There are services to Williamstown until around midnight of course (catch a Werribee train and change at Newport), but these screens at Flinders Street seemed to think trains had ceased for the night.
Hopefully staff nearby would have known where passengers needed to go, but having accurate, complete information would obviously be a big help.
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