Category: PT Problem of the Day

Footscray is a major interchange location for the western suburbs, with passengers changing between trains, trams and buses. Despite the recent upgrade to the station, with a new multimillion dollar bridge, nothing has been done about bus stop locations, which are spread around numerous locations around the area, with some stops up to 350 metres…

Does anybody actually notice these displays in the Elizabeth Street subway of Flinders Street station, way up above everybody’s heads? The signs (along with all their easier-to-see cousins around the rest of the station) were installed several years ago. They appear to be theoretically capable of showing latest information such as delays and disruptions, but…

This is Footscray’s very impressive-looking new railway station bridge. It opened last year, part of a $61 million investment in urban renewal in the area. Unfortunately shortly after it was completed, the Regional Rail Link project determined that part of the bridge will need to be modified to cater for the extra platforms to be…

Richmond station’s exits provide easy access to the MCG and the Tennis Centre… but only if they’re open. While this is done for big events, often minor events seem to slip under the radar. We’ve had reports of passengers having to inform station staff that an event was on so they would open the exit…

(Click to see bigger) Passengers at Seaholme, Altona and Westona (the Altona Loop) aren’t too happy now that they have to change to and from shuttle trains during off-peak times on weekdays. How would you make them even less happy about it? Give them inadequate and incorrect information! This sign at Southern Cross is full…

Tram conductors weren’t perfect, but they did provide a fulltime staff presence on trams that ensured most people bought a ticket, and thought twice about putting their feet on the seats. Since they’ve been gone, seemingly rare random inspections mean evaders and others who disobey the rules are unlikely to get caught — in fact…

By our count, Lonsdale Street gets more than 35 buses per hour in each direction in off-peak hours — quite a few more at peak times. This includes four Smartbus routes. And yet, despite Lonsdale Street being rightly declared a Bus Priority Route in the VicRoads “SmartRoads” network operating plan developed with the City of…

Melbourne is now a 24-hour city, and the half-hourly Nightrider buses on Friday and Saturday nights are increasingly popular… so much so that there is now overcrowding on some services, with passengers sometimes left behind, unable to fit on board. These photos are of the 3am service to Knox and Belgrave. (Photos from Robert and…

It’s coming up on a year since both Myki and Metcard have been operating in parallel on all Melbourne public transport services. The government continues to dither over making a decision on whether they’ll keep Myki or not. While it’s been hugely expensive and problematic, Myki largely works now — in fact many of its…

The 903 Smartbus to Chadstone on a Saturday. Not only is it standing room only, it crawls at a snails pace from Holmesglen to Chadstone because of a lack of bus priority. Join our Facebook group: Better Public Transport to Chadstone Are you unhappy with public transport? Use our online tool to write to your…

This crowd was at Dandenong on a recent Saturday night. A track fault resulted in trains being suspended between Dandenong and Pakenham around 6pm, but by 6:47pm when this photo was taken, there was still a shortage of buses to replace trains. Are you unhappy with public transport? Use our online tool to write to…