Fw: Tues.6.1.26 daily digest, austerity issue

[Roderick Smith]

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Subject: Tues.6.1.26 daily digest, austerity issue

Roderick,

Tues.6.1.26 Metro X
10.59 Lilydale line: Major delays (a track fault in the Mooroolbark area).  Trains will terminate/originate at Ringwood.
- 11.23 Buses to replace trains between Ringwood and Lilydale, eta over 60 min.  Ringwood trains have delays.
- 11.37 eta over 50 min.
- 11.41 Buses are in operation, adding 30 min.
- 14.17 Trains are resuming.  First: 13.27 ex Flinders St; 14.09 ex Lilydale.
17.06 Frankston line: No trains between Flinders St and Caulfield (a track fault in the Flinders St area).  Change from/to Pakenham/Cranbourne trains at Caulfield.
- 17.47 Trains are resuming, with major delays clearing, but may still be held at platforms.
Buses replace trains between North Melbourne and Werribee/Williamstown from 19.30 until the last (maintenance and renewal works).  https://tinyurl.com/2w3heeru
All lines: Loop services impacted from 20.30 until the last train (no trains in three loops; northern loop anticlockwise; maintenance and other works).  A city-bus will run to connect to Flinders St.  https://tinyurl.com/48nr6mcv
- Northern group runs anticlocwise.
- Clifton Hill group: Buses from Parliament.
- Burnley group: All trains will run direct to/from Flinders St from from 21.00 until the last train (maintenance and renewal works).  https://tinyurl.com/ykxt92fs
- No Pakenham/Cranbourne trains; catch a Frankston train to/from Caulfield for buses.
Buses replace trains between North Melbourne and Sunbury from 20.30 until the last train (maintenance and renewal works).  https://tinyurl.com/3m7yu4uu
Mernda/Hurstbridge lines: Buses replace trains between Parliament and Reservoir/Macleod from 20.30 until the last train (maintenance & renewal works), also Tues.  https://tinyurl.com/ms56dscb
Buses replace trains between Caulfield and Cranbourne/East Pakenham from 20.30 until the last train (works).  https://tinyurl.com/4b3rr58z
Buses replace trains between South Yarra and Sandringham from 20.30 until the last train (maintenance and renewal works).  https://tinyurl.com/2ump7hw2

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9145493/canberra-traffic-chaos-plan-your-commute-wisely [tramline construction]

https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/warning-against-rewarding-vic-with-gst-for-self-inflicted-failures-20260106-p5nrxo