The best food for a cold winter's night, αβγολέμονο (Greek chicken soup with egg and lots of lemon) #greekfood #winter #cooking

This is a very minor gripe but is anyone else in #melbourne annoyed by the new tram announcements that refer to " trAHNsport" pronounced the South Australian way? #melbournetrams #linguistics

Start of our second strike today for fair pay for Council workers! Building on the largest local government strike in Australia's history last month, we're asking for fair pay. Our wages have gone down over the past four years and this needs to change! Learn […] [Original post on aus.social]

My favourite station in Melbourne. What's yours? #melbourne #MelbourneTrains #publictransport #trains #transit

246 bus absolutely jam packed at its southern end even on a Sunday afternoon. Leaving tens of people behind at stops because they can't fit. Not even 15 minute headways are enough for a route like this. Bus priority and higher frequency is clearly needed. @ptua […] [Original post on aus.social]

Rejoice! After a month of being broken, the up escalator to Box Hill Bus Station has finally been repaired (again). Let's see how long it lasts! #melbournebuses #melbourne #publictransport #transit

Box Hill Bus Station escalator update. It's now been a month since the up escalator broke. Still no information from anyone on when it will be fixed or what is being done to stop this recurring issue. And as of today, the down escalator is now broken as well […] [Original post on aus.social]

We may talk about our challenges with buses, but spare a thought for the bus drivers in Kherson who are targeted by drones every day. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87q2eq8r1yo #ukraine #publictransport #transit

Spotted a speed hump advisory speed limit sign that's pre-metric! You can see under the faded "20" the "8" from when it was miles per hour. Never seen one like this before #showmeasign #melbourne

Art projection on the side of Hamer Hall on the Yarra River as part of Rising Festival #melbourne #rising #night

Today marks the 100th anniversary of one of the worst rail disasters in the history of Melbourne. On 26 May 1926, a packed Tait electric train crashed into the rear of another waiting on Platform 4 at Caulfield Railway Station. Three people were killed and over 170 others were injured. See […]

Melbourne really turning on the weather! There's been some beautiful afternoon autumn light the past few days #melbourne #australia #autumn #cityscape #citiesforpeople

Frequency is freedom! #publictransport #transit #trains #MelbourneTrains

It's Overland photoshoot day! Found my spot just outside Ararat. On a slight curve, clear sightlines and with the sun behind me. Now all I have to do is wait and hope the train isn't running too late. It only comes through in this direction twice a week so I […] [Original post on aus.social]

Now taking bets: will Hell freeze over before the Box Hill Bus Station escalator is fixed? Apparently nobody knows when this will be back in service. Transport Victoria don't know and the shopping centre have no timeline. #melbournebuses #melbourne #publictransport #transit

Coming up to the one week anniversary since the Box Hill Bus Station escalator broke down. Again. No signs of it being fixed and no communication from Transport Victoria or Vicinity Centres. https://philam.github.io/days-since-box-hill-escalator/ #melbournebuses #melbourne #publictransport

What a beautiful afternoon at the Royal Exhibition Building Open Day! This is being held to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the opening of Australia's first federal Parliament on 8 May 1901. Thousands of people came to enjoy the free entry into the Building […] [Original post on aus.social]

Once again the bus station escalator at the Box Hill Bus Station has broken down. This time the escalator going up, which also means that passengers can't use the stairs. This only leaves the single lift the opposite end of the shopping centre that is slow, dirty […] [Original post on aus.social]

Incredible turnout today at the largest local government strike in Victoria's history! The message from the thousands of workers here today is clear - Council workers deserve fair pay. Our wages have gone **down** in real terms by up to 12% over the past four […] [Original post on aus.social]

Great day out this morning for the very first X'Ttapolis 2 train in regular passenger service! This is Melbourne's newest EMU train that will start to replace the ageing, but beloved, Comeng fleet. Many people came to ride this service to Upfield and back […] [Original post on aus.social]

Happy birthday to the State Library of Victoria's LAB, which is one year old today! I wish all GLAM orgs had labs to foster innovation & collaboration. https://lab.slv.vic.gov.au

Spent a wonderful afternoon today at the Melbourne Tram Museum lost in the archives to research an upcoming video. A massive thank you to all the brilliant volunteers. Everyone is knowledgeable, passionate, friendly and very willing to help. If you've never been […] [Original post on aus.social]

Night for it #melbourne #australia #photography #sunset

This is gadgetbahn gold by @philip In the 1950s, the Victorian government was seriously considering a 40-seat helicopter bus service from the roof of Southern Cross Station to Moorabbin and Essendon Airports: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9Ybkpk3KaU It also predicted that, by 2003, helipads […]

Excellent post on the train frequency upgrades announced yesterday for Melbourne and Victoria from Peter Parker. It's very welcome news but also leaves significant gaps. E.g. the Ringwood Group will have a more frequent service at 9pm on a weekday than at 1pm […]

