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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.

Cracked wall at Camberwell platform 3

Thursday 4 August 2016 7:44 AM
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Water leaks into the main subway at Richmond station

Monday 1 August 2016 6:11 PM
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Water leaks into the main subway at Richmond station

Monday 1 August 2016 6:11 PM
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Rusted out drainpipe spills water onto the platform at Richmond station

Monday 1 August 2016 8:08 AM
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Rusted out drainpipe spills water onto the platform at Richmond station

Monday 1 August 2016 8:08 AM
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Step up out of an X'Trapolis train at Flinders Street Station

Tuesday 19 July 2016 8:22 AM
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'Door not in use' stickers in place on an X'Trapolis train in peak hour

Tuesday 19 July 2016 8:04 AM
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Yellow 'x' marks on what are presumably defective railway sleepers

Monday 18 July 2016 5:08 PM
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Step UP out of an X'Trapolis train at Mitcham platform 2

Friday 15 July 2016 6:36 PM
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Signal trunking at Camberwell station, filled with dirt and minus covers

Thursday 14 July 2016 7:44 AM
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Bushes grow beside the tracks outside Southern Cross Station

Tuesday 12 July 2016 2:35 PM
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Temporary fishplates in place on pointwork at Richmond Junction

Tuesday 12 July 2016 2:12 PM
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Mud hole in the tracks at the down end of Richmond station

Tuesday 12 July 2016 2:02 PM
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Crumbling platform face at East Malvern station

Monday 4 July 2016 12:54 PM
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(1 time this month, 1 time this year)

Patching up the crumbling platform face at East Malvern station

Monday 4 July 2016 12:45 PM
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X'Trapolis train heads for the workshops minus passengers following a pantograph failure

Monday 4 July 2016 12:39 PM
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Steel reinforcement for a crumbling concrete platform face at Darling station

Monday 4 July 2016 12:35 PM
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Steel reinforcement for a crumbling concrete platform face at Darling station

Monday 4 July 2016 12:30 PM
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X'Trapolis train departs Kooyong station minus passengers following a pantograph failure

Monday 4 July 2016 12:10 PM
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(1 time this week, 2 times this month, 2 times this year)

X'Trapolis train departs Kooyong station minus passengers following a pantograph failure

Monday 4 July 2016 12:08 PM
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X'Trapolis departs Kooyong station minus passengers following a pantograph failure

The failure occurred after leaving Flinders Street, but it took the signaller at Kooyong to raise the alarm

Monday 4 July 2016 12:07 PM
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