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Look mum, I'm on RMTransit! ..and in true Melbourne style I'm writing this while sitting on a train waiting at a flat junction. Good working with you Reece. 🙂

You should absolutely cover Melbourne's tram network, its amazing to see the scope of it as someone from Adelaide, where our extensive tram network was systematically destroyed from the 50's to the 70's leaving just one line in operation

As a Melburnian I will give you, a non-Aussie, a very solid 9 out of 10, to get 10 out of 10 would require a Victorian birth cert, on the pronunciation of all of the place/station names. As a Melburnian I'm used to cringing when non Aussies try and pronounce our place names. If memory serves, you also did a very good job with the Perth place names in your "Small city with a big rail network" vid. Good job Sir!!!!

Thanks. I'd love a video on Melbourne's famous trams and why they survived when other Australian cities ditched theirs.

As a Melburnian I am very pleased to see someone who doesn’t live here cover our network very well! On that note, there are a few things: - Lilydale and Belgrave lines have significant single track (Mooroolbark to Lilydale, and Upper Ferntree Gully to Belgrave respectively). - The Suburban Rail Loop will be built in several stages; the first being between Cheltenham and Box Hill. The SRL in its entirety will be completed in 2085. - The Metro Tunnel is the first of three planned metro tunnels running through the CBD. The second is to run through the CBD into Fisherman’s Bend and meet with Newport. Personally I think that MM2 is more important than SRL to deliver public transport to Fisherman’s Bend. - Reason why Melbourne has so many level crossings is because the terrain is very flat.

Hello Reece (again), MTM Train Controller here. A good explainer of our system, which operationally can be very challenging when things (often) do go wrong. Within the CBD the track layout can be quite flexible to a point, but due to the sheer volume of traffic, that flexibility isn't always viable to exploit. We will lose a lot of that flexibility shortly once Caulfield gets straight railed, meaning we will be committed to the Frankston and Pakenham lines (in the latter case particularly VLine Gippsland trains) back at Richmond Junction. There's a lot of change coming in a very short space of time...

The new metro tunnel stations will truely be something to look forward to. The station designs are the best in the world in my opinion. Not only do they look very modern, but also grand and timeless. Iconic, as one might say. I really can't think of any other projects that just... look this amazing. It'll blow the Elizabeth Line out of the water.

I must say that as an Aussie, I'm loving this recent AU content. Really interesting and it's great to see our systems getting international coverage. Keep it coming.

I admit, as a Melbournian, I had no idea just *how* absolutely confusing the network is from an outsider's perspective. Great work boiling it down! I look forward to the V/Line explainer in future - especially since I've had a lifetime of being around V/Line dependent areas.

As a Melbournian, the trams are amazing and recommend a video dedication! So many of Australia’s cities regret terminating their tram lines decades ago. They are awesome.

Your pronunciation of "Comeng" was spot on 👌

Hi, Reece. Love your channel & watch you on Nebula, but it lacks a chat facility. So, here I am. As a Melburnian whose memory goes back that far, the City Loop was a solution to a problem that has since mostly gone away, leaving us with an odd legacy. By the 60s the Melbourne rail system had been largely reduced to a Monday to Friday commuting service for office workers living in the eastern and south-eastern suburbs. The demand from there was much, much larger than it was for the western and northern suburbs. (The population centre of Melbourne was something like 15 kilometres to the south-east of the Central Business District.) At the time there were 10 tracks coming from Richmond station in the east (plus 2 from the north-east that terminated at Princes Bridge). To the west, the viaduct between Flinders Street and Southern Cross (then called Spencer Street) had only 4 tracks (since upgraded to six) due to the proximity of the Yarra River, which also constrained expansion of Flinders Street station itself. Trains coming from the east and south-east needed to turn around at Flinders Street to set off for another bunch of commuters. Drivers had to walk the length of the train and each platform required the tracks from and to the east to split into incoming / outgoing tracks so trains going in opposite directions wouldn't be trying to use the same track. Trains arrived quicker than they could be turned around. The congestion had to be experienced to be believed. It was common for trains loaded with frustrated office workers to wait half an hour for a platform to become available. The obvious solution was through-running, but the much lower demand from the west meant the trains would be under-utilised. More importantly, the trains were still needed for commuters in the east. They had to turn around without holding up the trains behind them. Hence the idea of the City Loop was born. Melbourne has since had enormous growth across the entire western arc of the city. Through running is now a viable practice. The new Metro tunnel is a reflection of this new reality.

