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Frankston line among worst in state

Brodie CowburnBy Brodie Cowburn28 January 2020Updated:18 July 20241 Comment2 Mins Read
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FRANKSTON line commuters suffered through more train cancellations than any other rail users in the state last year.

Public Transport Victoria published their final performance figures for 2019 last week. Those statistics revealed that over 1500 trains on the Frankston line were cancelled last year. 

Frankston line travellers were hit with over 400 more cancellations than the next worst performing train line.

The PTV performance report showed that a little over 2.1 per cent of Frankston line trains were cancelled last year. Only the Stony Point line had a higher percentage of cancelled trains.

Trains on the Frankston line also ran late just over 13 per cent of the time in 2019. Only trains on the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines were less punctual throughout the year. The Frankston line’s 86.8 per cent on time rate is a long way from the 95.8 per cent achieved on the Glen Waverley line.

April was the worst month for Frankston line commuters, with nearly three per cent of trains cancelled.

PTV’s latest figures were published shortly after the announcement that Frankston line travellers will face two months of replacement bus services starting from May.

Public transport users will have to catch connecting buses between Moorabbin and Mordialloc train stations from mid-May to mid-July while work is done to excavate rail trenches. 

Construction began late last year to dig rail trenches in Cheltenham and Mentone. Those works have continued into 2020, forcing the closure of the line between Frankston and Moorabbin from 2 February to 16 February.

Mentone and Cheltenham Stations will close again in March and April respectively. Trains will run express through those stations after they are temporarily shut down (“Rail users face more bus pain”, The Times, 13/1/20).

First published in the Frankston Times – 28 January 2020

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1 Comment

  1. Phil on 22 February 2021 7:00 pm

    14 years I’ve been travelling on this cursed line, and 14 years I’ve suffered countless outages, breakdowns, cancellations and bus replacements. Some of the most memorable moments include standing in queues with hundreds of other commuters in the pouring rain rain, my suit drenched and lakes in my shoes. A commute which should’ve taken 50 minutes blowing out to 2 1/2hrs, and me late for work (again) and my business suffering- this still happens often. It really is an abhorrent curse of a train line, and one of the big reasons I will be leaving Victoria and it’s wretched excuse for public transport at the end of this year. Burn it all to the ground, fire all the overpaid metro directors and start again is my advice.

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