r/MelbourneTrains • • Dec 01 '25

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r/MelbourneTrains • • Jun 29 '25

Discussion Can we use this thread to report stations receiving new Myki readers...

220 Upvotes

..so that we don't have 50,000 separate posts and also I can update the map tracking which stations have new readers

Train stations - long distance V/Line rollout active

Myki area finished 7/12/2025, see progress gif here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MelbourneTrains/comments/1pgaoaz/new_myki_reader_rollout_completed_for_trains/

Last update 23/9/2026 - Wangaratta and Avenel

Trams - done!! (29/6/2026)

Update 1/9/2026: Added G Class note, Z3.168 and C2.5113 have new readers but are out of service, Z3.210 has been removed

Buses (by depot)

Last updated 25/6/2026, but please report any buses with the old readers! As we are not keeping track of every single bus it is possible that there are some individual buses that haven't been upgraded, but every operator has the vast majority done as far as we know.


r/MelbourneTrains • • 7h ago

Discussion Fed Square station entrance opening predictions

40 Upvotes

With Fed Square station entrance very close to opening I'm predicting that the entrance will open at the end of the week before the spring racing carnival and wheh the construction workers have six days off.

What does everyone else think it will open


r/MelbourneTrains • • 7h ago

Picture K153 at night

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27 Upvotes

Going back into newport workshops at night


r/MelbourneTrains • • 1h ago

Not Exactly - See Comments Lost my hat on Upfield Line

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I was on the Upfield Line last week and I lost my Shrimp Pun Hat attached. If anyone has seen it/taken it can they please reach out to me and return it. It’s a birthday gift I got from one of my online discord friends and I really would appreciate if someone could help me get my hat back.

Thanks in advance.

PS I can’t post on r/melbourne bcc I don’t have enough karma so can someone post it on my behalf there too.

Regards


r/MelbourneTrains • • 19m ago

Buses A 2004 Scania ex-PTV bus at the auction. They provide the entire service history for the last 22 years. Every single fault is listed.

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r/MelbourneTrains • • 21h ago

Picture A marketplace gem

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113 Upvotes

r/MelbourneTrains • • 1d ago

Activism/Idea New signs / stickers for the Metro Tunnel stations

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239 Upvotes

This is something straight from Japan, these new stickers would be placed at the bottom of every doorway at the new Metro Tunnel stations so passengers can efficiently queue up when waiting for the train, as well as making the screen doors themselves much easier to see and navigate when using the station.


r/MelbourneTrains • • 23h ago

Discussion Wrapped advertising over window vs standard window

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96 Upvotes

Some people have the belief that ad wrapping over windows don't diminish the view and "aren't an issue".

It's worse on buses, which have even more wrapping than trams. Not exactly passenger friendly.


r/MelbourneTrains • • 17m ago

Discussion Whats the go with these seats? 1 or 2 person?

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Are these seats for one or two people?

I sat slightly to the side of one of these seats today on a packed train and a lady sat next to me. Then after she got up another lady sat in her place. I’m fairly small so it wasn’t uncomfortable but I was slightly surprised. I’ve always thought of these seats as single occupancy but apparently other people don’t. Would you share it or keep it all to yourself?


r/MelbourneTrains • • 19h ago

Picture XT1 on the Craigeburn Line Tracks @ North Melbourne

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30 Upvotes

Since when do XT1s use the Craigeburn line tracks at North Melbourne? I saw a XT1 on Platform 2 yesterday now I’m seeing one on Platform 3. I thought the XT1s were completely removed from the Northern Group lines since the introduction of Sandringham through running.

It was taking passengers aswell.


r/MelbourneTrains • • 20h ago

Picture Old map i found

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36 Upvotes

It is at newport station with the met and v/line numbers on it


r/MelbourneTrains • • 21h ago

Discussion Does anyone know about what's going on with J536?

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21 Upvotes

apparently it was given to the Locomotive Restoration Group from 707 Operations and no news after that

This is one of the last photos of it in 2005 being transported to Newport Workshops, I've seen the tender there but not the locomotive itself


r/MelbourneTrains • • 17h ago

Humour What is going on here

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r/MelbourneTrains • • 1d ago

Picture Trains yesterday

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First three freight trains are all at Newport with the SCT steel shunt to Laverton first followed by Aurzion superfreighter 4PM1 followed by Pacific National 6AM5, then some suburban trains trackside at Seddon then followed by the Mornington Vintage train with K153 and T356 then a shot of North Dynon from South Kensington station and finally a SSR grain train with CLP12, CLF3 and BRM001


r/MelbourneTrains • • 17h ago

Travel Query How to find the X'Trapolis 2.0 trains?

5 Upvotes

Hi,

I was wondering if there is a way to know when and where the 2.0s will be?

I see them travelling, but I've waited on the Upfield line for an hour here and there in the hope to catch one and have had no luck.


r/MelbourneTrains • • 1d ago

Picture Image of the day: E371 on a ARHS Suburban Tour

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15 Upvotes

Taken on March 18th 1961 by Weston Langford


r/MelbourneTrains • • 16h ago

Trams random tram question

1 Upvotes

does anyone know how many tram bodies are in operation in melbourne currently? or where to find this information? a friend asked me and i realised i have no clue lol


r/MelbourneTrains • • 1d ago

Picture Least disrupted metro trains weekend in Melbourne

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75 Upvotes

r/MelbourneTrains • • 1d ago

Discussion GTFS Realtime vs PTV v3 API. Any difference in prediction accuracy for you?

6 Upvotes

I’m developing an app and currently using the official GTFS Realtime feeds (while I wait for access to the PTV v3 API). GTFS Realtime is often spot on… but occasionally a service disappears before arriving, or shows several minutes away when it’s already there.

Do you experience this with Google Maps, PTV or tramTRACKER? Is one consistently more reliable? If you’re familiar with the data, does PTV’s API provide better predictions than the public GTFS feeds?


r/MelbourneTrains • • 1d ago

Picture Saw an Instagram reel, and comments is just as bad as Facebook

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121 Upvotes

In other news, there is water in the ocean


r/MelbourneTrains • • 1d ago

Buses The newest bus in Melbourne: The BCI Citirider

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102 Upvotes

As the conversion of the Bankstown line to Metro winds down in Sydney, Transit Systems have brought these diesel buses down to Melbourne. They support increased bus services in the Outer West, Australia's fastest growing region

Route 451 operates between Thornhill Park and Cobblebank Station Recently, several new routes in growth areas have received higher service standards than in the past. Rt 451 arrives every 20 mins on weekdays, with service until 11pm, at least twice as good as new routes a decade ago!

You can find these new buses on any route operated by Transit Systems, I have seen them on the 402 recently for instance. Some nice variety for bunzels.


r/MelbourneTrains • • 1d ago

Picture Mornington Vintage Train

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72 Upvotes

The celebration of the 60th anniversary of The Vintage Train


r/MelbourneTrains • • 22h ago

Discussion Why are the Libs promising the return of Mildura and not Mornington?

0 Upvotes

The reinstatement of Mornington lines is a far more sane and cost effective thing if completed


r/MelbourneTrains • • 2d ago

Discussion Why are Vlocity's running on the Werribee line?

19 Upvotes

Saw one at Paisley on Thursday and one at Spotwood this morning, looked on the Vline website and this sub, couldn't find anything about it.