Jan 31, 2025 · The central subway at Flinders Street has reopened for interchange between platforms

Jan 21, 2025 · Something interesting out of the Australian Open tennis this year – 15 special “AO25 night bus” routes will run Sunday to Thursday night, if play runs after 11:30pm.

Jan 21, 2025 · Hi Danial, I know the PTUA is in favour of the SRL, but don’t you think that with the state broke, for many years to come, the money would be better spent on bringing accessibility up to the legislation for 2022, and 2032 ASAP, I would guesstimate about $6b, and spending the rest on Medical facilities.

Jan 31, 2025 · A sign that the Metro tunnel project is nearing completion – On Wednesday they partially reopened the Degraves Street subway. You can now use it again to interchange between platforms at Flinders Street Station. Lifts have replaced stairs on one side of the subway – mostly the eastern side ...

Dec 4, 2024 · @B P Moffit, yes clearly there’s a trend away from mainstream media – newspapers, radio, TV. My view is I still like to dip into them; having more options to go looking for details is very good, but the MSM can give me a good overview of what’s happening.

Oct 7, 2024 · Council elections are happening this month.. In a lot of areas there’s been a change. Here in Glen Eira we used to have 3 wards with 3 councillors each. Now we’ll have 9 wards with 1 councillor each. I’m not so sure this is a good idea.

Jul 29, 2023 · A quick one: the Metro tunnel reached a milestone this week when two test trains entered the tunnel. There was the usual obligatory media release, media event and social media from the government.

Aug 3, 2023 · This means for citybound trains, lots of people will be boarding the rear carriage. Unfortunately, with the platforms being longer than the trains, and the stop mark being right at the far end, up trains stop past the main point of entry, the stairs.

May 16, 2024 · Snapped at 6:33pm. Not shown are two trains departing in less than five minutes. I think both the trains were a couple of minutes late, so it’s also possible the threshold is 2 or 3 minutes, but based on the scheduled time rather than the actual time… which would also be silly.. However, I also noted tonight at Flinders Street on the entrance screens: departures showing 1 …

Mar 16, 2024 · Base scenario: Let’s imagine a hypothetical family: they don’t regularly use public transport, and they run two relatively new cars: one small and cheap (Kia Picanto S) and one medium (Toyota Camry Ascent). Small car $746 + medium car $1123 = $1869 per month. So, what could governments do to try and reduce these costs? Scenario 1: What if the government somehow managed to cut fuel costs by ...