A couple of newish things in the world of public transport info that have flown under the radar. Metro now has realtime info ...

Inspired by Alon Levy's quick-fire Bluesky threads full of transport ideas, here's some quick-fire points from me: These are ...

So busy at the moment, but here’s another post in my regular series of photos from ten years ago: September and October 2015. The “New” Spirit of Tasmania at the old dock at Port Melbourne. It’s since ...

So busy at the moment, but here’s another post in my regular series of photos from ten years ago: September and October 2015. The “New” Spirit of Tasmania at ...

There were speed gains in the late-1990s, but just in the last few years, timings have been increased to as long (or longer in some cases) as they were in the 1970s, back when the network was running ...

Somewhere I saw some ridership stats for Amtrak, and I noticed with some interest that they’re not that much higher than V/Line, and lower than NSW Trainlink. So I decided to make a chart. (Source: ...

The TrackSafe foundation has data on fatalities in Victoria, and breaks it down by separating out suspected suicides. If we exclude those (on the theory that crossing removals have their biggest ...

Yes, I still have a car, the same one I bought in 2018, used for trips not convenient by PT, including about half-a-dozen trips each year into regional areas. It’s annual service and insurance and ...

If you’ve been following my Brisbane holiday blogs, you’d know we caught a few buses. Brisbane once had a big tram network. They were all replaced by buses in the 1960s. By 1988 they’d built the CBD ...

We’ve all been wondering what the Metro tunnel timetable would look like. On Saturday 21st June they’ll be testing the tunnel, running trains through between Sunbury and Cranbourne/Pakenham, using a ...

I attended the State Budget stakeholder lock-up on Tuesday. In the lock-up they take away your phone, and sit you in a big room. After speeches from the Deputy Premier, Premier and Finance Minister, ...

This is what we’ve been waiting for for some time. This week the State Government finally revealed some of the train service upgrades that will accompany the Metro Tunnel. As part of the same ...