Fw: Wed.13.5.26 daily digest, austerity issue

[Roderick Smith]

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Roderick

Wed.13.5.26 Metro X
Buses replace trains between Cheltenham and Frankston until 20.30 Monday 18 May (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
8.45 Craigieburn line: Major delays (vandalism in the Strathmore area).  Police are attending.  Trains may be held at or between stations.
- 9.08 Clearing.
9.48 Buses are replacing trains between Mooroolbark and Lilydale (an 'operational incident') , adding 20 min.  Mooroolbark trains have delays.
- 14.31 Trains are resuming.  First:  13.27 ex Flinders St; 14.39 ex Lilydale.
18.06 Frankston line: Major delays (an 'operational incident' in the Glen Huntly area).  Trains may remain stationary at or between stations for an extended period of time, or may depart from altered platforms.
- 18.30 Clearing.
Buses replace trains between Blackburn and Lilydale/Belgrave from 20.30 until the last train (maintenance and renewal works).  https://tinyurl.com/5bxsp57a
Buses replace trains between Newport and Werribee from 23.50 until the to last train (works).  https://tinyurl.com/2nx94xm8

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/queensland-minister-roasts-shifty-jim-for-shafting-state-s-transport-and-road-projects/ar-AA233P0r

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-victoria/masked-gang-forces-melbourne-train-to-stop-trapping-passengers-during-graffiti-attack/news-story/3896e72c9665f1f455d798a20ed64e2b [memories of the final Hitachi]

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/outer-east/cockatoo-landscaper-jayden-francois-jailed-for-random-indiscriminate-attack-on-bus-passengers/news-story/5cb0889a72884e698aeee8194f04177f

SV Bendigo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3412uG4s1Ko

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/metro-expansion-into-suburbs-dead-in-the-water-without-federal-funding-says-lord-mayor-20260513-p5zwij.html