Melbourne might not do a very good job of transit orientated development, but one thing we can do is transit orientated fast food. McDonald’s The McDonald’s in the Melbourne Central basement food court station has a serving window facing onto the concourse at Melbourne Central station. While the Box Hill Central outlet takes it a […]
Over the years I’ve noticed that pigeon poo has been piling up at Sunshine station thanks to a poorly designed building – but a decade after the station was completed, Metro has come back to address it. Some history For years Sunshine station only had a crappy timber shelter on the citybound platform, accessed via […]
Ever since the Metro Tunnel was first announced, the big question has been “how many trains will they actually run through it off-peak”. Well, there still isn’t an answer to it, but the 2022 Melbourne Airport Rail business plan does give some hope that it’s something more than the pitiful service currently provided on the […]
Next time you turn up to a Melbourne railway station, only to discover that buses are replacing trains for level crossing removal works, and the bus stop is an epic walk away, just remember that it doesn’t have to be that way – once upon a time public transport operators actually used to put some […]
Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is July 2014. Regional Rail Link The Regional Rail Link project was now approaching the finishing line, with a ‘consolidation train’ running back and forth over the newly laid tracks to bed them down before the commencement of revenue services. The […]
