The first line says “…largest electric bus fleet is being rolled…” (bold added), so the headline is a lie. It hasn’t been rolled out yet.
On the announcement itself, good to see this is finally starting.
Despite this is not mentioned in any media outlets and after its journey from India by sea, today marks the arrival of the exterior shells for the Alstom C-series trains in Perth at the Bellevue Railcar Facility where they’ll be assembled locally.
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And fun fact: two sets of the very same trains will be fitted with diesel engines to run the Australind regional service.
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2 weekends of free bus travel.
I notice something unusual from one of the photos of recently opened stations on the Frankston line, on the FB page of Level Crossing Removal Authority:
In the past, even when Frankston line trains continue to the western suburbs via the CBD, the display screen on the platform would only say Flinders Street to avoid confusion. It was only when the train arrived at Flinders Street that the passengers would find out what the train’s final destination would be.
But now, the display screen on Frankston line platforms now show the train will now travel all the way to Werribee.
It’s been this way for over a year now. The Frankston and Newport lines are now one.
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However, on the PTV website, timetables for Newport lines are paired with Sunbury line, while the Frankston line timetable is still paired with Cranbourne and Pakenham lines.
Not sure what you mean… At the bottom of each timetable for Frankston for instance, it says “Most services continue towards Werribee or Williamstown”
One of Victoria’s most experienced train drivers, Allan Cameron, retired today after 52 years on the job.
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What is with those screens though? They pretty much show no information on them? The whole right side of each screen is wasted.
Why not have the left side of the screen with the next train and the stations scrolling up from the bottom. The next 3 trains can be smaller on the right.
These screens are located on station concourse. You need to go to the platform to see more information with the next train and the stations.
Which is a waste of time if you’re not familiar with the area. Why not have that information right there? They have the space to do it already. 
The Age reports Melbourne’s City Loop will need to be closed for an undefined period in coming months to fix safety faults identified a decade ago, amid a cost blowout. With stage one having been completed, stage two of the works will include the installation of a smoke-extraction system on the platforms and upgrade of the sprinkler system.
Level Crossings Removal Project posted some photos from the reopening of North Willamstown station this morning, after the removal of Ferguson Street level crossing. One photo caught my eye: it showed a train displaying Frankston via City on its destination board, but the overhead screen on the platform showed the train was only going to Flinders Street, rather than showing the list of stations it would stop enroute to Frankston.
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An inside view onboard from a bus of a temporary bus station at Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre to cater for the 2021/22 Mandurah Line Shutdown.
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In comparison, an adult one-way ticket on Skybus costs $19.75 and a return ticket costs $32 (equivalent to $16 each way).
Yes, Brisbane and Sydney have Airport rail surcharges, but that’s only because their links were built under a BOOT scheme and are owned by private companies. The state rail operators pay a premium to use the links, and some of the cost is passed to consumers.
Melbourne’s link is entirely publicly funded , so the argument “other cities here do it” is pretty weak. Perth hasn’t announced fares for their new airport link, so we can’t compare them either.