Iv lived in Melbourne for the last 30 years (I was born in QLD) and I gotta admit, your knowledge of my local transport system is impressive. It’s kinda weird hearing a Canadian talk about lines that I live on. Your pronunciation is very good. Good video mate.

Hell yeah! A Taitset and RMTransit crossover? I thought my birthday wasn’t for another few months?! Seriously, it is really cool to see you guys collaborating though, and hopefully you get to do more together in the future!

I swear your explainer videos keep getting better and better. The maps on this one especially are top notch.

The Craigieburn Line has a flyover diverging at Kensington which allows it to run onto the Werribee Line tracks: while this is usually only used during disruptions some peak hour trains use this connection to avoid the City Loop and provide some extra capacity.

Thanks for doing Melbourne would love you to do our tram network as that is a pretty crazy network as well(not to mention the largest in the world) it’s also worth noting that the pakenham line will be extended a few kms and will have a new station(pakenham east) and it’s already the longest on the network it takes almost 1 and a half hours to get into the cbd from pakenham on the metro and the electric grid used to go past pakenham through to Gippsland there is also a push to extend the Cranbourne line to Clyde where an old line that no longer exists used to travel through and is now serviced by buses

Thank you for doing Melbourne! I've grown up with this system and you got nothing wrong with the information, thanks!

YES! Make a Video about Melbourne trams! Also one About St. Petersburg trams and Berlin trams (the 3 largest Networks in the world)

We use the Alstom Xtrapolis trains here in Valparaíso, Chile and the trains are really great. The differences between the ones in Melbourne and the ones that came to Chile are the internal layout, 3 cars for Melbourne and 2 cars for Valparaíso, and our trains here reach 120k/h in service since we have some stations that are further apart.

I am proud to say i live next to one of these sky rail lines and get access to a 2.5km linear park underneath the new raised rail lines and it is fantastic to walk around the area, it also connects up with many of the smaller parks we have here in Melbourne.

Melbourne still suffers from a lack of frequency in some areas, as little as one train per hour. Add to that that the Ballarat and Geelong lines essentially double as suburban trains in the west to Melton and Wyndham Vale respectively, and we still have great problems. You're partly right about the HCMT fleet, and the Comeng fleet is steadily being withdrawn and scrapped, but the final replacement will be by the Alstom "X'Trapolis 2.0" trains that are commencing construction at Ballarat this month.

Great video RMTransit! As an Aussie I really enjoy learning more about other Australian cities rail networks. Would love it if you could do a video explaining Brisbane’s Network (including the direct connection to the airport) sometime. Also in regards to Brisbanes “Metro” (BRT) system, I’m not really a fan of the project, especially the use of electric lithium ion battery buses. I would much prefer if it was converted as a Light rail system or at least use trolley buses as they have a much less greater environmental impact then the battery buses (if that’s what there going for). Also fun fact. the government spent over $100K on a browser video game to try to promote the system, which is literally just a basic train dispatcher game but with those buses, I’d suggest you look it up.

As a former frequent user of the Hurstbridge line, i think a large reason as to why ridership is comparatively low compared to other lines (other than population density) is that the service near the end of the line is nothing more than very poor - especially late at night. I can’t tell you the amount of times I was stranded at night, waiting sometimes up to two hours, for a train that actually goes all the way through to Hurstbridge. A lot of people I’ve chatted to about using the train around that area say they only use it as a last resort or if they’re planning on drinking in the city: largely because of the poor service and the amount of time it takes compared to taking their car. I now live in an area where the service provided is nothing short than world class with ridership to match. It’s made it even more obvious to me that if the government is really keen on increasing ridership in the north east, they need to do more to ensure that taking the train from up that way is actually convenient. And before anyone says anything about the current works being done on the Hurstbridge line, yes, it’ll make it better, but not to point of mass adoption.

Hey mate, I’m loving the channel. I would love to see you do one on how Adelaide and it’s surrounding towns could improve its public transport infrastructure. Keep up the amazing work. It’s such an awesome channel

The Victorian government has done such a fantastic job with these projects. The suburban rail loop is incredibly expensive and could be managed better with cut and cover, but it will completely transform the city once complete. Can't wait.

Nice video. A little extra news, the Labor party were reelected yesterday. They're the party who have prioritised rail infrastructure. The opposition had promised to cancel the Suburban Loop.

