Not even April 1st yet. Maybe the start date was an early April fools…
fh3131 on
Great to see. I’ll wait a few days to let the early rush go through, and will then take the kids somewhere. Combining metro and vline. Would be good if this gets extended.
Hussard on
PSA – take your bags off your shoulders on crowded trains and pop them between your feet!
mrswingvoter on
On my way to work now and it’s weirdly motivational how kind to one another everyone is being while we’re all crammed in like sardines together. 🥰
OkTemperature-8534 on
We’ll have to wait and see how things play out but I suspect we’ll just see patronage rebound back towards pre-covid levels if anything, considering that we’re still a fair way down relative to a decade or so ago.
Compared to the 2018/19 ‘pre-covid’ patronage, the overall total 2024/25 patronage has only recovered to about 77%. Saturdays have seen the most recovery with a bit over 90% of the pre-covid patronage, while the AM peak is still only at about 70%.
I could see weekends probably jumping a little beyond pre-covid levels considering they’ve already recovered well, but with WFH and the likes becoming much more widespread I’d say the peaks will probably only jump back to about pre-covid levels and not much higher for the time being.
Cold_Crazy2875 on
One good thing in the world
ArabellaFort on
Trains are very busy. And helpfully ‘networking issues’ in Flinders Street area.
mangolamplight on
Then why don’t the buses turn the myki machines off
Unfair-Rush-2031 on
And it’s absolutely chaos. Major delays. Might as well just WFHor continue driving. Melbourne’s public transport system is 30 years behind and is just not even close to good enough to serve the needs of this city.
Smooshydoggy on
I haven’t been in Melbourne for a few years, which station is that?! Looks so cool with the city in the background
JAMAWG256 on
I will start eating Mexican every day so I can power my car on methane before I choose to use public transport.
Which will now be overloaded with entitled little fuckers.
Fuck the gov
Redline55AU on
I came into work on usual early tram and not many more people than usual but guessing it will be more the office hours crowd affected
Lucky it’s started in school holidays I guess
robfuscate on
Just waiting for the complaints about overcrowding; train stoppages etc etc from the newbies
Mission-Trouble4717 on
Meanwhile in NSW…Chairman Minns is telling us to shut up and accept that there will be no transport relief
ryn3721 on
Strong “Gondor calls for aid” vibes from this title.
aussiepunkrocksV2-0 on
Just completed 1st part of my 1hr30 journey. I would say the train has about 20 to 30% more people in it than my usual…
Train outbound about usual…
Greedy_Lake_2224 on
Who are the metcops going to bully for a month?
PageBright2479 on
It should have coincided with diesel rationing in the metro area to preserve it for farmers.
yappedee_yap on
Was it extra crowded this morning?
glen_benton on
I touched on this morning 🙁
Real_RobinGoodfellow on
Wait is it free already? I touched on on the tram this morning, damn
BellaBlossom06 on
do we still have to tap on?
BustedWing on
I tapped on (was on autopilot and distracted).
I presume I won’t get charged?
peterparker_loves on
I tapped on, idiot
SuperstarDJay on
It was busy busy at 6.10am arriving at Parkville around 6.40am.
My first trip through through the tunnel, too, that was a bit exciting but I tried to act cool like I didn’t care.
Already witnessed a passenger complain to train staff over not wanting low income people and druggies on the train ☠️☠️
melb_reviewer on
Was prepared for a busy train at Footscray but was only 80%full. Still had seats available at 8:10AM to the city.
amazing_asstronaut on
Insane how the same Labor party can be reasonably good in one state (Victoria) and absolute fucking shit in another state (New South Wales). The NSW Labor party even try to make people go to the office whenever they can, and all the employees are quietly not complying at all.
Mariska_Heartattack on
Temba, his arms wide
totowewentcarracing on
Time to go to end of the line on every route for no reason whatsoever other than it’s 🆓
HeavenlyHellscythe on
It be good in the school holidays no school kids
Unique-Job-1373 on
High petrol prices are going to continue well past 1 month. Will they extend again? Can Victoria afford the 75 million in lost revenue?
qwerty7873 on
I can’t wait for them to notice they aren’t really losing any money on the bus network, essentially nobody taps on busses in my area. We had myki cops show up and it’s the first time I’ve seen them check the busses in the 2 years I’ve lived here, pretty much every single person (talking 25+) copped a fine and the myki cops seemed genuinely baffled that so many people weren’t tapping on lmao. No wonder the busses are always so jam packed with no new ones added I years if they genuinely think there’s only ever like 5 people on them.
salty_lake_222 on
NSW: Nah, fuck you guys….. in-fact we’re thinking about raising the price again
Disastrous-Farm939 on
I thought they were always open since they first opened
LLovepup on
I’ll be interested to see how much busier the trains will be. And I hope the one month gets extended.
softneo on
I’ve dreamt of times like these
myenemy666 on
I reckon this is the start to a permanent change.
