Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time January 2006.
Archive for January, 2016
Photos from ten years ago: January 2006
January 29th, 2016
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Bendigo trains and Sunshine station
January 26th, 2016
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Since the opening of Regional Rail Link in 2015, the importance of Sunshine as a railway junction has grown, with the four platforms at the rebuilt station being served by a mix of V/Line and suburban train services. However there is one notable exception – V/Line services to and from Bendigo.
A sorry history of Victorian level crossing failures
January 22nd, 2016
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In the past week V/Line has been in the news due to their VLocity trains failing to activate level crossings. While a concerning revelation, it isn’t exactly a new issue in Victoria – let us step back in time a little.
Level crossings removals and car parking
January 19th, 2016
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As the Level Crossing Removal Project ramps up across Melbourne, there is one interesting requirement that comes up at every site – “no net loss of car parking”.
Contactless payment and myki machines
January 15th, 2016
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Contactless payment with credit and debit cards is a technology that scores of retailers across Australia have supported for a number of years – and in December 2015 Public Transport Victoria announced that they would play catch-up and upgrade myki ticket machines to support the same.
