Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
Commuters have given an overwhelming thumbs-down to Melbourne's public transport system.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
A young woman is dead after being hit by a train in Croydon about 10.30pm yesterday.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
Asbestos contamination has halted work on the new rail project at Roxburgh Park.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
A truck wedged under a railway bridge has stopped trains on Melbourne's Alamein line.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
Picture this. It's 8.10am at Blackburn station. Ticket in hand,
I am undecided: will I take the express or the
all-stations-stopper? The express, it's faster. No. The
all-stations, I'll get a seat. But on the express I will get there
sooner.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
Work that will pave the way for the relocation of the railway from central Wodonga will start next week.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
The Bracks Government's toll of broken promises stretches further than the Premier's now infamous 2002 pre-election pledge to build the Mitcham to Frankston freeway without tolls.
From vows to be more open and accountable to reducing hospital waiting lists and delivering natural gas to country towns, the Government has struggled to always match its actions with its electioneering boasts.
Transport has proved the Government's biggest truth test, with even its much vaunted Regional Fast Rail program at best a bare pass on a promise.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
A Wimmera River rail trail for cyclists could become a reality after the State Government's release of its $502-million Moving Forward plan for regional Victoria.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
A long-awaited rail trail between Port Fairy and Warrnambool will be a top priority under the State Government's $8 million Provincial Pathways Program.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
A controversial development at the Camberwell Railway Station in Melbourne could go ahead, after the Heritage Council decided not to list the site on Victoria's heritage register.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
Co-authored by Professor Peter Newman, internationally
respected public transport expert. Backed by MTF (a collection of
15 local councils).
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
The Victorian Government is to invest $120,000 to standardise rail across the state this financial year, raising questions on whether any will go to regional rail.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
The Victorian Government says it will need to virtually rebuild 450 kilometres of railway line to return passenger trains to Mildura in the state's north-west.
Posted 16 years ago by freightgate
A MAN had a lucky escape after a rail crossing boom gate fell on his utility near Cressy.
Sergeant Don Scott of Colac police said the man was driving across the level crossing on the Hamilton Highway about 10am yesterday when the accident occurred.
Another car narrowly avoided the falling boom gate.
Posted 16 years ago by freightgate
THE Victorian Government will wait and see what additional train services V/Line offers travellers before deciding if it needs to change its $10 Commonwealth Games ticket deal.
As it stands, the discount return fare is valid only on the day of a ticket holders event.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
More trains for Games but what about us? V/Line will increase train services across its network during the Commonwealth Games but is yet to confirm whether the Border will benefit.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
PETER Batchelor is Victoria's longest-serving transport
minister. He has been in the job for six years and before that
spent seven years as opposition spokesman on public transport.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
A passenger train trip was suddenly cancelled last night, after the locomotive hit a tree north of Bendigo.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
V/Line passengers will travel in improved style with a $13 million upgrade planned for regional locomotive carriages.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
BENDIGO'S existing rail fleet will receive a major refurbishment as part of a Regional Victoria statement to be released next week.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
VICTORIA'S regional rail passengers will soon be travelling in
more comfort thanks to a $13 million refurbishment of V/Line
trains.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
Melbourne’s public transport is at a crossroad and
the Government has a choice: massive investment now or wait until
the system hits rock bottom. Perth and Sydney show the way. Dan
Silkstone and Royce Millar report.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
THE State Government is considering a multibillion-dollar freeway and rail link between Melbourne's east and west, including an underground extension of the Eastern Freeway under the inner northern suburbs and city.The ambitious freeway-rail link is
Posted 16 years ago by crivens
TRAIN services along the packed Dandenong line could be doubled at minimal cost -- without the planned third track.
Posted 16 years ago by DavidB
Macquarie Bank would consider investing in Melbourne's ailing public transport system in conjunction with the State Government, councils or community groups, the company's executive director has said.
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