Turns out,not everyone on my tram is out to infuriate me. Who knew?

Public transport is enemy territory,but sometimes the unexpected happens.

  • Brodie Lancaster

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The development site opposite Westfield Southland and the proposed Cheltenham SRL station.

Developer suing Suburban Rail Loop for reneging on compensation

A Highett apartments developer alleges the Victorian government is using a technicality to avoid paying millions in compensation for disrupting construction of a 12-storey housing project.

  • Rachel Eddie
Suburban Rail Loop construction under way at Clayton.

Cancelling Suburban Rail Loop likely to cost billions

Industry insiders estimate the payout could significantly exceed the $1.1 billion it cost the Andrews government to cancel the East West Link.

  • Kieran Rooney
Laing O’Rourke is using digital modelling to figure out how it can improve facilities at railway stations.

Ditch the phone:Five healthier ways to spend your time on public transport

Sick of the daily doomscroll on your morning commutes? Here are some other options if you want a digital detox from your phone.

  • Cindy Yin
A diagram of the Sunshine upgrades.

Sunshine stoush could set back Melton trains by a decade,Labor says

An electrified Melton railway line could be delayed by more than 10 years if a $4 billion rail upgrade around Melbourne’s west is pared back,Victoria’s transport minister says.

  • Kieran Rooney
Pratima Karki can be left stranded for more than 30 minutes at Craigieburn station because of its infrequent off-peak services.

Train timetables are stuck in ‘the 1990s’ for Melbourne’s north and west

New analysis shows Melbourne’s north and west have far fewer hours of frequent train services each week compared the city’s south-east,or similar rail lines in Sydney and Perth.

  • Lachlan Abbott
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A Suburban Rail Loop construction site in Clayton.

Dutton pledges to axe $2.2 billion from Suburban Rail Loop ‘hoax’

The federal opposition leader will announce on Tuesday that,if elected,he will withdraw federal funding for the rail loop,branding the project a cruel hoax.

  • Chip Le Grand,Kieran Rooney andPaul Sakkal
Premier Jacinta Allan

Allan says rail loop a ‘must have’,despite question mark over billions in funding

The comments came after Infrastructure Australia said no further federal funding should be committed to SRL East until it was re-costed and more details were provided.

  • Kieran Rooney
Suburban Rail Loop works

Rattle and hum:Why Suburban Rail Loop works are making some residents nauseous

Since mid-February,locals have observed an odd feeling of pressure in their ears,along with spells of dizziness,which was being caused by something many initially couldn’t identify.

  • Tom Cowie
An artist’s impression of a proposed above-ground station at Melbourne Airport.

The peace deal signatures that confirm full steam ahead on airport rail

The delaying in building a rail link to Melbourne Airport is officially over,with an agreement struck to begin work on a construction timeline.

  • Kieran Rooney