Public transport
One trespasser can delay 50,000 people. Can retrofitting stations fix the problem?
Melbourne’s train system has thousands of trespassing incidents every year, causing major delays to commuters. Now transport groups are calling for solutions.
- by Alex Crowe
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Jewish students threatened with a knife and vilified on Melbourne bus
Police are investigating after a group of students were chased from a bus in Elsternwick by a man with a knife who yelled antisemitic abuse.
- by Cameron Houston
Axing train lines to Melbourne’s west not a broken promise, government says
Rapidly growing communities in the outer western suburbs are currently only served by crowded V/Line trains.
- by Patrick Hatch
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Trains
New train lines to Melton and Wyndham axed from rail plans
An election promise to build two new rail lines in Melbourne’s outer west has been axed, with the Victorian government instead considering whether to electrify existing lines.
- by Patrick Hatch
Will the Metro Tunnel really shift Melbourne to a ‘turn-up-and-go’ timetable?
Experts say the Andrews government is yet to convince them that high-frequency trains will run in the suburbs outside peak hour and on weekends.
- by Broede Carmody and Patrick Hatch
Passenger in burning bus on West Gate praises driver
Navdeep Singh was on his regular route over the West Gate Bridge on Monday night when he checked his mirrors and realised his bus was on fire.
- by Gillian Lantouris and Lachlan Abbott
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Trains
‘Overcrowded’: Cheap train tickets a hit, but passengers forced to stand for hours
In May, Public Transport Minister Ben Carroll encouraged commuters who had to stand on V/Line trains to “use the hand holds available”.
- by Broede Carmody and Benjamin Preiss
Accreditation mess leaves taxi and Uber drivers out of work
Transport drivers are blaming a Victorian government body for delays in accreditation which means they cannot work.
- by Stephen Brook
‘We have to get people back on public transport’: Yarra Trams boss has a lot on her plate
Just months into her job overseeing Melbourne’s tram network, the Yarra Trams boss says it’s vital for the planet that more people use public transport.
- by Patrick Hatch
June 2022: Melbourne's East West Link officially 'dead' as Suburban Rail Loop construction begins
Infrastructure Minister Catherine King declared $4 billion kept aside for the East West Link under Scott Morrison "a fraud".
With Melbourne’s west cut off from city, government spruiks 20-person punt
The two-week closure of three major rail lines in Melbourne’s west has reignited calls for ferry services to stranded suburbs cut off from the city, while the Transport Department has suggested commuters take a private 20-seater punt under the West Gate Bridge to avoid the works.
- by Annika Smethurst