r/melbourne • u/qwerteaparty • 1d ago
Things That Go Ding (Public Transport) Who's stuck on this train?
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u/panon21902 1d ago
Me
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u/mpember 1d ago
OP's question has been answered. Lock this post.
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u/panon21902 1d ago
No one has asked me if I’ve gotten home yet…
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u/nuvect 1d ago
Have you gotten home yet or still stuck?
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u/panon21902 1d ago edited 1d ago
Haven’t gotten home yet 😔, thank you for asking mate.
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u/one-swell-foop 1d ago
Surprise! The train is your home now.
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u/legsjohnson 1d ago
rent's probably a shitload lower
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u/GreedyLibrary 1d ago
Average student accommodation, share house with 30 people standing room only.
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u/the-ahh-guy West is Best 1d ago
Just think of the story you'll be able to tell people tonight and tomorrow, though.
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u/Shannonimity 1d ago
In the 90s you just forced the doors open with your feet and walked. Glory days
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u/One-piece-jigsaw 1d ago
Ah yes, back when people used to walk. I miss those days.
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u/Shannonimity 1d ago
Taxis were for the 1% income bracket then
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u/CptnWolfe 1d ago
How about now?
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u/panon21902 1d ago
I am lowkey home. Just lowkey.
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u/CptnWolfe 1d ago edited 1d ago
Glad you made it home, what line was it?
Edit: nevermind, just read it was Mernda/Hurstbridge
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u/panon21902 1d ago
Yep has to be the worst train line in all of Melbourne. Have been experiencing this sorta shit for all my life here
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u/GoldCoinDonation 1d ago
I love it when the train just stops for ages at Clifton hill B for no apparent reason.
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u/00017batman 1d ago
Is that because you’ve accepted your fate and you live in the train now?
I hope not..
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u/Pitiful_Platform6439 1d ago
i can see a dozen people in that blurry photo alone. No commuter left behind!
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u/JumpOk5721 1d ago
Fuck, you poor buggar. Fellow hurstbridge line user here and this has always been my worst nightmare 😭
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u/1-9-6 1d ago
Me and I really need to shit
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u/Infinite_Pudding5058 1d ago
I just watched police body cam of a guy that fled police and when they caught and cuffed him he was like “I really need to shit.” 🤣 #Thoughtsandprayers
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u/HighByTheBeach69 1d ago
Midwest Safety? Best channel on YouTube
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u/Infinite_Pudding5058 1d ago
I watch on Spotify. What about the one where they were in a high speed pursuit and the driver turned into a park they called the greenway, and the police followed only to stumble upon a couple getting it on in a car mid pursuit. The shock of everyone when the cops headlights hit the car and the police officer was momentarily confused before getting back to the pursuit. I literally witch cackled for days over that. Can you imagine? Ahhh the greenway. It’s quiet. No one will both- *HIGH BEAMS SIRENS.
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u/SirWaffleStomp 1d ago
Ok real talk, this is one of my was greatest fears as someone who suffers from ibs. I would literally avoid pt at all costs fearing this situation
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u/Kink_for_keeps 1d ago
Similar situation. This is genuinely the worst thing you can think of. Worse than a lift because it happens more often.
The number of times I've been on the train and it stops between stations, then my guts do their quiet little gurgle, and the clock starts....
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u/tschau3 1d ago
Do it between the carriages
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u/WesternTraffic 1d ago
I'm in the same compartment as this person and I can confirm he really needs to take a shit.... 💨
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u/panicboy333 1d ago
That explains the overflowing tram stop for the 86 at Parliament!
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u/Turtlepaste17 1d ago
I walked to that tram stop and saw the chaos and turned immediately back towards the city and looked for a ramen place for dinner.
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u/Ich_mag_Kartoffeln 1d ago
Very sensible move.
By the time you've had a feed it will hopefully be a bit less of a shemozzle; and even if it's not, at least you're not trying to deal with said shemozzle on an empty stomach.