Many_Possibility_156 on
Looks like Adelaide train station
iyoteyoung on
Are the sunburny/pakenham lines not seeing too much increase because they have SUCH frequent services compared to other lines? It’d be good to live there now and maybe not feel the crowding as much!
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Not even April 1st yet. Maybe the start date was an early April fools…
Great to see. I’ll wait a few days to let the early rush go through, and will then take the kids somewhere. Combining metro and vline. Would be good if this gets extended.
PSA – take your bags off your shoulders on crowded trains and pop them between your feet!
On my way to work now and it’s weirdly motivational how kind to one another everyone is being while we’re all crammed in like sardines together. 🥰
We’ll have to wait and see how things play out but I suspect we’ll just see patronage rebound back towards pre-covid levels if anything, considering that we’re still a fair way down relative to a decade or so ago.
Compared to the 2018/19 ‘pre-covid’ patronage, the overall total 2024/25 patronage has only recovered to about 77%. Saturdays have seen the most recovery with a bit over 90% of the pre-covid patronage, while the AM peak is still only at about 70%.
I could see weekends probably jumping a little beyond pre-covid levels considering they’ve already recovered well, but with WFH and the likes becoming much more widespread I’d say the peaks will probably only jump back to about pre-covid levels and not much higher for the time being.
One good thing in the world
Trains are very busy. And helpfully ‘networking issues’ in Flinders Street area.
Then why don’t the buses turn the myki machines off
And it’s absolutely chaos. Major delays. Might as well just WFHor continue driving. Melbourne’s public transport system is 30 years behind and is just not even close to good enough to serve the needs of this city.
I haven’t been in Melbourne for a few years, which station is that?! Looks so cool with the city in the background
I will start eating Mexican every day so I can power my car on methane before I choose to use public transport.
Which will now be overloaded with entitled little fuckers.
Fuck the gov
I came into work on usual early tram and not many more people than usual but guessing it will be more the office hours crowd affected
Lucky it’s started in school holidays I guess
Just waiting for the complaints about overcrowding; train stoppages etc etc from the newbies
Meanwhile in NSW…Chairman Minns is telling us to shut up and accept that there will be no transport relief
Strong “Gondor calls for aid” vibes from this title.
Just completed 1st part of my 1hr30 journey. I would say the train has about 20 to 30% more people in it than my usual…
Train outbound about usual…
Who are the metcops going to bully for a month?
It should have coincided with diesel rationing in the metro area to preserve it for farmers.
Was it extra crowded this morning?
I touched on this morning 🙁
Wait is it free already? I touched on on the tram this morning, damn
do we still have to tap on?
I tapped on (was on autopilot and distracted).
I presume I won’t get charged?
I tapped on, idiot
It was busy busy at 6.10am arriving at Parkville around 6.40am.
My first trip through through the tunnel, too, that was a bit exciting but I tried to act cool like I didn’t care.
I’m gonna train to the city so hard
https://preview.redd.it/ez17a7mog9sg1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=9933c15903b21316f509f36be4a20ce8c421af05
Already witnessed a passenger complain to train staff over not wanting low income people and druggies on the train ☠️☠️
Was prepared for a busy train at Footscray but was only 80%full. Still had seats available at 8:10AM to the city.
Insane how the same Labor party can be reasonably good in one state (Victoria) and absolute fucking shit in another state (New South Wales). The NSW Labor party even try to make people go to the office whenever they can, and all the employees are quietly not complying at all.
Temba, his arms wide
Time to go to end of the line on every route for no reason whatsoever other than it’s 🆓
It be good in the school holidays no school kids
High petrol prices are going to continue well past 1 month. Will they extend again? Can Victoria afford the 75 million in lost revenue?
I can’t wait for them to notice they aren’t really losing any money on the bus network, essentially nobody taps on busses in my area. We had myki cops show up and it’s the first time I’ve seen them check the busses in the 2 years I’ve lived here, pretty much every single person (talking 25+) copped a fine and the myki cops seemed genuinely baffled that so many people weren’t tapping on lmao. No wonder the busses are always so jam packed with no new ones added I years if they genuinely think there’s only ever like 5 people on them.
NSW: Nah, fuck you guys….. in-fact we’re thinking about raising the price again
I thought they were always open since they first opened
I’ll be interested to see how much busier the trains will be. And I hope the one month gets extended.
I’ve dreamt of times like these
I reckon this is the start to a permanent change.
Looks like Adelaide train station
Are the sunburny/pakenham lines not seeing too much increase because they have SUCH frequent services compared to other lines? It’d be good to live there now and maybe not feel the crowding as much!
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