Steamrail - Maldon Weekender, July 2015
2 August 2015
Steamrail headed to Maldon via Castlemaine on the weekend of Friday 31 July to Sunday 2 August, with K153 leading T356 on a consist of sleeping carriages.
Rescuing a failed W class tram, July 2015
26 July 2015
On July 26 tram W6.983 failed while running a City Circle service, and had to be rescued by classmate SW6.961
707 Operations - Seymour, July 2015
19 July 2015
On July 19, 2015 707 Operations ran a special train to Seymour and return, featuring a trio of R class steam locomotives: R707, R711 and R761
Adelaide Metro ticketing
4 October 2019
In 2012 Adelaide Metro introduced their new Metrocard smartcard ticketing system, that runs in parallel with the previous Crouzet magnetic stripe system used for single trip tickets.
Murray Bridge, South Australia
4 October 2019
Passing through Murray Bridge in South Australia, on the main line between Melbourne and Adelaide
Special trains to Flemington Racecourse and Melbourne Showgrounds
5 November 2019
Additional train services are run for major events at Flemington Racecourse and the Melbourne Showgrounds.
Melbourne rail replacement buses
15 May 2021
When the *%@! hits the fan on Melbourne's rail network, buses have to be called in to operate a replacement service for passengers.
Regional Rail Link open days
20 June 2015
Prior to the opening of Regional Rail Link open days were held at the new stations: Tarneit station on June 13, and Wyndham Vale on June 20.
Workshops Rail Museum
13 April 2015
Located in the former Queensland Rail railway workshops at Ipswich, the Workshops Rail Museum houses a vast collection of railway related displays, as well as an adjoining workshop for the maintenance and restoration of the QR heritage fleet.
Steamrail - Bendigo, May 2015
16 May 2015
On May 16, 2015 R761 and K190 lead a heritage train from Melbourne to Bendigo, with K190 being detached at Castlemaine on the return journey, and exchanged with D3 639 from the Victorian Goldfields Railway.
Kew Depot centenary
25 June 2015
Kew Depot celebrated its centenary on 3 May 2015. W2.431 was on display after being transported by road from the Melbourne Tram Museum at Hawthorn Depot, with W8.946 running shuttle trips to Victoria Gardens, restaurant tram SW6.935 was open for morning tea, with E.6005, C.3031 and A2.283 on display.
Whitsunday Transit
24 April 2015
Whitsunday Transit operates buses in Queensland between the inland town of Proserpine and the coastal communities of Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour.
Queensland Rail Traveltrain
13 April 2015
Queensland Rail operates a number of long distrance rail services around Queensland, using a mix of locomotive hauled trains, and the electric and diesel tilt trains.
Steamrail - Good Friday Appeal suburban tour 2015
3 April 2015
On Friday 3 April 2015 K153 and Y112 led a train around the Melbourne suburbs to raise funds for the Good Friday Appeal.
Commercialising commuters
11 September 2021
For Melbourne's privatised public transport operators, they don't make money by moving people - they make money selling their captive audiences to advertisers and other commercial outfits.
V/Line via the Albion-Jacana goods line
10 October 2010
The Albion-Jacana railway line links the Bendigo line near Sunshine to the main North-East line near Broadmeadows via a slow and indirect route. Normally used by freight services, V/Line occasionally diverts Seymour and Shepparton services via the route when the normal route via Essendon is blocked.
V/Line - Regional Rail Link
16 September 2021
V/Line trains using the new Regional Rail Link tracks that have progressively come into use since December 2013.
Tram Bar at the Arts Centre Melbourne
5 February 2015
In 2011 retired tram SW6.969 was converted into a bar and setup at the Arts Centre in Melbourne, being removed a number of times, only to return again come summer. In February 2013 it appeared again as 'Tram Bar', which closed for good in January 2015.
707 Operations - Dunolly tour, January 2015
24 January 2015
On January 24, 2015 B74 and T413 took a train from Melbourne to Dunolly, running via Bacchus Marsh on the way there and via North Geelong on the way home. Carriages PCP294, ACZ255, BZ270, BS205, BRS224, BS212, Avoca, AS11, SJ284, JTA6 were in the consist.
Free Tram Zone
21 June 2019
In the lead up to the 2014 Victorian state election, Denis Napthine promised to make tram travel free in the Melbourne CBD. The Liberal Government lost the election, but the Labor Party matched the promise, so in January 2015 PTV had to spend a bucketload of money promoting something that cost them even more money.
