Fw: Sat.18.4.26 daily digest, austerity issue

[Roderick Smith]

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Subject: Sat.18.4.26 daily digest, austerity issue

Roderick

Down diesel through Surrey Hills at 23.45.  This has to be the IEV, based at Bayswater for a further week.

Fri.17.4.26 Metro X reposted, complete
Buses replace trains between Newport and Werribee until 5.00 Saturday 25 April (works).  https://tinyurl.com/wezkk9wf
Buses replace trains between Richmond and Glen Waverley until the last train of Sunday 19 April (maintenance and renewal works). https://tinyurl.com/4ey8bnaj
4.57 Werribee / Williamstown lines: Major delays (vandalism in the Yarraville area).  Stolen trackside equipment needs to be repaired/replaced.  Train services may be altered.
- Replacement buses currently running Werribee – Newport are extending to North Melbourne, replacing trains.  A rail shuttle will run Williamstown – Newport.
- 10.58 Trains resuming.  First: 10.53 ex Newport; 10.47 ex Flinders St.
17.29 Frankston line: Major delays (police in the Mentone area).  Trains may remain stationary for extended periods at or between stations, or may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 17.35 Clearing.
21.45 Belgrave line: Buses to replace trains Ringwood - Bayswater (emergency services attending to a 'serious incident'), eta up to 60 min.
- countdown 45-30-15
- 22.35 Buses are in operation, with more enroute.
- 23.06 Buses are adding 45 min.
- 23.22 Buses are adding 30 min.
- 0.29 Trains are resuming.  First: 17.52 [sic] ex Flinders St; 23.10 ex Belgrave
22.30 Lilydale line: Major delays ('network congestion' in the Ringwood area).
0.36 Werribee/Williamstown lines: Buses to replace trains between Newport and North Melbourne (vandalism), eta over 10 min.  Trains each side have delays.
- 0.47 Buses are in operation, adding 45 min. [lasted into Saturday]
0.50 Upfield line: Major delays (a trespasser in the Gowrie area).  Trains may remain stationary at or between stations for extended periods of time; train services may be altered.
- 1.43 Clearing

Sat.18.4.26 Metro X
Buses replace trains between Newport and Werribee until 5.00 Saturday 25 April (works).  https://tinyurl.com/wezkk9wf
Buses replace trains between Richmond and Glen Waverley until the last train of Sunday 19 April (maintenance and renewal works). https://tinyurl.com/4ey8bnaj
4.27 Sat. Werribee/Williamstown lines: Trains are resuming between Newport and North Melbourne.  First: 3.55 ex Flinders St; 5.27 ex Newport.
3.16 Sun. Lilydale/Belgrave lines: Major delays (a track fault in the Mitcham area).  Trains may remain stationary at or between stations for extended periods of time.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/psos-removed-from-119-railway-stations-redeployed-to-crime-hotspots-20260418-p5zozr.html

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-victoria/pso-patrols-cut-from-dozens-of-suburban-stations-officers-to-ride-the-rails-instead/news-story/03f058c1e0fe48a1cef17c31b8cf9652

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/qld-politics/rail-union-demands-1bn-deal-in-bombshell-list-of-claims/news-story/8141f16737dbb4707b06f23bf53f3458