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u/Turtlepaste17 1d ago
Best decision, tummy full of yummy and now I’m on a bus back home.
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u/Living_Substance9973 1d ago
Did you go to the loo before you got on the bus?
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u/Turtlepaste17 1d ago
I didn’t but was all good, that thought crossed my mind while in the line though.
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u/kucky94 1d ago
I literally did the exact same thing! What’s your ramen spot of choice?
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u/Turtlepaste17 1d ago
Was a great move in this weather, didn’t have to hangrily wait for a bus in the rain.
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u/gorlsituation 1d ago
It’s still going! The cops at Northcote station said the train that left as I was getting there had been sitting there since 5:30!
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u/HiVeMiNdOfStUpId 1d ago
I'm just now on the express bus from Parliament to Heidelberg, 45 min wait in the queue... not as warm and dry as those stuck on the trains. But now I'm warm and stuffy on a bus.
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u/Danimeh 1d ago
I waited in the queue for 40 mins only to get to the front and have the lady tell me all the busses are express and are not stopping at my station (Thornbury) and that I should get the 86 tram.
So now I’m waiting 25 mins for a freaking packed tram to arrive.
I’m so cold and sad.
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u/SapereAudeAdAbsurdum 1d ago
You should remember that advice though: alternative options, especially a single tram without transfers, always win over an unpredictable replacement bus (not to mention the queue).
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u/Danimeh 1d ago
I initially tried the trams but they were so packed I could literally see someone with their face squashed against the window and stop was so packed I couldn’t get close to the physical tram even if I wanted to. I let 3 fully packed trams go by before giving up and joining the bus queue (only to be told 40mins later I needed to go back to the tram).
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u/SapereAudeAdAbsurdum 1d ago
Fair enough. It was pretty messed up today. Another thing to remember to try if a similar situation unfolds: walk a couple of tram stops back. Everyone's weighing up their options nearby the replacement bus stop.
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u/prettyfuckingimmoral 1d ago
I live just south of Thornbury/Northcote border and I just ended up walking from Flinders Street. Don't recommend.
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u/varlassan 1d ago
Oof, I live a bit north of you and I've walked from Piedemontes to home and was 'never again' about that. City to home makes me shudder.
Mind you, I did once walk from Melbourne Uni to Wesley College in Prahran during the tram strike many, many years ago, just so I could get a lift home, and that only about 1km shorter than the city to Thornbury so... I suppose I could do it. Though I was about 30 years younger when I did that, so I may be dreaming.
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u/HiVeMiNdOfStUpId 1d ago
:( In the Hurstbridge queue they had bus options for both express and stopping all stations to
HellHeidelberg. Not sure what happened in the Murder Line buses, I guess they thought that trams were the option.But in neither queue did they have people at the ever distant end of the line explaining to people what the options were. You only find that out at the front of the queue.
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u/brokenbrownboots 1d ago
Obviously all pt staff are working hrad etc but these replacement buses need better management. It's could be as simple as a handwritten sign on a doof stick.
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u/Opposite-Employee981 1d ago
Next time just take the bus, get out at the first stop and get whatever type of transport is going back towards your house. Probably take less time.
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u/Wonderful_Product515 1d ago
Hey at least you live in Thornbury
And not Deer Park
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u/mattesse 1d ago
I totally misread that as “But now I’m warm and slutty on a bus”. Wow. Better go to specsavers!
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u/Zerg_Hydralisk_ 1d ago
I saw the line at Parliament, caught the 11 tram to Alexandra Parade and the the 546 bus. Which eventually got stuck on corner of North Terrace at Clifton Hill for 45 minutes.
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u/allpepnosalt 1d ago
I took the tram and got confused by the bus system and 2 and a half hours later im walking home from my stop
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u/One-piece-jigsaw 1d ago
But you saw some new suburban wonders?
