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2000 News Archive

2000 News Index
Complete News Index

NOTE: News items arranged by date, in reverse order.

November 2000

340 more trains in shake-up
Friday November 11 2000 - Herald Sun

- 61 new services for the Broadmeadows line

New Timetable changes page

June 2000

Double trouble for airport train
Wednesday June 7 2000 - Metro News

 

MP stands firm on rail link
Tuesday June 6 2000 - Community News

 

May 2000

Residents warn of huge fight on rail link
Tuesday May 30 2000 - Community News
Local residents have spoken out, against the proposed Broadmeadows line route for the Melbourne Airport rail link.

 

April 2000

$70m public transport gain
Wednesday April 26 2000 - Herald Sun

The Craigieburn, South Morang, and Cranbourne East Rail Extensions will go ahead as part of the $70 million allocated to public transport in this years Budget.

$200,000 facelift for Essendon station
Tuesday April 25 2000 - Community News

The Essendon station bus interchange will be upgraded at Essendon Station as part of a $200,000 plan.

Industrial Action - 6/4/2000
Many services were cancelled due to industrial action affecting Bayside Trains Services.  GOTO The Age website for more...

Glenroy Sub-station Power Failure - 5/4/2000
A power failure, due to rain, at the Glenroy substation caused 2 trains to terminate in Platform 1 at Essendon on 5/4/2000, this was the first use of this platform for some time.

Essendon Signalling LED "A" - Sunday April 10, 2000
    Post 18 (up home from platform 2 to Melbourne) has a trial LED style illuminated "A" with the old one positioned 90deg angle behind the signal.  This was first noted on Sunday April 10, 2000.
    It is only a trial, there is only one permanent LED style "A" that is at
East Richmond and hardly ever gets used (because the signal is hardly ever fleeted by Metrol), Blackburn (BBN) had a trial one but I think the one at ESD is the one that was on trial at BBN. - courtesy Chris Gordon

New Coffee Shop at Essendon Station
Thursday April 6, 2000

    During April it was noticed that there is now a coffee shop "Coffee HQ" inside the waiting room at ESD.  The exact date of opening is unknown.  It is the same as the ones now found at Melbourne Central Station (MCE) platform 1+2.

March 2000

New V/Line Timetables for all services from Sunday April 9

    To the left is a copy of the North East section of the VLP leaflet.  A full version of this leaflet is available here - courtesy Chris Gordon

Corrections:
In addition to this information, the "1530 New Donnybrook....." will stop at Craigeburn and the 1401 Craigeburn to SSS is an empty sprinter from Donnybrook to Craigeburn.

MORE SEATS, MORE SERVICES - MORE OFTEN
Wednesday 22/03/2000

    In a press release issued by the minister for transport, 140 new rail services were announced, beginning in April.
    Included are improvements to be made to both Craigieburn and Seymour services:

    *A service every hour off-peak between Melbourne and Craigieburn, plugging gaps of 3 ½ hours between services.

    * New services from Seymour to Melbourne at 5.15 pm and from Melbourne to Seymour at 3.30 pm filling a 2 ½ hour gap between services.  NOTE: This service is an extended Kilmore East Service.

The current WEEKDAY frequencies are as below:
(lists departure times from origin)

Legend:
C - Time elapsed since last train to/from Craigieburn
SSS/CGB - Departure time from specified station
Dest. - Destination
SEY = Seymour, ALY = Albury, SHP = Shepparton, KME = Kilmore East, CGB = Craigieburn
New/Extended Services marked in RED and are excluded from the elapsed time count.
AM/PM is represented: am - pm

Melbourne - Craigieburn - Seymour Services

SSS

7 25

7 50

9 05

9 50

12 00

1 30

C ~ -> -> 3:25 -> 3:10
Dest. SEY ALY SHP SEY ALY SEY

continued...

SSS

3 30

4 30

5 10

5 28

6 15

6 33

C 2:00 1:00 -> 0:58 -> 1:31
Dest. KME
- Will extend to SEY
SEY ALY SHP SEY SEY

Seymour - Craigieburn - Melbourne Services

From SEY SEY SEY SHP KME ALY

CGB

6 36

7 26

7 59

. .

9 21

. .

C ~ 0:50 0:33 -> 1:22 ->


continued...

From SEY SEY ALY SEY ALY
CGB

10 21

12 20

. .

4 54

. .

C 1:00 0:59 -> 4:34 ~


2000 News Index

Complete News Index

A

Airport Link - Double trouble for airport train - Wednesday June 7 2000 
Airport Link - MP stands firm on rail link - Tuesday June 6 2000 
Airport Link - Residents warn of huge fight on rail link - Tuesday May 30 2000

C

Craigieburn Extension - $70m public transport gain - Wednesday April 26 2000

E

Essendon Signalling - LED "A" - Sunday April 10, 2000

Essendon Station - $200,000 facelift for Essendon station - Tuesday April 25 2000 
Essendon Station - New Coffee Shop at Essendon Station - Thursday April 6th 2000

I

Industrial Action - Industrial Action - 6/4/2000

P

Power Failure - Glenroy Substation Power Failure- 5/4/2000

T

Timetable Changes Nov '00 - Friday November 11 2000 - 340 more trains in shake-up 
Timetable Changes Apr '00 - New V/Line Timetables for all services from Sunday April 9
 
Timetable Changes Apr '00- MORE SEATS, MORE SERVICES - MORE OFTEN