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Poor service from Metro Trains Melbourne

Woeful service from Metro Trains Melbourne is a running joke - here are some examples.

Train every half hour on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, and plenty of standees at Flinders Street

Wednesday 8 February 2023 22:27 PM
Viewed 42 times
(2 times this week, 7 times this month, 42 times this year)

Plenty of passengers onboard this Siemens train thanks to the Anzac Day football match

Monday 25 April 2022 18:32 PM
Viewed 115 times
(1 time this week, 6 times this month, 115 times this year)

20 minutes between trains on the Sunbury line, and I'm only 12 minutes from the city

Friday 1 April 2022 10:12 AM
Viewed 89 times
(4 times this month, 89 times this year)

9pm on a Thursday night, and it's 56 minutes until the next Sunbury line train towards the city

Thursday 31 March 2022 21:07 PM
Viewed 95 times
(2 times this month, 95 times this year)

It's almost 10am on a Sunday, and there are still 40 minute gaps between trains on the Sunbury line

Sunday 27 March 2022 09:42 AM
Viewed 84 times
(4 times this month, 84 times this year)

Metro Trains rubbish bin ticketed by the City of Melbourne for blocking a footpath

Sunday 27 March 2022 09:27 AM
Viewed 134 times
(1 time this week, 9 times this month, 134 times this year)

Metro Trains rubbish bin ticketed by the City of Melbourne for blocking a footpath

Sunday 27 March 2022 09:27 AM
Viewed 114 times
(3 times this month, 114 times this year)

Escalator between the footbridge and Footscray platform 4 and 5 closed

The route is so roundabout that nobody uses it, so Metro has probably switched it off to save power

Wednesday 2 March 2022 14:51 PM
Viewed 97 times
(1 time this month, 2 times this year)

Escalator between the footbridge and Footscray platform 4 and 5 closed

The route is so roundabout that nobody uses it, so Metro has probably switched it off to save power

Wednesday 2 March 2022 14:51 PM
Viewed 87 times
(1 time this month, 3 times this year)

Escalator between the footbridge and Footscray platform 4 and 5 closed

The route is so roundabout that nobody uses it, so Metro has probably switched it off to save power

Wednesday 2 March 2022 14:51 PM
Viewed 87 times
(1 time this month, 1 time this year)

Train at Sunshine platform 2 now forming an up service to the City Loop

Sunday 13 February 2022 10:48 AM
Viewed 111 times, 5 times this year)

'Train services disrupted between Sunshine and Sunbury' message on the PIDS at Sunshine

Sunday 13 February 2022 10:34 AM
Viewed 123 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 9 times this year)

Escalators at the platform 6 end of the Footscray station switched off for the night

Passengers having to use the steps instead

Friday 24 December 2021 20:13 PM
Viewed 172 times
(2 times this week, 19 times this month, 39 times this year)

Big gaps between Craigieburn line trains at Kensington station

Tuesday 14 December 2021 10:53 AM
Viewed 126 times
(5 times this month, 13 times this year)

Three up Sunbury trains running two minutes apart following a disruption

Tuesday 23 November 2021 09:18 AM
Viewed 124 times, 12 times this year)

Better catch this train - the next Sunbury line service on a Sunday morning is 40 minutes away!

Sunday 31 October 2021 08:32 AM
Viewed 177 times
(2 times this week, 2 times this month, 19 times this year)

North Melbourne platform 2 overflowing due to a disruption on the Craigieburn line

Yet another truck hit the low bridge in Racecourse Road

Monday 17 May 2021 17:25 PM
Viewed 225 times
(5 times this month, 105 times this year)

North Melbourne platform 2 overflowing due to a disruption on the Craigieburn line

Down Seymour service given permission to proceed after the truck was cleared from beneath the low bridge in Racecourse Road

Monday 17 May 2021 17:24 PM
Viewed 176 times
(2 times this month, 56 times this year)

North Melbourne platform 2 overflowing due to a disruption on the Craigieburn line

Yet another truck hit the low bridge in Racecourse Road

Monday 17 May 2021 17:23 PM
Viewed 177 times
(2 times this month, 60 times this year)

30 minute waits between Sunbury line services at night

Monday 22 February 2021 21:24 PM
Viewed 231 times
(1 time this week, 6 times this month, 8 times this year)

It only looks like a 10 minute off-peak service on the Sunbury line

It's really just the usual 20 minute service with one train running 10 minutes late

Tuesday 16 February 2021 13:47 PM
Viewed 368 times
(26 times this month, 32 times this year)

Locked up waiting room at West Richmond platform 2

Wednesday 20 January 2021 21:27 PM
Viewed 236 times, 7 times this year)
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Viewed 4822 times (7 times this week, 37 times this month, 65 times this year)