Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is November 2013. Trains We start the month with an ongoing project – Regional Rail Link. Work was underway to make room for a third pair of tracks through Footscray. And the rebuilt station was starting to take shape. Meanwhile at […]
Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is May 2013. Regional Rail Link Work on Regional Rail Link was well underway, with the new flyover outside Fotscray taking shape to carry the new tracks over the Werribee line. And the cutting closer to Footscray was being widened for […]
Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is January 2013. Farewell to Metcard The Metcard ticketing system in Melbourne was switched off on 29 December 2012. Myki having taken over. But the machines still advertised descoped features, like short term tickets. And printed out credit card receipts that […]
The inaccessibility of Melbourne’s tram network is well known, thanks to hundreds of high floor trams still making up the fleet and modern low floor trams still using old fashioned street level tram stops. However there is a handful of tram stops that have a third level of inaccessibility – the only way to access […]
During December 2019 Yarra Trams and the City of Melbourne completed a whirlwind of work to upgrade William Street through the Melbourne CBD. But it isn’t just buses that they forgot when building the new tram stops and bike lanes – they’ve screwed up the pedestrian crossings. Pedestrian crossings at major intersections have been widened. […]
