply citywide to all services (except Brisbane’s AirTrain) – as well as regional Queensland ...

We’ve all been wondering what the Metro tunnel timetable would look like. On Saturday 21st June they’ll be testing the tunnel, running trains through between Sunbury and Cranbourne/Pakenham, using a ...

These Craigieburn and Upfield line changes are important because they vastly improve the wait times in the evenings and on Sunday mornings from every 30 to 40 minutes down to every 20 minutes.

Less than a week until the Federal election. I wanted to highlight the Sunshine station upgrade, which has become a Federal election issue. They say “do it once, do it right” – of course there’s a ...

Why do five Melbourne trams have a bee logo? Because back in 2008 during a patronage surge, the government leased 5 surplus trams from Mulhouse in France. They were shipped over and put into service ...

I’ve been pretty busy and missed my usual posting of ten year old photos from January, so here’s two months in one hit. January 2015, two months after Labor got into power pledging they would remove ...

Last week I finally got to Wangaratta to try the bank card fare payment trial they’re running on local buses. When it comes getting new and occasional users onto public transport more often, the most ...

A sign that the Metro tunnel project is nearing completion – On Wednesday they partially reopened the Degraves Street subway. You can now use it again to interchange between platforms at Flinders ...

Last month I found myself in Maidstone near the new tram depot under construction in Hampstead Road. This depot will be home to the new G class trams, which will initially run on routes 82 and 57, ...

In summary: Once opened, the Sunbury line will be connected through to the Cranbourne/Pakenham line, via five new stations: Arden, Parkville, State Library, Town Hall, and Anzac. The project is ...

A couple of things from PAEC’s (Public Accounts & Estimates Committee) Inquiry this week in State Parliament. It’s not. As I wrote back in June, Melbourne (like a lot of big city rail systems) has ...