Public transport
Can you use tap-and go with a myki pass? What about a concession card? Your questions answered
Confused at the government’s new tap and go train payments? We answer all your questions here.
- Isabel McMillan
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Some commuters can finally ditch myki cards. But there are key exceptions
Those on trams and buses will still need a physical card. And myki passes won’t be supported by the new system.
- Daniella White and Patrick Hatch
Victorians enjoyed a free ride for two months. That ends on Monday
After two months, public transport is going to cost us money again. But some are making the case to make it free forever.
- Bridget McArthur
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- Trains
The train line robbery: How Metro Trains underpaid its own workers
A dispute over millions of dollars in superannuation has resulted in workers taking on both Metro Trains and their own unions to get their entitlements.
- Clay Lucas
Sunshine restaurant serves up last sizzling steak before making way for airport rail superhub
Dragon Express will close to make way for the multibillion-dollar airport rail project – one of nine buildings being compulsorily acquired by the Victorian government.
- Alexander Darling
Free rides and fully funded schools: Labor members press for policy changes
In what looms as a soft launch of Labor’s election campaign, the party’s state conference will debate permanently waiving public transport fees and boosting school funding.
- Kieran Rooney
One line in the state budget has pushed back this dangerous level crossing removal by years
Highett residents have long been promised level crossings on Highett Road and Wickham Road would be removed by 2029, but they’ll now have to put up with them until 2032.
- Gemma Grant
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- Trams
A stranger assaulted Hannah on a tram. She may never have reported him if not for this
It was a busy weekday when Hannah spotted a man acting erratically on her train. When she changed to a tram to escape him, he followed, and then assaulted her in broad daylight.
- Bridget McArthur
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- Victoria
Free fares send passenger numbers surging back to pre-COVID levels
High petrol prices also contributed to the jump in patronage, as April became the busiest month on the network in more than six years.
- Patrick Hatch
‘Traumatic scene’: Boy trapped under train had backpack caught on carriage
The year 7 student fell onto the tracks after his school bag became snared on a train carriage on Monday afternoon.
- Angus Delaney and Patrick Hatch