The other week I spotted something strange on my train home – the gibberish looking message on the destination screen of a Melbourne train. So what’s the story here? To be accurate, the message wasn’t complete gibberish – but {“Colour”: “#009639”, “text”: “Flinders Street”} – JSON formatted data for ‘Flinders Street’ and hex colour code […]
Normally you’ll just see parked cars in a Melbourne railway station car park, but if you’re there at the right time of day, you’ll find the Metro Trains Melbourne “Parking Inspectors Unit”. On the hunt for cars illegally parked outside of the lines. Across the dirt. In no standing zones. Or being absolute twunts and […]
Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is June 2014. Regional Rail Link These has been an ongoing theme for many months now, but ten years ago Regional Rail Link was nearing the finishing line – the finishing touches were being applied to the new platforms at Footscray. […]
Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is May 2014. Regional Rail Link The Regional Rail Link project has been an ongoing theme in this series, and this month we see progress on the rebuidling Footscray platforms 3 and 4 for V/Line trains. With V/Line services still sharing […]
You’ve seen Melbourne public transport as Arnott’s Shapes, but how about as crew cab utes? You have Metro Trains Melbourne in blue. Yarra Trams in green. V/Line in purple. And buses in orange. I cheated on the last one because it’s a van, and it’s operated by outdoor advertising company oOh!Media, who have the contract […]