Glory be to the trams that still have openable windows #melbourne #melbournetrams #publictransport #transit

G class-only speed restriction sign spotted at the west end of Victoria Bridge in Richmond. I'm guessing this is for trams heading to Kew Depot further down the road for testing, as they are probably heavier than any current tram that regularly uses this heritage […] [Original post on aus.social]

Leading on from yesterday here is another bad disruption notice on the Transport Victoria website. Amongst other things, it tells people to catch a Glen Waverley train from Camberwell Station, and a Craigieburn train from Footscray Station. All completely wrong […] [Original post on aus.social]

Is it just me or has the disruption information from Transport Victoria become even worse recently? Take this for example. No City Loop trains for Burnley Group trains. The official advice is to take a "City Circle bus" (rail replacement bus) to get to City Loop […] [Original post on aus.social]

No thanks #food

One new issue with State Library / Melbourne Central that I have noticed since the Metro Tunnel opened has to do with interchanging. When coming out of State Library Station there are no screens to tell you the next train departures from platforms at Melbourne Central. The only bank of screens […]

Bank card touch on option spotted at a myki gate at Footscray Station. Only this one had it available though. #melbourne #MelbourneTrains #publictransport #transit

A new TV show is coming to Melbourne and Geelong! The show is called "Stories of Victoria" and will feature ten episodes. These will be compilations of some of my existing videos, organised into themes. Channel 31 is an amazing resource that has been around for decades supporting […]

QGIS 4.0 Norrköping is released! The wait is over! We are pleased to announce the new major release of QGIS 4.0. Installers for Windows, Linux, and Mac are already out. What's new? On the surface, existing users should expect to engage with a QGIS experience familiar to what they have come to […]

"Heat related speed restrictions"? It's not even 30 degrees. Very strange. #MelbourneTrains #melbourne #publictransport #transit #australiantrains

New tram route just dropped apparently #melbourne #melbournetrams #PTV #publictransport #transit

These signs are a juxtaposition that we hate to see. There are maintenance works scheduled on the Belgrave / Lilydale Line between Box Hill and Parliament on the same weekend as the Grand Prix and Labour Day. Not a great way to promote heading to the Grand Prix […] [Original post on aus.social]

I will be giving a talk at the next monthly meeting of the Balwyn Historical Society. The topic will be on the huge floods that devastated Victoria in 1934 with a focus on how it affected Balwyn and the surrounding areas. The talk will be held on Thursday 12 March at 7:30pm at the Balwyn […]

New video out today, my first covering a topic in the ACT! Learn about what I think was one of the most important events in Australia's 20th century history, the 1940 Canberra air disaster https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U_q_W69AyI8 #canberra #disasters #australia #aviation #history […]

Countdown timer for a traffic signal but for trams! These are uncommon but not unheard of in Melbourne for pedestrian crossings. But this is the first I've seen for tram drivers. It makes a lot of sense here because it's for southbound trams at the very busy […] [Original post on aus.social]

Xtrapolis 2 spotted on the test track at Newport Workshops #MelbourneTrains #publictransport #transit https://www.flickr.com/photos/philipmallis/55109245358/

Hope everyone on the Lilydale Line is enjoying their one hour wait for the next train! #frequencyisfreedom #MelbourneTrains #publictransport #transit

After decades of advocacy, the new Gipps Street Ramp on the busy Main Yarra Trail was finally completed late last year. Local communities lobbied hard for a very long time to remove the former inaccessible and non-compliant steps. The solution built here is this […] [Original post on aus.social]

Early access to my next video for members! Check it out here. If you're not a member, you can sign up on the website, or it'll be publicly released in a few days. https://members.philipmallis.com/early-video-access-what-if-the-city-loop-but-above-ground/ #melbourne #history #MelbourneTrains […]

There is one metre of gas in this room

New post: the broken Box Hill Bus Station lift https://philipmallis.com/2026/02/05/the-broken-box-hill-bus-station-lift/ #melbourne #publictransport #transit #melbournebuses #buses

One other ongoing disruption is that the only lift to access the rooftop Box Hill Bus Station is still broken. It's been broken since at least last week. This is a major problem and is being poorly managed. There is no disruption information anywhere from PTV or […] [Original post on aus.social]

This is the scene at platforms 3/4 at Richmond Station for passengers waiting for a train to Frankston. Never seen it like this before. Day 2 of the #MetroTunnel so teething problems are to be expected as people get used to the new network. I suspect many of […] [Original post on aus.social]

First weekday of the "Big Switch" for the #MetroTunnel and it seems to have gone reasonably well, other than some teething issues that are to be expected with any project. There are important details to fix though. These are mainly legacy problems from previous […] [Original post on aus.social]