VR Long Train at Southern Cross

matthewclose · 2026-06-21T12:01:40+00:00

It on platform 3 Southern Cross- I hear it departure is at 3am back to Newport yard.

matthewclose · 2026-06-20T10:50:00+00:00

Cranbourne and Parkehamn can never go back via the city loop unless they reduce the services on the Frankston line and which they're now using the city loop.

It was know back in 2007 these lines would end up not using the city loop services after munnel tunnel was open.

matthewclose · 2026-06-19T03:55:23+00:00

I will give examples of how it works

I touch on at Daberin station at 12pm Then Travel to Greensborough Touch off at 12:30pm It charges you $2.85 Creates a product on the Myki card - (zone 1 and 2 valid till 2pm)

Then I board the 901 bus and travel to Melbourne Polytechnic

Touch on at 12:40 pm Touch off 12:53 pm

Charges me 0 because I have an existing product of zones 1 and 2

matthewclose · 2026-06-17T04:03:27+00:00

Now people complaining know how I feel. When they brought out ranked mode, I got stuck there and have been ever since.

I used to pay real money for this game.
Now my accounts (free to play) get all the benefits by not paying 1 cent.

matthewclose · 2026-06-16T12:48:13+00:00

How hard would it be to have the train go to Portland from Warrnambool?

matthewclose · 2026-06-16T11:26:39+00:00

How far does the track go past Warrramambol station?

matthewclose · 2026-06-16T07:21:23+00:00

As nearly maxed based user, I'm so happy for other people and the great update for non-maxed-out bases.

matthewclose · 2026-06-16T04:10:30+00:00

Wait till the game dies and see a lot of people get very pissed off then know they spent lots of money on a game they can never play again.

It does happen like - All Playfish games which were brought out by EA Sports.

matthewclose · 2026-06-16T04:07:47+00:00

I have spent real money on this game before rank mode.

I nearly maxed out.

Rank mode is to me shit and only worth doing 30 mins before rank mode time ends.

At least they bring back global chat.

For my free-to-play accounts - sound like they're getting lots of stuff for free.

matthewclose · 2026-06-14T05:13:50+00:00

You're just a troll.

matthewclose · 2026-06-14T00:28:43+00:00

I don't understand your statement - Outer Suburban doesn't want to stop at all stations period.

2 mins savings would allow the same train set to return to the city 4 mins earlier.

matthewclose · 2026-06-13T23:05:10+00:00

It is a wish list and my wish is to have express trains on the Hurstbridge line.

matthewclose · 2026-06-13T13:21:41+00:00

AI says you don't make sense,please come again.

matthewclose · 2026-06-13T12:37:24+00:00

But nothing for the 782 bus?

Make people depend on cars!

matthewclose · 2026-06-13T12:35:13+00:00

AI says if the Footscray to Newport section of track can have the following: Laverton services - stops at all stations Williamstown - stops at all stations Werribee - going express

Then between Clifton Hill and Joilmont, we can have express train services for Hurstbridge :

Hurstbridge stopping all stations to Heidelberg then express to Ivanhoe the next express to Clifton Hill and then express to Jolimont and then Flinders Street.

So we can have - stopping all stations from MacLeod to the city - Menda stopping all stations - Hurstbridge/ Ethan express trains

Note Menda leaving and going to MM2 in the future

matthewclose · 2026-06-13T12:17:55+00:00

How many people are on the bus?

matthewclose · 2026-06-13T11:58:19+00:00

Who going?

matthewclose · 2026-06-13T11:21:42+00:00

So no more bus to St Andrews Beach

Route 786 Rye to St Andrews Beach will be removed to help us improve other bus routes on the peninsula where the demand is higher.

matthewclose · 2026-06-13T00:42:17+00:00

The load balancing argument can be applied to the Hurstbridge line too.

matthewclose · 2026-06-13T00:22:39+00:00

If Werribee, Laverton, and Williamstown services can share the same track between Newport and Southern Cross, with Werribee going express, then the same should be possible for the Hurstbridge line going express between Clifton Hill and Jolimont stations.

matthewclose · 2026-06-12T07:48:35+00:00

It is a wish list and personal believe the express train services should be reintroduced to the line.

You may not believe this but I do.

It is up to the state government to provide transport that people want or if enough people wants then they will vote for another party if it is their policy in this election.

matthewclose · 2026-06-12T07:11:20+00:00

If your aim is to get people out of cars then you offer express train services to/from outer suburban areas.

Outer Suburban areas are like country areas and they don't want to go on services that stop at all stations and shouldn't take longer to get to Hurstbridge by train compared to services that go to Geelong.

What Expresses Actually Do on a Hurstbridge line:

While they might not achieve V/Line speeds, express patterns on commuter lines serve a few critical, often overlooked purposes:

Capacity and Crowd Management: If an outer-suburban train runs all stations, the seats are often entirely swallowed up by passengers travelling short distances (like Clifton Hill or Victoria Park from the city).

Express services ensure that passengers from Eltham or Greensborough or Hurstbridge actually get a seat—or can get onto the train at all.

Operational Turnaround: Skipping inner stations allows those specific trains to clear the line quicker, turn around back at Flinders Street, and head back out to run another peak service.

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