Comments on: Melbourne Metro and West Footscray station

By: And it's over - two weeks of buses on the Sunbury line - Waking up in Geelong

And it's over - two weeks of buses on the Sunbury line - Waking up in Geelong — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 21:32:21 +0000

[…] But on the ground, the bulk of the work was happening on the signalling the turnback platform at West Footscray . […]

By: V/Line beats Metro for frequent trains in Melbourne's west - Waking up in Geelong

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 00:25:02 +0000

[…] Tunnel business plan from 2016 delivered nothing to the Sunbury line, with millions spent on an extra platform at West Footscray so that trains from the city would not have to continue west to Sunshine and […]

By: Cancelling public transport to inner Melbourne - Waking up in Geelong

Cancelling public transport to inner Melbourne - Waking up in Geelong — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 11:38:28 +0000

[…] instead of Burnley, Craigieburn trains could not terminate at Kensington, Sunbury trains could not terminate at West Footscray, and Werribee trains could not terminate at […]

By: Metro Tunnel to deliver almost nothing to Melbourne's west - Waking up in Geelong

Mon, 09 Jul 2018 21:32:21 +0000

[…] Yes, you read that correctly – under this plan only three trains off-peak per hour will head west to Sunshine, St Albans and Watergardens – with 50% of services from the city terminating at an expensive turnback siding at West Footscray! […]

By: Justin Mahon

Justin Mahon — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 11:32:58 +0000

In reply to Marcus Wong. It's two platforms? Signs, announcements, push to listen thingy's, smart apps. How is it difficult? Maybe it's the right solution given the constraints of all the rail lines around it.

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:41:06 +0000

In reply to Justin. Smartphone apps will tell you when and where your next train will depart from, but it doesn't remove the need for signage at railway stations, or give rail operators an excuse to build railway stations that are difficult to navigate.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 14:02:08 +0000

Why wouldn’t my Google transit or PTV app tell me what the departure times are?

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 06:59:33 +0000

In reply to James A. Signage on the station concourse indicating next train departures would address some of the confusion, assuming it is located right where passengers are deciding which platform to use.

By: James A

James A — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 21:30:57 +0000

Just having a sign in the concourse or entrance to the station stating which platform the next departure is from should resolve the issues you’ve mentioned about platform confusion. At Canterbury, the system is very confusing and difficult for passengers. However at Laverton, there is an electronic sign which states how long until the next Flinders Street train from each platform, making it easy for passengers to decide where to go. Although in the morning peak, when direct city trains depart from both Platforms 1 and 3 at Laverton, it’s always faster to wait for the next express departure than any stopping all stations train via Altona.

By: Seph Murphy

Seph Murphy — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 11:06:33 +0000

In reply to Marcus Wong.

Reading back, I may have conflated two points.
I support adding additional redundancies into the network, and hopefully the platform here will be designed so that trains from the city and from Sunbury will be able to turn back outside of normal usage in the event of an emergency.

I think an additional platform at Sunshine would be of more use, and better reflect actual service patterns of the eventual electrification to Melton, and eventual expansion to the Airport.

The crossing for the Werribee Line at Footscray is interesting. If they don’t use it, presumably that means that Metro has no one at Footscray qualified to operate it?