Melbourne’s busiest public transport services have not kept up with population growth and changing travel patterns,according to a new analysis.
Compensation is technically available to millions of passengers for delays – if they’re prepared to navigate the archaic system to claim it.
Frequent collisions with cars have influenced the design of the city’s new trams,which will have better air-conditioning and safer handholds.
Services offered by Melbourne’s famous tourist tram will be permanently halved,while a special weekend crowd-busting service on St Kilda trams is to be axed.
Inner west commuters will get more than 100 extra weekly services with the introduction of four new trams to the light rail line.
Work to make Melbourne’s tram network more accessible has ground to a halt,with not a single stop upgraded to meet the needs of people with limited mobility in the past 12 months.
Melbourne is about to get a new transport ticketing operator. Is it too much to ask that the launch be as excruciatingly entertaining as for the original myki?
The Transport Department is weighing up whether to make a detour at the Botanic Gardens’ doorstep permanent when construction finishes on the nearby Metro Tunnel station.
The familiar rattle of Melbourne’s heritage W-class trams is being silenced because Yarra Trams does not have enough drivers to operate them during major events.
Metro Trains will operate Melbourne’s rail network until at least mid-2026 after the Andrews government extend its contract for 18 months while it completes the Metro Tunnel project.
Train-waits for 30 minutes,trams stuck in traffic and no-show buses. The best thing I can say about my car-free month in Melbourne is I had plenty of time to read.