Daniel Bowen
- Very busy at the moment – and still trying to get the Europe blogs done. So here’s a quick one. The West Gate Tunnel opens on Sunday – despite the name it’s a mostly elevated road connecting the West Gate Freeway to CityLink, but also with exits to the docks and to Melbourne’s CBD. The […]
- Some observations: Lots of people riding the new line, despite the weather. The stations are looking great. Some hiccups with escalator faults and at one stage a disruption near Anzac station (apparently due to trespassers near Hawksburn). No issues that I saw with the 7-car trains stopping at the front of the future-proofed 10-car length […]
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Philip Mallis
- It was fantastic to see so many people out and about at yesterday’s opening of Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel. Many of you came to say hello and we had some interesting conversations! I will make a video about the opening day and Metro Tunnel in general in the near future. To be honest I’m not in […]
- After the extremely limited success of my original post from 2019 on croissant prices at Melbourne Airport, I have decided to give an update. As before this list only applies to Terminal 4. I haven’t surveyed the other three terminals. Options As of October 2025, I found only six outlets selling croissants or a similar […]
- I recently posted about the updated data that has been released for metropolitan and regional station usage in Melbourne and Victoria. From this new information we can look at which stations were the most used and least used during the 2024 – 2025 financial year. Most used stations in Melbourne For the metropolitan network these […]