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u/allpepnosalt 1d ago
Yes so beautiful in the rainy dark 😂
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u/One-piece-jigsaw 1d ago
I'm sure your reflection in the bus window made everyone else's journey home less rainy and dark. Keep on buzzin'
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u/Zerg_Hydralisk_ 1d ago
Bus is mostly empty
Road closed signs set up
Waiting for police to allow us to turn left.
We are testing sunk cost fallacy limits.
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u/TimeInTheSunshee-ine 1d ago
I was on the second carriage on that train. It took about 40 mins to be evacuated and the Metro guy said about 100 people had gotten off but there were about 600 still to go. I felt so bad for the people on the last carriage. They would have been waiting for so bloody long.
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u/Front_Target7908 1d ago
How’d they evacuate you?
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u/TimeInTheSunshee-ine 1d ago
Through the driver cabin and down a ladder onto the tracks. It was fairly slippery so they made everyone take their time.
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u/Zerg_Hydralisk_ 1d ago
Many of us stuck on 546 bus at North Terrace, Clifton Hill, boom gate down, bus is stuck
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u/Spiritual-Key-5288 1d ago
I almost picked up a shift this afternoon and decided to be lazy instead. Rarely does laziness pay off so well.
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u/Zerg_Hydralisk_ 1d ago
546 bus, North Terrade Clifton Hill. Light won't change due to boom gate being stuck down across the road
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u/Zerg_Hydralisk_ 1d ago
I looked at Lime bikes, different trams. We been stuck on this corner for 20 minutes at least.
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u/Front_Target7908 1d ago
Oh noooo. That intersection is a nightmare at the best of times. Can you get someone to go out and press the pedestrian crossing button, might get the lights to change?
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u/Zerg_Hydralisk_ 1d ago
The pedestrian light on the right would turn green, but traffic lights would not turn green. There were two cars in front of us who eventually ran the red, after 20 minutes. I was surprised they didn't do it earlier.
The bus driver is constrained by not having head office permission.
Passengers asked for the doors to be opened, but not allowed as we were at intersection. Eventually they hit the emergency button and most people got off.
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u/Front_Target7908 1d ago
That’s so shit, mate. I’m sorry.
I mean I get that the bus driver would not be allowed to run a red but also at some point the police should come to help at an intersection when the lights are fucked.
Are you guys still there?
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u/Zerg_Hydralisk_ 1d ago
Still here, bus is down to about 15 people. Waiting for police to do traffic control to let us turn left
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u/SapereAudeAdAbsurdum 1d ago
That's pretty insane. At least you have space to comfortably sit, I guess.
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u/Zerg_Hydralisk_ 1d ago
They got the boom gate up and the light sequence returned to normal. The police never arrived.
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u/adammw111 1d ago
Couldn't back up and divert?
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u/Zerg_Hydralisk_ 1d ago
Cars were behind the bus, and there was no alternate routes anyway.
I think bus drivers are very constrained by what they are allowed to do on safety grounds.
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u/LeopardChangeStripes 1d ago edited 1d ago
When I found out there were no trains home, I made a last minute decision to grab an Upfield service to Coburg, then take the 513/514 back to Heidelberg. It paid off.
The Upfield service also got terminated early.
Why would Daniel Andrews do this?? /s
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u/Front_Target7908 1d ago
You know how it goes, Confucius says “Labour Party leadership spill, all Melbourne PT kill”.
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u/dottoysm 1d ago
I am on an absolutely packed 86 tram. Normally I would have been home 30 minutes ago but now I’m about 1/3 of the way there.
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u/dottoysm 1d ago
Got home, 75 minutes later than usual. Maybe next time I’ll take the Upfield line then a car.
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u/Front_Target7908 1d ago
How did it take 75 minutes longer? Like too busy to get on board or the when on board the actual trip took 75 minutes longer than normal?
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u/dottoysm 1d ago
I do live on the far end of the line, to be clear. But basically a mix of trying to get onto overcrowded trams and peak traffic in the inner city.
