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Laing O’Rourke is using digital modelling to figure out how it can improve facilities at railway stations.

Ditch the phone: Five healthier ways to spend your time on public transport

Sick of the daily doomscroll on your morning commutes? Here are some other options if you want a digital detox from your phone.

  • Cindy Yin

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A diagram of the Sunshine upgrades.

Sunshine stoush could set back Melton trains by a decade, Labor says

An electrified Melton railway line could be delayed by more than 10 years if a $4 billion rail upgrade around Melbourne’s west is pared back, Victoria’s transport minister says.

  • Kieran Rooney
Pratima Karki can be left stranded for more than 30 minutes at Craigieburn station because of its infrequent off-peak services.

Train timetables are stuck in ‘the 1990s’ for Melbourne’s north and west

New analysis shows Melbourne’s north and west have far fewer hours of frequent train services each week compared the city’s south-east, or similar rail lines in Sydney and Perth.

  • Lachlan Abbott
A Suburban Rail Loop construction site in Clayton.

Dutton pledges to axe $2.2 billion from Suburban Rail Loop ‘hoax’

The federal opposition leader will announce on Tuesday that, if elected, he will withdraw federal funding for the rail loop, branding the project a cruel hoax.

  • Chip Le Grand, Kieran Rooney and Paul Sakkal
Premier Jacinta Allan

Allan says rail loop a ‘must have’, despite question mark over billions in funding

The comments came after Infrastructure Australia said no further federal funding should be committed to SRL East until it was re-costed and more details were provided.

  • Kieran Rooney
Suburban Rail Loop works

Rattle and hum: Why Suburban Rail Loop works are making some residents nauseous

Since mid-February, locals have observed an odd feeling of pressure in their ears, along with spells of dizziness, which was being caused by something many initially couldn’t identify. 

  • Tom Cowie
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An artist’s impression of a proposed above-ground station at Melbourne Airport.

The peace deal signatures that confirm full steam ahead on airport rail

The delaying in building a rail link to Melbourne Airport is officially over, with an agreement struck to begin work on a construction timeline.

  • Kieran Rooney
An artist’s impression of how the area around the SRL’s Clayton station might look.

Fewer car parks, more fees: The Melbourne suburbs facing a ‘car lite’ overhaul

Strict parking space limits could be imposed on suburbs with SRL stations, including Cheltenham, Clayton, Box Hill, Monash, Glen Waverley and Burwood.

  • Daniella White
Andrea Cook in her carpark that she no longer needs since she decided to live without a car.

A tortuous path: The push to get Melburnians to ditch their cars

For all the ambitions of policymakers to shift the state’s deeply ingrained driving culture, data suggests Victorians are not ready to let go of their steering wheels.

  • Daniella White and Sophie Aubrey
Rowena Joske, pictured near the old Paisley Train Station in Altona North with her 10-year-old son Duncan.

New train stations, tram extensions, rapid-fire buses: Here’s what Melbourne needs and where

Infrastructure Victoria has urged the state government to make sweeping public transport upgrades as part of a 30-year strategy to fill in the city’s missing links.

  • Kieran Rooney and Hannah Kennelly

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