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So, excluding depreciation of the vehicle, and tolls, and occasional other expenses such as car wash, the total cost for the ...
On the bright side, issues with buses and the extremely slow evacuation of the train (3 hours!) were fed back directly to ...
This page lists significant service changes to Melbourne’s public transport since 1993. Any additions or corrections welcome: contact me. Note: Some older links may now be broken. Try the Internet ...
Here’s something I learnt yesterday: There’s a small town called Eucla, WA, near the SA border. Population: 53. Get this: It has its own timezone, which is halfway between Perth and Adelaide time. The ...
Here’s an update on the state of level crossing removals. I’ve done these lists before: 2020, 2018, 2017, 2014. They’re all based on the 2008 ALCAM list, which ranked Victoria’s level crossings by ...
Planning for success Sydney’s rail network might not be perfect, but they seem to be doing a lot of things right – patronage 50% higher than Melbourne’s doesn’t happen by accident. Can Melbourne do ...
There’s hidden meaning in some of Melbourne’s tram and bus route numbers. Below 150 is all trams, for a start. Above is buses. I suspect trams will move to 1 or 2-digit numbers in the next few years, ...
Unlike here in Victoria, Transport For NSW regularly releases detailed patronage data. I was wondering how Sydney’s new light rail line (L2, CBD to Randwick, opened mid-December) is performing, so I ...
Yesterday the State government announced funding for early works for the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL). Being a huge project, even early works are pricey – it comes out at $2.2 billion. At the same time, ...
Underground, overground, Wombling free - counting up how often they use different options for removing level crossings.
Fare evasion is a drain on the public transport network. But sometimes the “tough on fare evasion” rhetoric isn’t matched by practical, non-confrontational approaches to reduce it. Across the public ...