Category: Transport
Transport tip of the month – changing from buses to trains at Victoria Park Station
tl;dr version – if you are on a citybound bus on the Eastern Freeway and want to change to a Mernda/Hurstbridge train, get off at the Truro Street bus stop and walk to Victoria Park Station via Truro Street instead of Johnston Street. This tip is quite well known among regular passengers on Eastern Freeway…
Transport tip of the month – change at West Richmond instead of Jolimont
tl;dr version – if you are on a citybound 48 or 75 tram and want to change to an outbound Mernda/Hurstbridge train, get off at Punt Road and walk to West Richmond Station instead of Jolimont. I recently had cause to catch a 75 tram and interchange with an outbound train at Jolimont Station. Normally…
How far can you travel in Melbourne for just $4.30?
If you travel long distances, Melbourne’s flat rate fare system works very much in your favour. Regardless of whether you travel 800 metres or 40 kilometres, myki will charge you the same amount for a 2 hour zone 1 and 2 fare ($4.30 as of 2018). I have taken advantage of this before to travel…
Crossing the road at Hawthorn Bridge
Hawthorn Bridge is a fairly new suburban tram interchange between the 48 and 75 on the Hawthorn side of the Yarra River. As part of the works when the current stop was built in the 2000s, the intersection between Burwood Road and Church Street was also revamped. Unfortunately this was done without much regard to…
North-south transport connections in northern Boroondara
The inner-east is often lauded for having an excellent public transport system that is relatively well-connected and convenient (at least compared to other parts of Melbourne). While this may be true for some parts of Hawthorn, Kew and Camberwell for getting into and out of the CBD, it is certainly not true of cross-city (i.e.…
Today my scooter had an argument with some tram tracks, and lost
Living in North Balwyn and riding both a scooter and a bicycle, I have always been acutely aware of the dangers of tram tracks in my area. Until today, I had managed to avoid any issues with them. I was riding home from uni down High Street in Kew East on what was/is a very…
Public transport changes are here
Today, PTV’s new timetable changes came into effect, with changes to bus, tram, train and regional services. For Boroondara, it’s a mixed bag. Some of you may have seen this article in the Boroondara Weekly Review where I am quoted. It doesn’t give an overall view of the changes, which almost exclusively affect the northern…
How a 40 km/h speed limit saved my life
For those who aren’t aware, I am a frequent rider and proud owner of a Kymco motor scooter. I use it as the most convenient, fastest and least expensive mode of transport available to me. I also own a car which I use very occasionally due to its high running and parking costs, I live…
Council approves East-West Link submission
At last night’s meeting, Council unanimously approved the submission drafted by officers (with a small change to copy in local representatives) on the East-West Link road. The submission raises many potential issues for Boroondara, namely large increases in traffic on local and arterial roads, freeway noise and potential impacts of the widening of the Eastern…
Map of bus stops in Maranoa
Something that I have been working on intermittently for a few months is a map of all bus stops in Maranoa (i.e. parts of Balwyn, North Balwyn and Mont Albert North). Given that there isn’t any map that I could find with specific bus stops on it, I thought that this could be a worthwhile…