Fw: Wed.19.11.25 daily digest, austerity issue

[Roderick Smith]

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Subject: Wed.19.11.25 daily digest, austerity issue

Roderick

Wed.19.11.25 Metro X
Tunnel pids.
- There’s the classic type at all 5 stations that show when your train’s due and where it’s going.
- At State Library and Town Hall stations you’ll find interchange PIDs showing services at connected Flinders Street and Melbourne Central stations.
- At Parkville and Anzac stations you’ll find Tram Tracker displays for services stopping at the city’s first direct tram/train interchange on St Kilda Road and the new tram super stop on the corner of Grattan Street and Royal Parade.
11.56 Buses are still replacing trains Frankston - Stony Point (a Tuesday equipment fault), now adding 40 min.
- 13.00 Trains are resuming.
14.40 Werribee line: Major delays (an equipment fault in the Newport area).  Trains may terminate/originate at Newport.
- 14.49 Buses are replacing trains between Newport and Laverton via Altona, adding 30 min.  Trains either side have delays.
- 15.15 Trains are resuming.
- I am vision impaired. What are the colours of each service-status category on your Notify app since the recent update?
17.10 Belgrave line: Major delays (vandalism in the Upper Ferntree Gully area).  Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
18.24 Belgrave line [whole Burnley group]: Major delays (an ill passenger requiring medical assistance at Melbourne Central).  Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
Buses replace trains between Newport and Werribee from 20.30 until the last train (works).  https://tinyurl.com/2sxe4e3r
Pakenham/Cranbourne lines: 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 Cheltenham and Frankston from 22.30 until the last train (works).  https://tinyurl.com/ysawyk74

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/melbourne-s-tram-network-again-fails-to-meet-national-accessibility-standards/ar-AA1QHuQa

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9114510/act-transport-minister-says-no-savings-in-starting-woden-light-rail-early