Fw: Mon.18.5.26 daily digest, austerity issue

[Roderick Smith]

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Roderick

Mon.18.5.26 Metro X
Buses replace trains between Cheltenham and Frankston until 20.30 (works).  https://tinyurl.com/4vss2aeh
Buses replace trains between Frankston and Stony Point until the last train of Wednesday 20 May (works).  https://tinyurl.com/z6yd5t6t
16.20 Belgrave line: Major delays (an equipment fault in the Upper Ferntree Gully area).  Train services may be altered.
19.19 Upfield line: Major delays (a loss of external power in the Jewell area).  Trains may remain stationary at or between stations for an extended period of time; train services may be altered.
Trains will operate as a shuttle service between Footscray and Sunbury from 20.00 until the last train (maintenance and renewal works), also Tues. & Wed.  https://tinyurl.com/y6e6m4ma
Buses replace trains between Parliament and Frankston from 20.30 until the last train (works), also Tues. & Wed.
Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: Buses replace trains between Parliament and Caulfield from 20.30 until the last train (maintenance and renewal works), also Tues. & Wed.  An express bus runs from Burnley to Caulfield.  https://tinyurl.com/3uy99nc9
Buses replace trains between Parliament and Sandringham from 20.35 until the last train (maintenance and renewal works), also Tues. & Wed.  https://tinyurl.com/mvhe4fa3
Trains will operate as a shuttle service between Southern Cross and Werribee/Williamstown from 21.00 until the last train (maintenance and renewal works), also Tues. & Wed.  https://tinyurl.com/5dx6bkdx

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/flooding-disrupts-three-major-brisbane-train-lines/ss-AA23s7oj

XPT with candy carriage https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WrQkKWoce-A

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/quieter-and-cleaner-sydney-to-trial-electric-ferry-after-two-year-delay/ar-AA23rZ8H

tunnel escalators https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/labor-and-police-clash-over-reporting-semantics-of-alleged-6m-scam-20260518-p5zyf4.html

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/police-taskforce-launches-major-investigation-into-metro-tunnel-rort-20260517-p5zxv4.html

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/a-stranger-assaulted-hannah-on-a-tram-she-may-never-have-reported-him-if-not-for-this-20260513-p5zwdi.html

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/beenleigh-gold-coast-cleveland-lines-suspended-due-to-signalling-fault/news-story/1186e523d3c558305e068c5e52e40591

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-s-first-electric-ferry-two-years-off-as-ambitions-for-entire-fleet-sink-20260511-p5zvrb.html

station check https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/days-of-going-through-a-gauntlet-of-police-lined-with-drug-dogs-are-over-says-a-top-cop-20260518-p5zyan.html