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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.

'DANGER NO ENTRY' sign outside the failed retaining wall at Armadale

Sunday 10 January 2021 8:54 AM
Viewed 295 times
(6 times this month, 8 times this year)

What's the point of this shelter - rain falls between the roof and the wall, soaking the seat!

Sunday 27 December 2020 8:22 PM
Viewed 274 times, 2 times this year)

Cracked brick retaining wall at South Yarra reinforced by bolted on steel beams

Sunday 27 December 2020 10:03 AM
Viewed 288 times
(1 time this month, 5 times this year)

Temporary fishplate on the down line between Albion and Ginifer

Sunday 13 December 2020 12:56 PM
Viewed 257 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 9 times this year)

Pine needles cover the tracks at Jolimont

Friday 11 December 2020 11:59 AM
Viewed 238 times
(3 times this week, 3 times this month, 7 times this year)

Mix of timber and concrete sleepers in the down track at Flemington Bridge

Saturday 24 October 2020 3:25 PM
Viewed 276 times, 10 times this year)

Temporary fishplate on the down track at Seddon

Saturday 24 October 2020 11:12 AM
Viewed 334 times
(1 time this week, 17 times this year)

Flooded pedestrian subway at Sunshine North

Saturday 24 October 2020 10:33 AM
Viewed 287 times, 15 times this year)

Mud hole in the up suburban track at Sunshine

Monday 19 October 2020 1:03 PM
Viewed 357 times, 32 times this year)

Crumbing section of platform at the down end of Albion platform 2

Wednesday 30 September 2020 12:18 PM
Viewed 860 times
(1 time this week, 2 times this month, 44 times this year)

Dank slime down the walls at Sunshine where water drips down the ramps

Sunday 27 September 2020 8:46 AM
Viewed 394 times
(2 times this month, 15 times this year)

Patched up fence over the railway at Nicholson Street, Footscray

Sunday 21 June 2020 7:30 AM
Viewed 354 times, 19 times this year)

Broken manhole cover roped off at Footscray station

Sunday 21 June 2020 7:05 AM
Viewed 341 times, 18 times this year)

Patched up platform edge at Upper Ferntree Gully

Friday 13 March 2020 2:21 AM
Viewed 347 times, 1 time this year)

Broken sections of tactile paving at Burnley station

Friday 13 March 2020 12:00 AM
Viewed 331 times
(2 times this week, 2 times this month, 2 times this year)

Inadequate roof at Ginifer station means water pools on the stairs down to the platform

Wednesday 19 February 2020 9:10 AM
Viewed 408 times, 1 time this year)

Inadequate roof at Ginifer station means water pools on the edge of the concourse

Wednesday 19 February 2020 9:10 AM
Viewed 364 times, 2 times this year)

Inadequate roof at Ginifer station means water pools on the stairs down to the platform

Wednesday 19 February 2020 9:10 AM
Viewed 341 times, 0 times this year)

Wet floor thanks to a leaking roof at Sunshine station

Friday 31 January 2020 10:04 AM
Viewed 356 times, 0 times this year)

Mud hole in the down track at Gowrie station

Wednesday 22 January 2020 11:02 AM
Viewed 319 times, 1 time this year)

Mud hole in the down track at Gowrie station

Wednesday 22 January 2020 10:55 AM
Viewed 392 times
(1 time this week, 2 times this month, 2 times this year)

Stalactites and stalagmites on the steel beams above Flinders Street platform 13

Tuesday 21 January 2020 1:24 PM
Viewed 460 times
(1 time this week, 4 times this month, 5 times this year)

Puddles all over the concourse at Footscray station

Tuesday 21 January 2020 8:30 AM
Viewed 352 times
(1 time this month, 1 time this year)

Temporary fishplate attached to flawed rail at South Kensington

Monday 20 January 2020 12:24 PM
Viewed 371 times
(1 time this week, 3 times this year)
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Viewed 6297 times (2 times this week, 1 time this month, 42 times this year)