If you’ve been following my Brisbane holiday blogs, you’d know we caught a few buses. Brisbane once had a big tram network. They were all replaced by buses in the 1960s. By 1988 they’d built the CBD ...

Not a transport post. Standby for the Brisbane busways post coming soon… It’s the end of the financial year – when charities get in touch asking for donations. Having recently been bombarded with ...

Once the Metro tunnel opens, the Frankston line will via the Loop… but they’re not doing that for the 21st. They are running extra Frankston line services to cope with the Cran/Pak loads, though ...

Exploring Anyway I walked across Victoria Bridge into the CBD, and explored, taking in the main pedestrianised mall in Queen Street. I walked alongside the separated bike lanes in Edward Street – ...

I attended the State Budget stakeholder lock-up on Tuesday. In the lock-up they take away your phone, and sit you in a big room. After speeches from the Deputy Premier, Premier and Finance Minister, ...

Less than a week until the Federal election. I wanted to highlight the Sunshine station upgrade, which has become a Federal election issue. They say “do it once, do it right” – of course there’s a ...

Recovery Finally, here’s a comparison of the raw data from 2019 with 2024. As noted above, V/Line patronage is now consistently higher than before the pandemic. EDIT: There was a noticeable up-tick of ...

Last week I finally got to Wangaratta to try the bank card fare payment trial they’re running on local buses. When it comes getting new and occasional users onto public transport more often, the most ...

A couple of things from PAEC’s (Public Accounts & Estimates Committee) Inquiry this week in State Parliament. Trivial pursuits The Opposition decided to make a big fuss about the new X’Trapolis 2.0 ...

This is not good. It’s a poor experience for people making long distance trips. It’s likely to put people off using the service again. It means an artificial cap on patronage. On this occasion there ...

Pretty strange looking tunnelThankfully within the Hoddle Grid itself there’s been plenty of traffic calming, protected bike lanes and speed reductions, but if the traffic from the WGT fills up the ...

Just a quick post to note that the new lifts at Flinders Street station have recently been unveiled. They’re obviously a little way off commissioning, but this is a part of the Metro tunnel project ...