🚴🚉It's World Bicycle Day! Bikes and PT are a great combination. Safe bike paths and secure bike parking can help more people reach the station, for a fraction of the space and cost of car parks.

What #Geelong buses need next: Highlights from our submission to the Geelong bus review. ...

Don't forget to tap! Fares are back (half price until end of the year)

Time to find your #Myki! Half price fares start on Monday.

Thanks for all those who attended our meeting with Public Transport Minister Gabrielle Williams tonight. Sorry we couldn't get to all the member questions in the time available - we're hoping to get a few more responses into the next newsletter. We'll have to have her back sometime!

tfw you're wishing for more bus lanes

Just 56% of V/Line Swan Hill and Echuca trains were on time (within 11 minutes) in April, and Albury wasn't much better. V/Line and the government must do more to identify and resolve the causes of delays.

Extra train services this weekend due to events and works closures are a reminder that we could have high frequency metro services like other cities - it's mostly not an infrastructure issue, it's a matter of politics and government priority. Better public transport helps keep #Melbourne moving.

🚆🚧Catching a train this weekend? Watch out for bus replacements, a closure of the Metro Tunnel and most of the City Loop. Also (not shown on this unofficial map) some additional bus replacements on Metro and V/Line in the evenings. #Melbourne #Victoria

PTUA members! Don't forget to register for the member meeting with Gabrielle Williams, Minister for Public Transport, next Thursday 28th May.

🚆🚧Catching a train this weekend? Watch out for bus replacements, a closure of the Metro Tunnel and most of the City Loop. Also (not shown on this unofficial map) some additional bus replacements on Metro and V/Line in the evenings. #Melbourne #Victoria

The Geelong line (and many other V/Line services) badly needs improvements to reliability, capacity and timetables.

Our friends at the Mt Atkinson Advocacy Forum have put out this infographic highlighting the benefits of electrification of the Melton line and a new station to serve the local community.

📢PTUA members! Our meeting with PT Minister Gabrielle Williams is coming up on Thursday 28th May. Register now and submit your question for the Minister. Not currently a paid member? Join now to attend. Details: ptua.org.au/members/...

Belgrave/Lilydale line weekend evenings: long 30 minute waits between trains, and standing room only. Not good enough for our big city. More services needed.

If you're wondering why your tram journey is so slow, you're not alone. Melbourne's trams are some of the slowest in the world. Better on-road priority, especially traffic light priority, would get you to your destination faster. Source: www.snamuts.com/uplo...

The train to Echuca this afternoon. Short 3 car train. V/Line crowding has been a problem for years, but the free travel period has supercharged it. More capacity and more services needed to cut crowding and waiting times.

☔ It's that time of year when you discover how effective the shelter at your station/stop really is. How's yours?

"Upgrades to bus and train services are good to see, and will help relieve crowding, cut waiting times and encourage more people onto public transport." Great to see progress. More needed! www.busnews.com.au/v...

The extra train and bus services funded in the State Budget are very welcome, and it's good to see progress on Melton electrification and upgrading Upfield - but there's more to do, including on V/Line and trams. Our statement: ptua.org.au/posts/20...

May the fourth be with you! The Kessel Run can take anywhere from 12 to 20 parsecs. Traffic priority for public transport makes travel time faster and more consistent - cutting delays for trams and buses, and passengers.🚀🚋🚌 #StarWarsDay

Good to chat to Public Transport Minister Gabrielle Williams and senior Metro and Department of Transport people on the first X'Trapolis 2.0 service on Sunday morning. Upgrades to fleets, infrastructure, and timetables all help get more people onto public transport!

It’s time that public transport timetables caught up with our 7 day city. #MoveWithTheTimes

The first new train will run on the Upfield line on Sunday morning😀 Still waiting for the promised fix to the 30-40 minute gaps (including Sunday mornings) on the Upfield and Craigieburn lines - expected soon👍

🎂🚉Happy 100th birthday Heathmont station, opened 1st May 1926 Like all stations beyond Ringwood, trains here are mostly only half-hourly on weekdays - even the weekend service is more frequent! A rewrite of the timetable to simplify stopping patterns and add more services is long overdue.