Great video. Really shows the difference between the infrastructure between Sydney and Melbourne networks - no idea it had so many regularly used flying junctions, single tracks and three tracked sections.Lots to catch up on from the underfunding over the last 40 years or so, so good to see the gov getting serious.

As someone who uses the metro network regularly, I can say that I do appreciate all the way you pronounce things and explain stuff. It’s cool seeing my regular on an international video 😂

I'm not even half way through and am so Impressed as someone who's lived in Melbourne pretty much my whole life. The information is so accurate, and easy to digest! Really well done on this video! A comprehensive overview of the tram network is definitely worth doing!

I must clarify something, the standard gauge track does not share any track with the broad gauge on the suburban network. The standard gauge track runs parallel from the north and is separate from the broad gauge. It veers off near Broadmeadows and follows an alternative track to where it ends up going underground near Footscray. At Southern cross it flys over the suburban. VLine uses mostly broad gauge except for the Albury train which runs on the same track as the train to Sydney. The reason for broad gauge has very little to do with colonies, the rail network was built during the gold rush in Victoria, and at this particular time, broad gauge was trending. England was moving to gigantic steam trains and the network was a product of those times and having an enormous amount of money to spend extra on the larger rail. It's actually pretty good, you get a faster network with less slowdowns.

Im from Melbourne, thanks for the video I grew up in a suburb called doncaster which was known as a public transport black hole. When i was growing up bus services there was terrible and if i had to go out on weekends i had to ensure i wasnt out after 3pm on sunday because i cant get a bus home. Now the bus service is a million times better and ive also moved to ringwood which has much better public transport access I felt in the 90s they were leaving the system to rot, but its many times better now, its still nowhere near the standard of many cities ive been to overseas but its improving

Would definitely love a detailed video on the Melbourne trams too! Coming over from Adelaide I love both and how easy they make getting around the city.

I was wondering if you have thought about doing a video covering transport for disabled people? I'm not disabled myself but you often seem to think about the adjustments to transport design that make them that bit 'better' and I always think that this is one area where some good forethought can have huge benefits.

Very exciting to see you talk about Melbourne! I've lived here for 3 years now and this video has taught be quite a lot 😊 Would love to see you cover our tram system 💕

Really enjoyed your video, I've lived in Melbourne for 3 years and love the public transport options. Puts the places I lived in England to shame so much it's embarrassing.

Nearly 25 years now of living on the Belgrave/Lilydale corridor which has been essential for convenient access to PT (and twice the number of viable services works pretty well 😅) Having watched a good number of your other explainers I increasingly felt like our network is limited by the radial design, but hopefully continued projects can bring out network up to scratch!

I'm currently working on the Metro Tunnel Project which see Trains from Pakenham Cranbourne line, with Trains terminating at Westall Dandenong stations going through to Sunbury Station. With the Dan Andrews Govt returned to power after the November 2022 Victorian State Elections, the Suburban Rail Loop will go ahead., as the opposition coalition parties had plans to squash the plans for this Project. As a Construction Worker, I was joyed seeing another landslide to the Victorian Labor!! I like your channel and will have a look at Melbourne Trams vlog!!

The weakness of Melbourne's system that doesn't come out in this video is how spread out it is, which means that at the outer extremities where the population growth is, you are rarely very close to a station. As these locations are beyond the spread of the tram network and bus services are poorly planned and infrequent, they become heavily car-dependent. And Mellbourne is still very city-centred compared to Toronto and Sydney, hence the radial network. Infrastructure like the Suburban Rail Loop (which is far from an outer-suburb service) will need a big improvement to bus services to be useful because its stations will be few and far between. We are going to need improvements such as extending the Cranbourne line to Clyde, electrifying the lines to Melton and Tarneit, and the Geelong fast rail to free up capacity on the western suburbs. Improvement to existing services in strategic areas could give better bang for buck than the high-profile vote-winning expansion projects.

My god, I actually live in Melbourne and from that angle I could have sworn @15:40 that tram was hitting the train!

Good news: Metro Tunnel is being brought forward to September 2024. Exact date is unknown

YESS a local train system! Yay! As a Victorian, I was just waiting for a video like this and then saw the thumnail today

It's amazing how a Canadian knows so much about Melbourne's rail network!

A good way to think about Australian cities is that we built the "REM" ages ago, but we didn't really build the high frequency Subway/Metro as most Americans would know it. The reason for this is that most Australian cities had a huge tram network until the 1960s, which served the inner city and suburbs. Melbourne was sensible to keep their tram network so everything still fits together nicely.

