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If it acts like a public utility, why the outsourcing?

The disclosure of Metro Trains receiving government money has prompted readers to respond.

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Taxpayers have shielded Metro Trains from the impact of COVID-19.

Taxpayers fork out almost $500m to shield Metro Trains from pandemic fallout

Victoria is paying Metro Trains to offset lower passenger revenue, ensuring the private rail operator records bumper profits despite patronage falling as a result of work-from-home habits.     

  • Patrick Hatch and Kieran Rooney
Southern Cross station closed off on Tuesday morning.

Disruption to morning train commutes easing after police incident at Southern Cross Station

An incident requiring emergency services at Victoria’s largest train station has caused train cancellations.

  • Alexander Darling
Bins are back at Southern Cross Station. It only took 10 years.

It took a decade for Southern Cross Station to install bins. This might be why

Every other station in Melbourne has had bins since early 2015. Why was Southern Cross such an outlier?

  • Patrick Hatch
Trains operating between Sunbury and Cranbourne/Pakenham through the Metro Tunnel will take passengers for the first time - but not through the tunnel itself.

Busy train lines closing for works as Metro Tunnel trial looms

Passengers will board trains bound for the Metro Tunnel and its five new stations for the first time, but will need to wait to travel through the tunnel itself.

  • Patrick Hatch
A new contract dispute has emerged over the operation of Melbourne’s trams.

Just six months in, new tram contract already off the rails

The new operator has also consistently missed its reliability and punctuality targets.

  • Kieran Rooney and Patrick Hatch
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CDC will cancel all public bus services across Victoria on Wednesday.

School bus and commuter services to be hit by driver strike

Nearly one-quarter of Melbourne’s bus network will be cancelled or disrupted on Wednesday in a dispute over driver wages.

  • Patrick Hatch

The moral problem with school drop-off

Readers respond to the problems that parents and residents face around school drop-off, and changes to planning rules.

Liam Walsh and Rosalina Prasetio currently rent a townhouse in Frankston, but want the security of home ownership to start a family.

Victorians react to the 2025 state budget

We asked six different Victorians what they thought of this year’s state budget. This is what they said.

  • Lachlan Abbott, Henrietta Cook, Madeleine Heffernan, Noel Towell, Tom Cowie and Nicole Precel
Public transport will be free for children.

Free public transport for children a sweetener in looming state budget

All Victorians under 18 will be able to travel free on trams, trains and buses from next year under Premier Jacinta Allan’s pledge to ease living costs.

  • Daniella White

Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/topic/melbourne-public-transport-5zh