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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

frankly all I want is private accounts. or circles. if this app had a way for me to just talk to my friends I could happily never log in to x dot com the everything app ever again

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Daniel Bowen @danielbowen.au · 04/03/2025

Shadow Roads Minister on a proposal for 30kmh limits on local residential streets: "I think it's somewhat of a nanny state solution". My dude, the number of lives lost on the roads is up 18% on last year. If you've got better ideas, let's hear them. www.abc.net.au/news/... #Victoria #SpringSt

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30kph speed limits, eight extended tram routes in new Victorian vision

Infrastructure Victoria wants reduced speed limits in local areas, extensions to tram, train and bus routes and a big investment in social housing over the next 30 years.

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Railmaps @railmaps.com.au · 27/02/2025

Today’s historic pic: Near-new diesel loco N463 and VLine Melbourne to Bendigo train no 8025 approach Woodend, Vic, February 21 1987. Woodend is 78km north of Melbourne on the main broad gauge line to Bendigo. Note the semaphore signals with co-acting arms; these were replaced 20 years ago or so.

A VLine orange and grey liveried N class diesel locomotive hauling a three car passenger train also in VLine orange livery runs along the left hand track of a double track main line railway in a rural location. Tall somersault semaphore signals stand on either side of the track with the signal at left, facing us, having two co-acting arms.

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

yes well at some point you run out of Melbourne to orbit

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

what if we had more frequent bus routes but they were only increasingly unhinged orbitals

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

yeah look not sure what to say about this one

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

that's the harbour bridge, it's obvious. Milsons Point

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

this is an absolutely incredible bit of lore

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

oh no what happened to the last one :(

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Alice @twobrow.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

RED. RATTLER.

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

wow why do you hate the suffragettes :/

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Time for a new map! This one is my concept of a light rail network for Melbourne's east. Centred on converting and extending the Alamein line to Chadstone, Monash, and Rowville, it would complement gaps in the rail network and deliver fast, reliable public transport to much of the eastern suburbs.

A public transport diagram. It has three lines: one from Arden to Oakleigh via St Kilda, Caulfield, and Chadstone; one from Camberwell to Rowville via Hartwell, Chadstone, and Monash; and one from Camberwell to Knox City via Hartwell and Burwood East.

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Fantastic thread André, a great read

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André Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

An hour or two ago, electric trains began regular services between Papakura and Pukekohe, so I think it is a good opportunity to make a thread on the expansion—and, sadly, at times the contraction—of railway electrification in New Zealand. It's a 102-year history beginning in the South Island 1/

Looking north from the tip of Paremata station platform in Wellington, which has the longest history of electric trains in New Zealand. It's a drizzly winter evening but the train is bright and warm: the pic shows the front end about to head off up the line with the nearest door open. The stanchions and overhead wires for the electric power are visible along both tracks. Credit: me, 12 July 2022

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TomOyn 🏗️ @aussiewirraway.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

There are zero modern maps of the South Australian regional bus network, that is, until now SA has an incredibly complex set of country bus services, so I have poured far too many hours into this map Please enjoy my magnum opus, here is every single regional route in 2025

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TomOyn 🏗️ @aussiewirraway.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

There was no catching S313 until Kangaroo Flat where the train had to wait for a down Bendigo to fly pass. Knowing the departure shot would be blocked, we didn't hang around to see her get out Time: 4:51

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TomOyn 🏗️ @aussiewirraway.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Now down at the LX from McCormicks Rd, S313 once again rockets by The train was good for about 80-85km/h for this section of track. Given the highway speed limit is 100km/h, keeping up after every crossing became a challenge

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Make transit agencies property developers. People and businesses pay to access transit not just through fares but through the higher cost of property near good transit. If transit agencies could capture that value, we'll have a virtuous cycle.

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Town Hall and State Library will both be treated as their own stations with platforms 1 and 2, even if they are functionally extensions of Flinders St and Melbourne Central

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André Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Good life advice, especially for town planners

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

cannot put into words just how much I missed the ubiquitous PB5 pedestrian crossing button at home. without a doubt it's the world's best. full audio, tactile and visual feedback for complete accessibility. everyone needs these around the world

photo of a slightly worn PB5 pedestrian crossing button with the light indicating that it has been pressed illuminated

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TomOyn 🏗️ @aussiewirraway.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Back in the plains

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

We don’t need to reinvent the wheel to make housing more affordable. The template already exists in Canberra. Deregulate planning, regulate tenancies and build build build.

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André Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

One of the best things Australia could do for rail revitalisation and transport choice is stop the unending high-speed rail consultant reports and invest in getting right the basics of a conventional railway. The current offering is outdated, slow, infrequent—we could shave *hours* off travel time

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Railmaps @railmaps.com.au · 09/01/2025

Today’s historic pic: P20 heads VLine train no 8054 before starting its run to Melbourne from Kyneton, Vic, July 22 1989. Kyneton is 92km north of Melbourne on the broad gauge main line to Bendigo. P20 entered service in 1956 as ‘Flat top’ T337 and was rebuilt as P20 in 1985.

Hood style diesel locomotive P20 in VLine orange and grey livery, long end leading, sits at the head of a three car set of N class passenger carriages also in orange livery. The train is sitting at a passenger platform in a railway station at which the double track mainline runs between two side platforms. On the platform at right, behind the train, is a large, two storey bluestone station building with a bluestone-based rectangular water tower. A steam-era water standpipe is next to the track near the locomotive. A ground level pedestrian path connecting the two platforms crosses the tracks just in front of the train.

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TomOyn 🏗️ @aussiewirraway.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I love railcars bro look how cute he is

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Cam McCartney @camphoto.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

After the Harvest Dooen S Road Horsham, Victoria #photography #fujifilm #snapseed #landscape #artphotography

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

We'd get way more bang-for-buck from a Federal "make regional rail not terrible" Authority. If Sydney-Canberra was 2 hours it'd be a winner. That's speeds our existing trains could do if the tracks allowed it.

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

My favourite instance of this was when for personal interest I was looking at some 1950s railway proposals, and the main feature on the relevant page was about the key role of religion in a by-election, featuring a quote from a Catholic priest saying it would be a sin to vote for the Labor party

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

This is perhaps the opposite of a fantasy map. It imagines a world where Melbourne lost its tram network postwar like so many other cities and only rebuilt a small light rail system in recent decades. An interesting map to make, but one I'm very very glad isn't reality.

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

no V/line coaches I see :( this is Tomouyenphobia

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

These are getting harder and harder to decipher, I was trying to work out where Newmate and Moresham were

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

It does appear on the VicEmergency map as a location just west of Glenthompson. But if it isn't on most maps or similar resources you have to wonder how useful it is in emergency communications

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

this means there's a slice for me right?

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TomOyn 🏗️ @aussiewirraway.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

GUNZEL CHRISTMAS Yesterday Aurizon very kindly rostered two classic "streamliner" locomotives on the Adelaide - Port Pirie freight train. These classic engines, built between 1970-1972, are the last of there kind ever made Oh how jealous the US foamers would be 😆