So now we know the when Metro Tunnel will open: Sunday 30th of November, with a temporary timetable dubbed the “Summer Start” – then the full service commencing on Sunday 1st February 2026. I’ve been ...

Hello from an aeroplane somewhere between Milan and Singapore – I’m posting this from the air, lucky enough to be returning from a European holiday, my first time overseas since 2017. This time we ...

A couple of newish things in the world of public transport info that have flown under the radar. Metro now has realtime info for rail replacement buses. Perhaps it’s a soft launch because I can’t see ...

Inspired by Alon Levy’s quick-fire Bluesky threads full of transport ideas, here’s some quick-fire points from me: These are some priorities for fixing on Victoria’s public transport network. I’m ...

So busy at the moment, but here’s another post in my regular series of photos from ten years ago: September and October 2015. The “New” Spirit of Tasmania at the old dock at Port Melbourne. It’s since ...

There were speed gains in the late-1990s, but just in the last few years, timings have been increased to as long (or longer in some cases) as they were in the 1970s, back when the network was running ...

Somewhere I saw some ridership stats for Amtrak, and I noticed with some interest that they’re not that much higher than V/Line, and lower than NSW Trainlink. So I decided to make a chart. (Source: ...

The TrackSafe foundation has data on fatalities in Victoria, and breaks it down by separating out suspected suicides. If we exclude those (on the theory that crossing removals have their biggest ...

Yes, I still have a car, the same one I bought in 2018, used for trips not convenient by PT, including about half-a-dozen trips each year into regional areas. It’s annual service and insurance and ...

I’m falling behind in my posts of old photos from ten years ago. Here’s May and June 2015. The Degraves Street Subway has been closed for so long for Metro tunnel works that you might have forgotten ...

We’ve all been wondering what the Metro tunnel timetable would look like. On Saturday 21st June they’ll be testing the tunnel, running trains through between Sunbury and Cranbourne/Pakenham, using a ...