Trips to Flagstaff and Parliament have limited options, due to no Loop trains at all from the western suburban lines via Footscray. Change twice might be quicker than changing once at State Library, ...

I’ll have another post soon on the Metro Tunnel, from the Big Switch day, but I wanted to get this one finished first. I was keeping an eye on how public transport ...

This page lists significant service changes to Melbourne’s public transport since 1993. Any additions or corrections welcome: contact me. Note: Some older links may now be broken. Try the Internet ...

Inspired by Alon Levy’s quick-fire Bluesky threads full of transport ideas, here’s some quick-fire points from me: These are some priorities for fixing on Victoria’s public transport network. I’m ...

This is what we’ve been waiting for for some time. This week the State Government finally revealed some of the train service upgrades that will accompany the Metro Tunnel. As part of the same ...

Here’s an update on the state of level crossing removals. I’ve done these lists before: 2020, 2018, 2017, 2014. They’re all based on the 2008 ALCAM list, which ranked Victoria’s level crossings by ...

When updating the level crossing removal list last month, I was interested to see how many of each type of removal had been used. Broadly speaking there are five methods. EDIT: The numbers are based ...

The Big Switch timetables for 1st February have just been released. You can find them in the online timetables (which still treat the two halves of the Metro Tunnel line as separate) and Journey ...