Great to see upgraded services coming for buses around Melbourne and regional Victoria. More buses means more options to choose public transport for more journeys. More to do, but this is a good start. Details including list of routes getting upgrades: www.premier.vic.gov.au/bus-bonanza

Overcrowded, infrequent buses that people can't use means more traffic on the roads. Many #Melbourne suburbs are crying out for better public transport services. Read the story here: archive.md/recHW

Platforms 7/8 at Spencer Street, 1943. #AnzacDay

New train smell! Even better, more train services are coming, to reduce long wait times at many #Melbourne suburban stations.

Govt just announced more train services coming soon, fixing many of the 30-40 minute waits around the Metro network, as well as more services on the Shepparton line. There's more to do, but this is a great step in the right direction. More trains more often gets more people onto public transport 👍

Free PT until end of May, then half price until the end of 2026. The government must invest in more services, to help the system cope with demand, and to ensure people most affected by high petrol prices in Melbourne's outer suburbs and regional Victoria have a public transport option they can use.

World Public Transport Day is today, 17 April 2026! Frequent, reliable, accessible, affordable, better public transport helps people get to where they're going quickly, safely and efficiently. Find out more: worldpublictransport... #WorldPublicTransportDay

Paisley station closed 41 years ago today, on 14th April 1985. With the Werribee line getting busier, and the western suburbs crying out for more public transport options, now would be a great time to re-open it. You can sign the petition here: www.parliament.vic.g...

🎂🚉Happy 165th birthday to Hawthorn station, opened 13th April 1861. The Belgrave/Lilydale line has a confusing myriad of stopping patterns, and fewer services interpeak on weekdays than on weekends. A rewrite of the timetable is overdue, to make the service easier to understand and easier to use.

The best way to help people reduce their fuel use is to give them more options. We look forward to seeing more investment in walking, cycling and public transport in the upcoming Federal and State budgets. #auspol

Steamrail isn't free like V/Line is right now, but at least you know you'll get a seat!

If people are trying out public transport during the free period, it's as important as ever that they have a good experience to encourage them to become regular users. Overcrowded and unreliable services don't help. State Govt and the transport operators need to do better.

It's World Health Day! Public transport (and walking/biking to the stop or station) are healthier for people than driving, and also help reduce air pollution, with health benefits for everyone. Read more about the benefits of using public transport here: link.springer.com/ar...

More passengers on board is a good thing, but some services aren't coping. The Government must boost capacity wherever possible, and reinstate V/Line seat bookings for those who need them.

Free or not free, if the bus is not running today, you can't catch it. In Melbourne and in regional towns, dozens of buses don't run 7 days a week, including some routes serving major shopping centres.

This map of household cost-of-living stress and car dependency is more important than ever right now. Public transport services in the most affected areas are inadequate. Government should be doing what they can to boost them. Even just running the buses more often can help a lot to provide options.

Zip lines to Fishermans Bend: With the State Government failing to commit to major public transport upgrades into the growing precinct, such as the Metro 2 tunnel or even tram extensions, a plan has emerged to run zip lines into the area. ptua.org.au/posts/20...

The free PT month is an opportunity for government to improve services so more people can make use of the offer, and to look at fare reform (such as short trip fares and automatic weekly caps) to make public transport more cost-competitive with driving on a permanent basis. ptua.org.au/posts/20...

Do you use a prepaid Myki Pass, such as a 4+ week or yearly Commuter Club Pass? There's been some confusion over the April free period, but the Government tells us you don't have to do anything - Passes will be automatically extended. Official info: transport.vic.gov.au...

Announced this morning: Free public transport in #Melbourne and across Victoria for the month of April. It'll clearly benefit those who can use or switch to the PT network. Not so much the people who don't have a usable service they can use.

Hello! I'm a bus🚌 pretending to be a tram🚋 that used to be a train🚆 connecting to a ship🚢. Frequent services, legible networks, Tap and Go payment options, good connections and walkable neighbourhoods can all help tourists and locals alike get around without driving.👍

More housing around public transport is a good idea, but needs more than just good CBD rail access. For many of the proposed precincts, good PT services aren't in place to support local and cross-suburban trips, leaving residents having to drive. #Melbourne

Unsafe tram stops that motorists drive through Windows you can't properly see out of Lack of platform stops for accessibility So many upgrades needed for our tram system

More frequent services and reduced waiting times mean more people can use public transport for more trips - important with petrol prices rising fast. Good to see progress on this - some #Melbourne rail lines improved already; some soon. What about the others?

In a railway station, where the KMart ads have prices, but the PTV fare posters don't. QR codes can be useful, but for this? Why require people to have a smartphone and navigate the web site just to see the fares?