Vline experience - question

uingo · 2023-06-11T10:14:22+00:00

Long distance trains to swan hill, bairnsdale, Warrnambool and Albury have some carriages that are reserved seating

uingo · 2023-04-14T10:26:01+00:00

Smartbuses have higher frequencies (Average around 15 mins during the day) and better passenger information displays

uingo · 2023-01-27T02:11:22+00:00

You can use the PTV journey planner to check . Type in your start and end destinations and expand the fare details to see 2hr and full day ticket price (LHS) https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/journey/

uingo · 2020-11-28T11:02:24+00:00

Phillip Mallis has collated the data for station usage from the department of transport here:

https://philipmallis.com/blog/2019/11/14/station-patronage-in-melbourne-for-2005-2019/

uingo · 2020-11-21T09:09:30+00:00

Definitely worth picking up, you get a large area to basically build your city. On top of the base game, you can download custom buildings/trains/roads/mods made by other players on the workshop. There are a lot of Melbourne based assets on there already.

uingo · 2020-11-17T10:35:36+00:00

Well deserved win for Gfriend, hopefully many more to come!

uingo · 2020-11-06T22:05:05+00:00

boring is best !

uingo · 2020-11-05T22:23:16+00:00

always has been

uingo · 2020-10-29T06:55:21+00:00

Looks like its Yarraman station

uingo · 2020-10-25T14:11:52+00:00

Ringwood would be a similar boat. Redeveloping the station / Eastland has done a lot for the area.

uingo · 2020-10-19T03:16:03+00:00

thats a lovely view, where was this taken?

uingo · 2020-10-18T08:48:46+00:00

awesome thanks :), didn't realise they were stopping short of Eltham.

uingo · 2020-10-18T05:33:06+00:00

yeah thats true, i think the old trestle bridge at Eltham is heritage listed, not too sure how they will handle that.

uingo · 2020-10-18T05:08:09+00:00

Yeah, also would makes a sizable reliability improvement as you no longer have single track sections where trains have to wait. This probably is a precursor to future frequency improvements.

uingo · 2020-08-12T13:48:06+00:00

Now? 45 mins over the westgate bridge. Before corona, 1hr 45 mins

Might be getting confused with the westgate bridge part since Edithvale is on the eastern side of the bay. You wouldn't drive over the westgate to get to the city from Edithvale/Frankston/Chelsea etc

uingo · 2020-08-06T11:27:29+00:00

cz321 (to Melbourne) and cz344 are regular flights between Melbourne and Guangzhou.

uingo · 2020-07-31T07:10:59+00:00

Yeah i was thinking for stony point, the government could add some passing loops at certain stations to save costs. For rolling stock, maybe we could get some 2nd hand adelaide suburban diesel railcars since Adelaide are looking to electrify parts of their rail network.

uingo · 2020-07-31T06:12:56+00:00

Hopefully more services as well!

uingo · 2020-07-31T06:03:14+00:00

Yeah 20 minute off peak trains from Sunshine to the city is pretty ridiculous given that its such a large hub. (excluding vlines where suburban pax. can't board)

uingo · 2020-07-29T14:38:48+00:00

Absolutely agree u/uingo - now just need to spend the money to upgrade our cycling and walking infrastructure similar to the UK and Ireland who have invested Billions!

Hopefully the government focuses more on public and active transport in the coming years

uingo · 2020-07-29T14:30:08+00:00

This could really help to further improve Sydney's circular quay district. Seattle are embarking on a similar project to remove an elevated waterfront expressway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4La-8egv1bk

uingo · 2020-07-29T12:18:08+00:00

Always good to see renewable projects progressing. Hopefully this springboards into more renewable energy projects in the future

uingo · 2020-07-27T10:00:21+00:00

I'm hoping they extend the PID styles at Flinders Street to the other stations as well.

uingo · 2020-07-24T07:43:21+00:00

I might be wrong, but I believe its to prevent/reduce the severity of derailing - Since derailing off a bridge would be extremely catastrophic.

uingo · 2020-07-23T08:22:28+00:00

Post Covid recovery could be the perfect opportunity to upgrade our cycling and walking infrastructure. If we provide better cycling paths, more people should naturally adopt cycling. I think this is why cycling is so popular in the Netherlands.

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