Melbourne Trains

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Melbourne Age --> Metro forced to pull trains from service after parts explode beneath carriages

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Melbourne Age --> Plan to fix City Loop mobile black spot delayed

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Melbourne Age --> Metro power fault: Hundreds stranded on trains in Melbourne city loop

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Melbourne Age --> Commuters face train chaos as industrial action cripples Metro's fleet

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Melbourne Age --> Commuters saved from train network meltdown

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Melbourne Age --> Metro train strike threat: rail union letters raise safety concern doubt

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Herald Sun --> Metro trains skip stations to avoid fines for missing punctuality targets

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Melbourne Age --> Metro skipping stations 15 times a day must be reduced: minister

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Melbourne Age --> Union declares war over Metro change to driver training rules

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Melbourne Age --> Mass resignations of Metro train drivers leaves trainees in limbo

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Melbourne Age --> Ballarat rail jobs saved as Daniel Andrews orders new trains for Melbourne

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Adam Carey @adamlcarey  ·  8h

Masses of standing room round the doors in this refurbished Comeng train. Almost no graffiti too, for now

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Appreciate the extra standing room but the grab handles above the doors are an OHAS hazard especially for taller people. The Grab handles/bars have also been place at the doorway entry point for Goldlink trams too. When the could of been installed at the centre of the tram at the doorways similar to Qld rail.

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Appreciate the extra standing room but the grab handles above the doors are an OHAS hazard especially for taller people. The Grab handles/bars have also been place at the doorway entry point for Goldlink trams too. When the could of been installed at the centre of the tram at the doorways similar to Qld rail.

There are vertical stanchions centred between some of the tram doors, but not all.

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PTUA ‏@ptua now

Ch9: #MetroTrains cuts seats by 15%. Some people can't even squeeze on,so it makes sense. But more trains needed too! http://video.news.ninemsn.com.au/?uuid=4113814736001 ...

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Melbourne Age --> Williams Landing  rail station's overflow parkers risk daily fines

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Melbourne Age --> Graffiti attack numbers paint a grim picture for Metro Trains

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Melbourne Age --> Metro pulls up short to meet performance targets

Metro is terminating trains part-way along the line hundreds of times a week, dumping passengers short of their destination in an effort to meet lucrative government-mandated performance targets.

The extent of Metro's short running is revealed in leaked internal documents that show 400 services were altered in just one week this month as the company scrambled to satisfy a new, more accurate performance monitoring system introduced on March 1 ...

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Melbourne Age --> Melbourne's billion-dollar rail system sells passengers short

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Melbourne Age --> Metro run via a city loophole

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^shady is the only way to describe it....Queensland rail plz dont take a queue from that mob......i notice metro dont use facebook.....smart decision on thier part because the page would get hammered with complaints....

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Kristy Mayr @KristyMayr7 9 minutes ago

Commuters warned to expect delays at Glenhuntly station - trains stopped on the Frankston line after a tram derailed.

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"Mexican" stand off? 

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>> http://imgur.com/XfPQl7N

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Kristy Mayr @KristyMayr7 9 minutes ago

Commuters warned to expect delays at Glenhuntly station - trains stopped on the Frankston line after a tram derailed.

After you.
No, after you, I insist.

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Melbourne Age --> Boom gate failures force indefinite shutdown of Stony Point rail line

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Daniel Bowen ‏@danielbowen 6 minutes ago

Blog: How many trains in peak compared to the past? And how full are the tracks? http://www.danielbowen.com/2015/04/07/how-many-trains-in-peak/ ... #MetroTrains

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Melbourne Age --> Metro will accept tougher punctuality targets to win contract: Andrew Lezala

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Melbourne Age --> #askMetro: Live Q&A with Metro chief executive Andrew Lezala

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Melbourne Age --> Metro work fast-tracked to subsidiary

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Nine News Melbourne ‏@9NewsMelb May 8

Number of @metrotrains altered to run express is now set to be published every month. #SpringSt #9News

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IRJ --> Metro Trains Melbourne trials remote monitoring

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I have a good feeling about the Melbourne system. I think eventually most of the network will become automated with no drivers. If you look at the development of the railway, it certainly is heading in that direction.

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Melbourne Age --> Metro driver stood down over safety breach that could have caused a train smash

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All trains in Melbourne stopped. Control centre has been evacuated ...

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Metro Trains ‏@metrotrains 2 minutes ago

Train control centre was evacuated due to an building alarm but staff are now returning. Major delays while we recover from this disruption.

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http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/melbourne-express-live-thursday-june-18-2015-20150617-ghqrgq.html

Train delays now up to 1 hour

Metro now estimates delays of 45 minutes to an hour for commuters, as the system catches up on the 15 minutes the trains were halted, Michelle Griffin reports.

A fire alarm at the control centre at Transport House in Collins Street was activated 8.28am, according to a Metro spokeswoman.

"It turned out to be a false alarm, but all staff were evacuated. Staff returned at 8.43am. In that time, trains were grounded."

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ABC News --> Major delays on Melbourne train network after control centre evacuation

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Melbourne Age --> Melbourne's future train maps compared to New York, London and Paris

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Melbourne Age --> Metro's maintenance arm loses its special deal