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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.

Filthy groundwater drips down the station walls at Melbourne Central

Thursday 29 July 2021 2:01 PM
Viewed 187 times
(1 time this month, 15 times this year)

Massive mud hole in the tracks at Richmond Junction

Thursday 29 July 2021 1:54 PM
Viewed 152 times, 12 times this year)

Temporary fishplate reinforces a flawed rail at Glenroy

Thursday 29 July 2021 10:59 AM
Viewed 158 times
(1 time this month, 11 times this year)

Potholes cover the car park at Albion station

Saturday 17 July 2021 10:34 AM
Viewed 157 times, 7 times this year)

Broken fence beside the railway line at Anderson Road, Albion tied back into place by a good samaritan

Saturday 17 July 2021 10:13 AM
Viewed 184 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 12 times this year)

Yellow line fading away at East Camberwell platform 2

Tuesday 13 July 2021 1:52 PM
Viewed 185 times, 13 times this year)

Tree stumps in the railway embankment west of Box Hill station

Tuesday 13 July 2021 1:43 PM
Viewed 159 times, 13 times this year)

The yellow platform edge line has disappeared from Ringwood East station

Tuesday 13 July 2021 1:25 PM
Viewed 186 times, 25 times this year)

Remains of a fallen tree beside the railway line at Croydon

Tuesday 13 July 2021 1:23 PM
Viewed 176 times, 18 times this year)

Damaged tactile platform edge at Mooroolbark station

Tuesday 13 July 2021 1:15 PM
Viewed 209 times, 27 times this year)

Remains of a fallen tree beside the railway line at Mooroolbark

Tuesday 13 July 2021 11:57 AM
Viewed 158 times, 13 times this year)

Remains of a fallen tree beside the railway line at Mooroolbark

Tuesday 13 July 2021 11:56 AM
Viewed 150 times, 7 times this year)

Mud hole in the up track at Camberwell

Tuesday 13 July 2021 11:25 AM
Viewed 197 times, 22 times this year)

Barbed wire at neck height beside the footpath under Ballarat Road at Albion station

Thursday 10 June 2021 3:54 PM
Viewed 320 times, 54 times this year)

Cracking concrete parapets on the Ballarat Road bridge at Albion

Thursday 10 June 2021 3:22 PM
Viewed 562 times, 47 times this year)

Timber deck platform extension at the up end of Albion station

Thursday 10 June 2021 3:14 PM
Viewed 451 times, 46 times this year)

Rotten timber pole holding up the roof at Albion station

Thursday 10 June 2021 3:12 PM
Viewed 269 times
(5 times this month, 49 times this year)

Platform clocks on the fritz at Sunshine station - they keep resetting to 12:00:00 then jumping around

Tuesday 8 June 2021 3:16 PM
Viewed 287 times
(2 times this month, 38 times this year)

Platform clocks on the fritz at Sunshine station - the time is now '2'

Tuesday 8 June 2021 3:16 PM
Viewed 178 times, 19 times this year)

Platform clocks on the fritz at Sunshine station - showing different times, neither being correct

Tuesday 8 June 2021 3:13 PM
Viewed 180 times, 18 times this year)

Plastic insulation cover coming away from an overhead stanchion

Monday 24 May 2021 2:50 PM
Viewed 196 times, 17 times this year)

Brake block dropped between the tracks at North Melbourne

Monday 17 May 2021 3:59 PM
Viewed 214 times, 19 times this year)
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