Fw: Mon.17.11.25 daily digest, austerity issue

[Roderick Smith]

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Subject: Mon.17.11.25 daily digest, austerity issue

Roderick

Mon.17.11.25 Metro X
Buses continue to replace trains between Newport and Werribee until the last train (fault-repair work).  https://tinyurl.com/zdf529e2
5.45 Major delays Bayswater - Belgrave (an equipment fault in the Ferntree Gully area).  Trains may be altered at short notice.
-6.45 clearing.
6.07 Major delays Dandenong - Pakenham (an equipment fault in the Hallam area).
- 6.36 clearing.
12.43 Flinders St Station: An outage is impacting platform displays.  Our technicians are working to rectify the issue.
- 13.50 Displays are now working.
13.37 Werribee/Williamstown lines: Major delays (a trespasser in the Spotswood area).  Trains may remain stationary for extended periods at or between stations, or may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 13.47 clearing.
19.54 Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: Major delays (an ill passenger requiring medical assistance at Clayton).  Trains may remain stationary for extended periods at or between stations, or may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 20.51 Clearing.
- Buses replace trains between Caulfield and Dandenong from 20.30 until the last train tonight and each night to Wednesday 19 November (maintenance and renewal works).  https://tinyurl.com/yk9skcdk
Buses replace trains between Burnley and Lilydale,Belgrave, Alamein from 20.30 until the last train (works).  https://tinyurl.com/2eew64vs, https://tinyurl.com/2s47kkbn
Mernda/Hurstbridge lines: Buses replace trains Parliament - Clifton Hill from 21.45 until the last train (urgent maintenance works near Flinders St).

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/battin-aims-to-one-up-labor-with-pso-teams-for-shops-and-no-cuts-at-stations-20251116-p5nfsr.html

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/how-victoria-plans-to-revolutionise-public-transport-fares/news-story/b1b78ddaed8b33e66a7a982917e010c0

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/victoria-locked-into-borrowinginduced-poverty-by-400bn-suburban-rail-project/news-story/7189d09117342034fb4e3a7a628f9dd3

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9110968/michael-turtle-what-to-do-in-bendigos-rich-heritage [tram]

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9112658/pm-splashes-cash-as-rail-line-faces-funding-black-hole

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-sa/bus-vs-pedestrian-causes-chaos-on-grenfell-st-in-adelaide-cbd/news-story/55a65ed678d822db88ee765f0612f9b6

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/where-we-really-need-psos-if-we-want-to-free-up-frontline-police-20251117-p5nfum.html

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/yiros-shack-cafe-closes-its-doors-as-glenelg-jetty-rd-foot-traffic-plummets/news-story/08a590c52906f4713ec6da39fc661ef8

https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/peak-hour-commuter-chaos-for-perth-as-partial-train-derailment-closes-three-lines-20251117-p5ng4g.html