Waking up in Geelong

With Flinders Street Station being the centre of the Melbourne rail network, you might think it would be difficult to see all 10 platforms empty at the same time – but I have. This was April 2018.

And not just once – this was January 2019.

And December 2015.

The key to the empty platforms – Melbourne’s poor off-peak service frequencies, which see most lines only seeing a train every 20 minutes.

With fewer trains running, there are fewer trains in the platforms, even though they sit there for an extended period of time thanks to driver changeovers.

Footnote: Southern Cross Station

Capturing all 16 empty platforms at Southern Cross Station is a little harder – you have to turn up after the last V/Line service of the night has departed.

Or early morning before the first train is ready to leave.

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