Touch-on stand-off:State government in dispute with US firm over myki upgrade
Public transport

Touch-on stand-off:State government in dispute with US firm over myki upgrade

The Victorian government and the company building its $1.7 billion new public transport ticket system are locked in an acrimonious legal stand-off which has threatened to derail the rollout of a long-awaited myki replacement.

  • byPatrick Hatch andKieran Rooney

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Sydney’s surprise resemblance to Venice has a lesson for us all
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Sydney’s surprise resemblance to Venice has a lesson for us all

Venice’s brutal modernisers did not want to rebuild their collapsed bell tower. The city persevered,as should Sydney with its long-lost people movers,the trams.

  • byAntone Martinho-Truswell
Free tram rides to the MCG,Victoria Market come at a price
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Free tram rides to the MCG,Victoria Market come at a price

Calls to expand Melbourne’s free tram zone to landmarks and inner suburbs have been shot down by transport advocates who say paying commuters are being crowded out.

  • byPatrick Hatch
New operator to take over Melbourne tram network
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New operator to take over Melbourne tram network

The state government says the new contract includes strict benchmarks,but user advocates say it’s up to the government to deliver the network’s most pressing upgrades.

  • byPatrick Hatch
Revealed:Plans for new 11km light-rail run on one of Sydney’s busiest roads
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Revealed:Plans for new 11km light-rail run on one of Sydney’s busiest roads

The plans from a consortium behind the city’s light-rail network include about 21 stops along the new route.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Commuters face major disruptions to Sydney light rail services
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Commuters face major disruptions to Sydney light rail services

Tram drivers and other operational staff will stop work for four hours on Wednesday during peak periods as part of industrial action.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
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The 50-metre ‘missing link’ fix that will open new cross-city tram routes
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The 50-metre ‘missing link’ fix that will open new cross-city tram routes

For almost a century,two sections of Melbourne’s sprawling tram network have passed tantalisingly close together outside Queen Victoria Market but never joined. That is to change.

  • byPatrick Hatch
Brunswick’s ‘sky rail’ has been delayed. In the meantime,this is what locals want
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Brunswick’s ‘sky rail’ has been delayed. In the meantime,this is what locals want

Advocates have presented their Sydney Road wish list to the Victorian government,saying the delay is an opportunity for major change before the Upfield line is ripped up.

  • byPatrick Hatch
Waiting on the weekend:Timetables haven’t moved with the post-pandemic times
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Waiting on the weekend:Timetables haven’t moved with the post-pandemic times

Melbourne’s busiest public transport services have not kept up with population growth and changing travel patterns,according to a new analysis.

  • byKieran Rooney
Melburnians compensated just $3700 in a year for late trains and trams
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Melburnians compensated just $3700 in a year for late trains and trams

Compensation is technically available to millions of passengers for delays – if they’re prepared to navigate the archaic system to claim it.

  • byPatrick Hatch
Melbourne’s next-gen trams designed for impact
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Melbourne’s next-gen trams designed for impact

Frequent collisions with cars have influenced the design of the city’s new trams,which will have better air-conditioning and safer handholds.

  • byKieran Rooney