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How much does a Myki retailer earn?
December 12th, 2023
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For tram and bus passengers in Melbourne there’s no way to purchase a ticket onboard the vehicle – random retail outlets are the only place where you can purchase a Myki so that you can travel. So how much does Public Transport Victoria pay these retailers for providing this service? Well, they get given some […]
A little bit of Flinders Street Station at Hawthorn
December 5th, 2023
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There’s a railway related factoid that has been doing the rounds for years in relation to Hawthorn Station – that the roof over platform 2 and 3 originally came from Flinders Street Station. So how true is it? Going digging Hawthorn station certainly looks old enough. And the roof over platform 2 and 3 is […]
Photos from ten years ago: November 2013
November 28th, 2023
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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 […]
First public HCMT services on the Sunbury line
November 21st, 2023
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On 30 October 2023 the first High Capacity Metro Train carried passengers on the Sunbury line, with two morning peak hour services running direct from Sunbury direct to Flinders Street and then through to Pakenham. I went out to ride it for myself. But first, some background The first High Capacity Metro Train carried passengers […]
Why do V/Line and Metro Trains have their own ticket offices?
November 7th, 2023
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The other week over on Reddit somebody asked why there was a V/Line branded ticket office at Box Hill station, despite the fact that no V/Line trains run there. The answer – it’s a long one, of course. In the beginning Back in the “good old days” paper tickets ruled the railways, each one of […]
