Category: Transport
The broken Box Hill Bus Station lift
Followers of this blog and my Mastodon account will know that I have previously written about the access problems to the Box Hill Bus Station. This was mainly about the chronic escalator breakdowns. But unfortunately this issue appears to have spread to the bus station lift. If you’re unfamiliar with Box Hill and its importance…
Hunting for North East Link disruption information
For some reason, my first post of the new year is traditionally a bit of a rant. It seems that 2026 will be no different. This one is on my usual hobby horse of passenger information from (Public) Transport Victoria or (P)TV. Specifically on disruptions caused by the $26 billion North East Link. While travelling…
Metro Tunnel opening day
It was fantastic to see so many people out and about at yesterday’s opening of Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel. Many of you came to say hello and we had some interesting conversations! I will make a video about the opening day and Metro Tunnel in general in the near future. To be honest I’m not in…
Which were the least and most used stations in Victoria in 2024-25?
I recently posted about the updated data that has been released for metropolitan and regional station usage in Melbourne and Victoria. From this new information we can look at which stations were the most used and least used during the 2024 – 2025 financial year. Most used stations in Melbourne For the metropolitan network these…
Railway station patronage for Melbourne and Victoria 2008 – 2025
Here is another yearly update on metropolitan and regional railway station patronage, this time adding the recently-released 2024/25 Financial Year data. Since 2019 I’ve been keeping abreast of patronage for the train and tram network in Victoria. I’ve been progressively adding to the two spreadsheets I keep for this purpose. Not only to allow comparison…
September 2025 update on the North East Link
As construction of one of the world’s biggest road projects continues unabated, I have been doing my best to document its progress. The $26 billion new North East Link tollway and associated widening of the existing Eastern Freeway is scheduled to be finished by 2028. Its massive scale is difficult to overstate. The 10 kilometres…
Intermodal cross-platform interchanges
I was motivated to write this post after a recent trip to the Gold Coast in Queensland. There, as in many other places, they use what are called cross-platform interchanges – something that is mysteriously absent in Melbourne. Put simply, this is where you can get off one public transport vehicle and move to another…
Melbourne’s public transport and the Grand Prix
Love it or hate it, the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix is an event that has more implications for public transport than almost any other in Victoria. Now that it is over for 2025, I am going to talk about how it worked, what went well and what I think needs to improve. Overall the…
The Box Hill Bus Station escalator saga
Access to any public transport stop or station is arguably the most important aspect of its operation. The frequency or attractiveness of your services doesn’t matter if nobody can actually get there. With this in mind, I and many thousands of other people have been dealing with an extremely frustrating situation at Box Hill over…
The new temporary Doncaster Park and Ride
Last month I wrote about the closure of the Doncaster Park and Ride bus interchange from 12 January 2025 until an unspecified date in 2028.. This is being done to make way for a temporary on-ramp for cars using the Eastern Freeway. Afterwards I visited Doncaster Park and Ride the day after it closed to…