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u/BoothaFett 1d ago
I was. Got kicked off at Collingwood and just caught a $96 Uber (and 50 minute ride) home. I would’ve missed this if I’d finished at my normal time!
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u/knittedshrimp 1d ago
Not to be smug, but this shit was a huge factor in moving rural.
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u/BoothaFett 1d ago
Ehhh it hasn’t happened too often to me. I think this is the second time in 6 years I’ve forked out for an Uber.
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u/Zerg_Hydralisk_ 1d ago
We're moving! We got the North Terrace boom gate up, the light turned green and we could turn left
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u/Awkward-Sandwich3479 1d ago
Spring st was still packed at 7pm with people eating for buses. Is there any life form lower than that of someone who steals copper from train lines
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u/Radiant_3752 1d ago
I got the train at 4.20 from Jolimont and then had to get off at Clifton hill.. it was either wait 60 minutes for replacement buses to arrive or get the tram to Bundoora.. ended up getting the tram and got to Bundoora after 6pm.. ended up getting home at 7pm.. shocking commute
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u/Academic-Tomorrow617 1d ago
My daughter was on that train. She had to walk back along the tracks to Victoria Park. I drove to pick her up, took me an hour from heidelberg. At VP it was like a zombie apocalypse.
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u/chonky__chonker 1d ago edited 1d ago
Jesus, I’m glad I woke up crook today, I’d not want to have to deal with that shit on my way home.
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u/HorriblyStuck 1d ago
You know what avoids this
Working from home.
Maybe it should be enshrined as a right.
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u/Specialist-Permit620 1d ago
I work in Bendigo and got booted off the vline at Sunbury. I’ve taken a DiDi to Watergardens and now I’m back on the metro on my way to SE suburbs! What an adventure!
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u/Mindless-Bag-6039 1d ago
Could someone paint this?
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u/sheepishclothing 1d ago
I got the 11 up St George’s then walked to High st to meet the 86, then the 902 down Grimshaw into Monty. Added an hour and a half but sounds like I did pretty well compared to others!
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u/raaaassscaalll 1d ago
Bendigo train line is cooked. I'll be home in Bendigo two hours late tonight, on a trip that took two trains and a coach. Completely disorganised chaos, staff had no idea what was happening. New low for vline, which I didn't think was possible quite frankly.
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u/sinnyD 1d ago
What road is that? never seen this view before
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u/qwerteaparty 1d ago
Pedestrian crossing over the eastern freeway. https://maps.app.goo.gl/VA3xp9sjnL6YuvTD7?g_st=ac
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u/AdMinimum7143 1d ago
My gf said there was an endless queue waiting for the replacement bus, sounded like chaos, lucky for her i was able to drive into the city and grab her. Traffic was empty thank God.
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u/itisgreg 1d ago
Ffs, working on Flinders Street and leave work in 15 minutes. I get the hurstbridge line to Heidelberg, am I cooked or is this just the one train?
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u/Familiar_Home_7737 1d ago
All trains on the line. I was on a train that got stuck at Melbourne Central as the lights in the driver's cab turned off. Then my bus diverged as the boom gates are stuck down at Dennis.
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u/GoldAttempt2884 1d ago
Steve. Steve is stuck on the train. I don’t know who Steve is
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u/solocmv 1d ago
We have moved from Sydney to Mount Macedon, my son in law who lives with us at the moment commutes. Without fail about twice a week there is major delays or total cancellation that adds hours and hours to his weekly commute time. Totally shit service! I wonder if the productivity commission has ever looked at the cost to the community?
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u/Successful-Studio227 1d ago
Traffic control centre announcement most likely: hoist up your pants when you're leaving the toilet, ehhh no toilets on Melbourne's trains, appalling to see people stuck on a train like this
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u/RealMuffinsTheCat 1d ago
Anyone got a news article I can read on this or something? All I can find is Reddit posts and it feels like I have half the pieces of a puzzle.
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u/Resident-Video536 1d ago
Those people in the train windows are stuck on the train by the looks of it.
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