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Poor service from Metro Trains Melbourne

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

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 2:51 PM
Viewed 151 times
(3 times this week, 6 times this month, 6 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 2:51 PM
Viewed 125 times
(2 times 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 2:51 PM
Viewed 122 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 184 times
(2 times this month, 3 times this year)

'Arrival - train not taking passengers' message on the PIDS at Sunshine for the next down train to terminate

Sunday 13 February 2022 10:45 AM
Viewed 198 times
(1 time this month, 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 180 times
(2 times this month, 6 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 8:13 PM
Viewed 332 times
(1 time this month, 26 times this year)

Big gaps between Craigieburn line trains at Kensington station

Tuesday 14 December 2021 10:53 AM
Viewed 163 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 7 times this year)

Three up Sunbury trains running two minutes apart following a disruption

Tuesday 23 November 2021 9:18 AM
Viewed 163 times
(2 times this month, 16 times this year)

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

Sunday 31 October 2021 8:32 AM
Viewed 225 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 28 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 5:25 PM
Viewed 303 times, 56 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 5:24 PM
Viewed 206 times, 20 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 5:23 PM
Viewed 204 times, 19 times this year)

30 minute waits between Sunbury line services at night

Monday 22 February 2021 9:24 PM
Viewed 255 times, 1 time 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 1:47 PM
Viewed 529 times
(1 time this week, 3 times this month, 11 times this year)

Locked up waiting room at West Richmond platform 2

Wednesday 20 January 2021 9:27 PM
Viewed 259 times, 1 time this year)

Pakenham and Cranbourne line passengers force to change trains at Caulfield

The Caulfield Local tracks closed due to trackwork, and it's too busy to send City Loop trains over to the other track pair, so passengers have to transfer instead

Sunday 10 January 2021 10:25 AM
Viewed 289 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 17 times this year)

Passengers from the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines force to change trains at Caulfield

The Caulfield Local tracks closed due to trackwork, and it's too busy to send City Loop trains over to the other track pair, so passengers have to transfer instead

Sunday 10 January 2021 10:22 AM
Viewed 246 times, 3 times this year)

Crowded platform at Middle Footscray, the previous two trains carrying an extra load of passengers between them

Friday 17 May 2019 8:49 AM
Viewed 571 times
(1 time this month, 61 times this year)

Stranded trainload of passengers finally able to board a citybound service at West Footscray

Friday 17 May 2019 8:48 AM
Viewed 420 times
(2 times this month, 56 times this year)

Stranded trainload of passengers finally able to board a citybound service at West Footscray

Friday 17 May 2019 8:47 AM
Viewed 482 times, 55 times this year)

Crowd of passengers still waiting at West Footscray

Left behind after their train developed a fault, the next train ran out of space, and two express trains ran past

Friday 17 May 2019 8:43 AM
Viewed 533 times
(4 times this month, 74 times this year)

Siemens train on an express service holds short of the platform at West Footscray

An entire train load of passengers waiting after their train developed a fault, while express trains run through

Friday 17 May 2019 8:39 AM
Viewed 468 times
(1 time this month, 25 times this year)
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Viewed 5183 times (2 times this week, 4 times this month, 34 times this year)