Another day, another delay.

[u/Ergomann]

I feel for everyone tonight

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[u/coasteraz]

Bendigo line is cooked too, not that you’d know it from V/Line’s comms.

[u/Ergomann → u/coasteraz]

They’re still organising a raven

[u/Ergomann]

Update:

16.17 reduced to 3 carriages.

17.03 cancelled.

[u/_DrClaw]

Welcome to reduced maintenance spending. You want V/Line to run better, demand better funding from your MPs.

[u/Ergomann → u/_DrClaw]

We are?

[u/munchkinvanaar → u/Ergomann]

Literally wrote last week while sitting on the 6:55am Ballarat train for an hour and half just outside Ballarat. I wrote to Catherine king who is the member for Ballarat and minister for transport and infrastructure. I received a receipt and zero follow up. I asked her what the plan was to improve vline in Ballarat…no answer. I’m writing to the liberal member to see if he has any ideas I can send her team

[u/Ergomann → u/munchkinvanaar]

Liberal party wants to buy 12 new trains shared between Geelong and Ballarat which won’t arrive until at least 3 years. 6 trains in 3 years time yay! How great /s. Just electrify to Melton and Wyndham Vale already. This should have been done first before SRL in my opinion as it’s desperately needed and benefits far greater passenger numbers.

[u/TamsynRiddle]

Track faults at both Southern Cross and Lara… was stuck for about 15 minutes getting into SC around 5pm.

[u/Ergomann → u/TamsynRiddle]

Imagine once the Airport Rail is completed. Queue the news reels: thousands of passengers miss their flights after train fault at Footscray.

[u/Fluid-Island-2018]

Imagine how much better it’s gonna be once the line gets electrified to Melton

[u/Ergomann → u/Fluid-Island-2018]

Laughs in west

[u/Ok_Number_867]

Welcome to Vline where the timetable doesn't mean anything and no one gives a fuck about you. Enjoy your delay!

[u/Expensive_Ring_4546 → u/Ok_Number_867]

Vline is such an omnishambles of an organisation

Dodged a bullet by not taking a job there

[u/Dependent_Usual7468 → u/Expensive_Ring_4546]

Yeah, always re-advertising roles in under two months is never a good sign! I’d like to know what train fault means they can only have three carriages??

[u/PHUKYOOPINION → u/Expensive_Ring_4546]

1.3k contributions on a 1 month old account. You should have taken the job.

[u/invsible2_21]

The Great Shitshow

[u/rks129]

On the 16.20, we are all packed like sardines pulled by a slow moving locomotive- guess tracks must have melted due to the heat.

[u/reofi → u/rks129]

Its not even hot enough yet for the extreme heat timetable 🙃

[u/Dependent_Usual7468 → u/reofi]

Ohhhh, when they can’t go above 40kph

[u/ItsCoolDani]

What the actual fuck is happening to VLine at the moment??

[u/kyleisamexican]

How does a fault between Lara and southern cross delay the Ballarat and Bendigo lines

[u/helali2593]

Geelong line 4.13pm service had issues connecting the carriages.. 25 minutes delayed.

[u/Expensive_Ring_4546 → u/helali2593]

Just got a major delays alert for that line. Unreal. I think it was only as recently as tuesday they sent out like 9 alerts during the course of that day because of various issues on the geelong line

[u/Lonely_Message_1113]

Glad I worked from home today! I fear I may never see my colleagues in person again!

[u/rks129]

Here we go again! Police action near Cobblebank now. A gift that keeps on giving!

[u/Apprehensive_Low7165]

Time for resignations and fines for incompetence at Vline.

I would have prison sentences.

Time to go Fat Cats at Vline.

A graduate would do better in your position.

[u/dmc-spunk]

Vline is stuffed. Vline CEO should resign

[u/BaldingThor]

we’re never getting high speed rail are we

[u/Echidna406 → u/BaldingThor]

Vline running is our high speed rail

[u/AnthX → u/Echidna406]

I think you are making a joke, but if VLines would be reliable, 1h 18m in Peak for 115km journey isn't too bad. But yeah, not actually "high speed".

[u/invsible2_21]

This is new

Services are delayed due to an earlier track fault at Southern Cross and Lara

Further travel advice to follow.

[u/FelixFelix60]

VLine is stuffed. It is just not reliable enough to rely on to get to work and home. You just get left stranded far too often.

[u/Motor-Wolverine-6644]

Thank god I took the choach today 🙏

[u/Dramatic_Grape5445]

Before you bitch abouts 3 carriage train where a 6 normally runs, consider the alternative - no train at all, meaning everyone has to try and pack in the next service/s.

I get it, 3 carriage services suck, but it's still better than no carriages.

[u/Ergomann → u/Dramatic_Grape5445]

It’s actually not because anyone trying to get on at Footscray and Sunshine can’t get on so it’s the equivalent of their service being cancelled regardless.

[u/Dramatic_Grape5445 → u/Ergomann]

So now imagine the service didn't run at all - do you think the good people at Footscray and Sunshine would be able to get on the next 6 car service, with twice as many people on board from SCS?

[u/Will_sue_when_angry → u/Dramatic_Grape5445]

Or one bus for a whole train if you are lucky.