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Failing rail infrastructure of Melbourne

Melbourne's railway network is held together with bubblegum and duct tape - here are examples of the way that it is falling apart.

Mud hole in the up Caulfield Through track at Richmond Junction

Friday 11 November 2022 10:12 AM
Viewed 61 times
(2 times this month, 16 times this year)

'Wheelchair boarding point' sign on the platform, above the previous version

Friday 28 October 2022 9:45 PM
Viewed 61 times, 14 times this year)

Cracking concrete platform face at Royal Park station

Friday 28 October 2022 6:46 PM
Viewed 45 times, 8 times this year)

Water pools above the Centre Subway between Flinders Street platform 1 and 2

Saturday 22 October 2022 3:14 PM
Viewed 69 times
(1 time this month, 18 times this year)

Flooded pedestrian underpass beneath the ARTC goods lines at Barwon Avenue, Sunshine North

Wednesday 19 October 2022 9:38 AM
Viewed 48 times, 8 times this year)

Skewiff placement of the two halves of the platform screen at Southern Cross platform 13 and 14

1/4 of the screen hidden, and the other 1/4 blank

Saturday 10 September 2022 4:01 PM
Viewed 111 times
(3 times this month, 17 times this year)

Missed by that much - the drainage hole isn't quite where water pools

Saturday 10 September 2022 11:20 AM
Viewed 63 times, 11 times this year)

Platform lighting covered in cobwebs at Williams Landing station

Sunday 4 September 2022 6:23 PM
Viewed 71 times, 16 times this year)

Anti-scratching film on one of the Siemens train door windows has crazed over

Saturday 3 September 2022 2:04 PM
Viewed 123 times
(1 time this week, 2 times this month, 28 times this year)

Plastic insulating cover over a stanchion base, falling inwards after being used as a seat

Tuesday 30 August 2022 2:47 PM
Viewed 66 times, 17 times this year)

Missing sections of tactile paving in the ballast trackside at North Melbourne platform 3

Tuesday 30 August 2022 2:33 PM
Viewed 64 times, 17 times this year)

Missing sections of tactile paving in the ballast trackside at North Melbourne platform 3

Tuesday 30 August 2022 2:32 PM
Viewed 84 times, 17 times this year)

The down escalator to North Melbourne platform 6 has broken down

Surprisingly I haven't seen a broken down escalator here for years

Tuesday 30 August 2022 2:29 PM
Viewed 112 times, 18 times this year)

Anti-trespass panels at the west end of Flinders Street platform 9 and 10 just end at nothing

Tuesday 30 August 2022 12:18 PM
Viewed 580 times
(1 time this month, 40 times this year)

Temporary fishplate use to join two lengths of rail in the platform at Flinders Street Station

Tuesday 30 August 2022 12:08 PM
Viewed 78 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 17 times this year)

Big mud hole in the up suburban track outside Sunshine

Thursday 25 August 2022 10:42 AM
Viewed 157 times, 48 times this year)

Patched up concrete in the pylon holding up the Hampshire Road bridge over Sunshine station

Saturday 20 August 2022 5:18 PM
Viewed 79 times
(2 times this month, 19 times this year)

Big chunk of concrete missing from a pylon holding up the Hampshire Road bridge over Sunshine station

Saturday 20 August 2022 5:18 PM
Viewed 86 times
(1 time this month, 19 times this year)

Mud hole in the up Caulfield Local line at Toorak

Saturday 20 August 2022 1:36 PM
Viewed 70 times, 17 times this year)

Mud hole in the down Caulfield Local line at Toorak

Saturday 20 August 2022 1:36 PM
Viewed 64 times, 14 times this year)

Mud hole in the up Caulfield Local line at Armadale

Saturday 20 August 2022 1:34 PM
Viewed 58 times, 15 times this year)

Smashed advertising panel at Armadale platform 4

Saturday 20 August 2022 1:33 PM
Viewed 72 times
(1 time this month, 28 times this year)

Hi-rail access pad on the up Caulfield Local track at Malvern ripped up for maintenance

Strail level crossing panels removed from over the tracks

Saturday 20 August 2022 1:32 PM
Viewed 90 times, 17 times this year)

Strail level crossing panels stacked up at Malvern

Removed from the hi-rail access pad on the up Caulfield Local track to allow maintenance to be completed

Saturday 20 August 2022 9:52 AM
Viewed 134 times
(2 times this month, 43 times this year)
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Viewed 6283 times (5 times this week, 11 times this month, 28 times this year)