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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.

Smashed glass balustrades still awaiting replacement at North Melbourne station

They've been broken for a month now - since April 2023

Sunday 28 May 2023 10:59 AM
Viewed 31 times, 31 times this year)

Decaying tactile edge markings at Jolimont platform 1

Saturday 27 May 2023 4:32 PM
Viewed 35 times
(1 time this month, 35 times this year)

Lack of tactile paving at Auburn station

Saturday 27 May 2023 10:14 AM
Viewed 29 times
(1 time this month, 29 times this year)

Plants growing all over the tracks at Richmond platform 8 and 9

Sleepers marked for replacement suggest the entire area is going to be dug up soon

Saturday 27 May 2023 9:58 AM
Viewed 52 times
(1 time this month, 52 times this year)

Crumbling platform edge at Auburn platform 2

Sunday 21 May 2023 3:35 PM
Viewed 35 times, 35 times this year)

Plants growing all over the tracks at Richmond platform 8 and 9

Sleepers marked for replacement suggest the entire area is going to be dug up soon

Sunday 21 May 2023 2:06 PM
Viewed 71 times
(2 times this week, 2 times this month, 71 times this year)

Plants growing all over the tracks at Richmond platform 8 and 9

Sunday 21 May 2023 2:01 PM
Viewed 32 times, 32 times this year)

Elizabeth Street subway still a dank and leaking space despite all of the money spent on the Flinders Street Station upgrade project

Friday 28 April 2023 6:47 PM
Viewed 120 times
(2 times this week, 7 times this month, 120 times this year)

Broken off tactile edge markings at North Melbourne platform 6

Friday 28 April 2023 2:17 PM
Viewed 39 times
(1 time this month, 39 times this year)

Only one lift serves Flinders Street platform 10, 12 and 13

And it also gets used as a freight lift thanks to the storage rooms on platform 13 for the concourse retailer shops

Friday 28 April 2023 12:32 PM
Viewed 113 times
(1 time this month, 113 times this year)

Another mud hole in the Caulfield Group tracks at Richmond Junction

Friday 28 April 2023 12:24 PM
Viewed 37 times, 37 times this year)

Another mud hole in the Caulfield Group tracks at Richmond

Friday 28 April 2023 12:23 PM
Viewed 29 times, 29 times this year)

Another mud hole in the Caulfield Group tracks at Richmond Junction

Friday 28 April 2023 12:20 PM
Viewed 29 times
(2 times this month, 29 times this year)

Mud hole in the Caulfield Group tracks at Richmond Junction

Friday 28 April 2023 12:20 PM
Viewed 117 times
(1 time this week, 3 times this month, 117 times this year)

Escalator to North Melbourne platform 3 under repair

Friday 28 April 2023 12:06 PM
Viewed 38 times, 38 times this year)

Escalator to North Melbourne platform 3 under repair

Friday 28 April 2023 12:05 PM
Viewed 28 times
(2 times this month, 28 times this year)

Smashed glass balustrades awaiting replacement at North Melbourne station

Friday 28 April 2023 12:05 PM
Viewed 28 times
(1 time this month, 28 times this year)

Fixed surveying equipment bolted down at Malvern platform 2

Friday 24 March 2023 5:43 PM
Viewed 56 times, 0 times this year)

Graffiti covered walls holding up the MCG's southern concourse over Brunton Avenue

Metro Trains says it's the MCG's problem because it's outside the boundary fence, but they can't reach it without accessing the track

Friday 24 March 2023 5:25 PM
Viewed 88 times, 0 times this year)

Temporary fishplate attached to a rail at Flinders Street

Thursday 16 March 2023 12:03 PM
Viewed 39 times
(6 times this month, 6 times this year)

Failing retaining wall propped up in the Taylors Road underpass at Keilor Plains

Sunday 19 February 2023 4:21 PM
Viewed 146 times
(3 times this week, 51 times this month, 54 times this year)

Failing retaining wall propped up in the Taylors Road underpass at Keilor Plains

Sunday 19 February 2023 4:21 PM
Viewed 67 times
(6 times this month, 9 times this year)

Failing retaining wall propped up in the Taylors Road underpass at Keilor Plains

Sunday 19 February 2023 4:21 PM
Viewed 61 times
(1 time this month, 3 times this year)

Failing retaining wall propped up in the Taylors Road underpass at Keilor Plains

Sunday 19 February 2023 4:21 PM
Viewed 124 times, 6 times this year)
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