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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.

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 278 times
(1 time this week, 7 times this month, 58 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 290 times
(2 times this month, 41 times this year)

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

Tuesday 8 June 2021 3:16 PM
Viewed 179 times, 20 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 197 times
(1 time this month, 18 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)

Mud hole in the suburban tracks north of Southern Cross Station

Thursday 8 April 2021 5:58 PM
Viewed 217 times, 26 times this year)

Mud hole in the suburban tracks north of Southern Cross Station

Thursday 8 April 2021 5:57 PM
Viewed 217 times, 32 times this year)

Repairing the escalator to North Melborne platform 4 and 5

Tuesday 23 March 2021 12:31 PM
Viewed 213 times
(1 time this month, 0 times this year)

Palm tree growing in the trackside drain on the Flinders Street Viaduct

Tuesday 23 March 2021 12:26 PM
Viewed 198 times
(1 time this month, 1 time this year)

Repairing the escalator to Flinders Street Station platform 1

Tuesday 23 March 2021 8:58 AM
Viewed 244 times
(1 time this month, 1 time this year)

Palm tree growing in the trackside drain on the Flinders Street Viaduct

Tuesday 23 March 2021 8:55 AM
Viewed 224 times, 0 times this year)

Step up out of an X'Trapolis train at Camberwell platform 3

Saturday 27 February 2021 2:27 PM
Viewed 236 times, 0 times this year)

Missing sections of ceiling panel at Parliament station platform 1

Wednesday 3 February 2021 2:31 PM
Viewed 283 times
(2 times this month, 3 times this year)

Tape used to patch up broken tiles on the platform at Flinders Street Station

Wednesday 3 February 2021 2:05 PM
Viewed 278 times
(2 times this week, 2 times this month, 3 times this year)

Weeds grow out of the guttering at Sunshine station

Saturday 30 January 2021 7:03 PM
Viewed 227 times, 1 time this year)

Mud hole at the up end of Surrey Hills

Tuesday 12 January 2021 11:31 AM
Viewed 276 times
(2 times this month, 16 times this year)

Broken window leading into an equipment room

Sunday 10 January 2021 7:58 PM
Viewed 239 times
(1 time this month, 5 times this year)

Cracked brick platform face at Caulfield

Sunday 10 January 2021 10:00 AM
Viewed 376 times
(2 times this month, 7 times this year)

Mud hole in the up Caulfield Through track at Armadale

Sunday 10 January 2021 9:28 AM
Viewed 283 times
(3 times this week, 3 times this month, 8 times this year)

Rotten timber sleepers on the Caulfield Through tracks at Armadale station

Sunday 10 January 2021 9:13 AM
Viewed 306 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 4 times this year)

Failed retaining wall beside the signalling equipment access stair at Armadale

Sunday 10 January 2021 8:55 AM
Viewed 303 times
(2 times this month, 8 times this year)

Shotcrete covers a failed section of brick retaining wall at Armadale

Sunday 10 January 2021 8:54 AM
Viewed 402 times
(1 time this week, 8 times this month, 19 times this year)
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