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Can an industry insider be a “Community Representative”? #PTV

Public Transport Victoria (PTV) has some new board members from July 1st, announced by the minister last week, and among them is a new appointment to the role of Community Representative. What is the Community Representative’s role? Unfortunately the legislation is pretty vague about this, simply saying: the Minister must appoint a person who is  ... [More]

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Next gen trains are coming – what can we expect?

We’re starting to learn a lot more about the proposed next generation of trains for Melbourne’s suburban rail network — known in the biz by the acronym “HCMTs” — High Capacity Metro Trains. The rolling stock strategy released in May had some detail — and more has been revealed by an Expression Of Interest document  ... [More]