As a Melburnian who spent 40+ years commuting on this rail network, let me say that this is a great video.

Slight correction at 0:55 - it's called the Melbourne Metropolitan train network and is operated by a company called Metro Trains Melbourne. This is similar to Melbourne's bus network, which is operated by a variety of different operators (CDC, Kinetic etc) or Melbourne's tram network, operated by Yarra Trams

As a Texan I'm insanely jealous of this. I hate that we have 8 lane highways with a dozen overlapping connections, but give almost nothing to the rail line

The Lilydale line the last three years has improved a lot. Pre-covid it was a nightmare morning and night, easy 50% of trips were cooked in some way or just terminated at Richmond (in the mornings) with no warning forcing you off onto another train, could stay on if you wanted to go to Flinders. I suppose it helps in the mornings, at least I am catching an earlier train post-covid lockdowns.

Reece, you are the absolute king of Australian PT networks. How do you know so much about our systems?! I'm originally from Perth but spent the past 13 years living in Melbourne. They used to have a map where all the train lines were the same colour - yellow. Both for the train map and the tram map. It made using the systems quite confusing as you just needed some form of 'local knowledge'. Thank God they moved to using different colours for different lines. Also, Labor won the Victorian election last night and they are the ones pushing the suburban rail loop so it appears that it will be built. Part of the reasoning is that Melbourne will have the same population as London within a few decades, yet only a fraction of their rail network's size. I would love to hear your thoughts on this issue.

Absolutely amazing job! You clearly did your research because even I didn’t know a lot of this stuff! Anyway, keep up the amazing work, and I hope to see more vids on Melbourne in the future!

Could you make a video about the Porto metro tram in Portugal? There are some interesting facts you could talk about, the Porto metro was the largest first-class project to be built in Europe; the b/ red line was built from an old railway line; it is the biggest metro system in Portugal it has 67 km of line mostly on surface and 9,5 km underground; you can also talk about the new lines under construction the G/pink line, the extension of D/yellow line and the H/ruby line witch is not yet under construction. Thanks for your good videos.

Great video about our network, thank you RTM. Melbourne is the most progressive (i.e. the "least conservative") state in Australia, and this is the outcome of successive planning of Labor governments in our state. Better bicycling infrastructure is also rolling out. Many people hate these changes, but overall, the future Melbourne will be superior to current Melbourne, no matter the person, be they driver, cyclist, commuter or otherwise.

You actually mentioned the stony point line! I used to live on that line and I honestly think it was where I came the closest to dying a few times. The stations and pathways to them are poorly lit, PTOs (police officers who stand guard at stations) refuse to patrol that line due to the risk, and the train conductors lock themselves in their cabin between stops for their own safety. There is plans to electrify the line to baxter station and the locals further down the line want that to be extended, but the usage isnt really there to justify it. Also the train has to be driven into melbourne cbd for refueling every time, so if any part of the frankston line isnt in operation then the stony point line has to shut down as well, even if there are trains running from frankston to the closure. What an awful train line.

This is awesome, and it looks like we all would benefit from the tram discussion!

I love our rail network here in Melbourne, it's already come such a long way in the last 20 or so years, I remember back when we used these old trains that smelled so bad, all you could smell was a horrible burning metallic smell. I love that our rail network takes me to pretty much wherever I need to go, I've moved around Victoria a lot in my life, but I always find myself living right near a train station, super convenient

I do love the geometric liveries they use

woohoo! RMtransit returning to my city! Would love to see a video on the tram network! Melbournians love nothing more than criticising our PT, and there are some major issues. It would be awesome if you gave a critique in the future (looking at you suburban rail loop) and some suggestions for improvement

Would love to see a video on melbourne trams!

I live in Melbourne I would be very happy to see a video on Melbournes trams

The weird thing about the yarra river is that, growing up, I always thought of it as "that small little creek down the road". Turns out it stretches into the CBD and gets MASSIVE in the process.

Watching this while on holiday in Melbourne - great video!

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Love the Murrumbeena (my station!) shots from Declan. The sky rail is awesome. Thanks for such an accurate video covering our network!

I watched this video on the YT app on my TV and once finished, I actually got up from the couch to go to my PC to post my appreciation of this video. Kudos for the great video and for the pronunciation of the various places/stations. Look forward to seeing your video on the Melbourne Tram network. Thanks!

i think the metro refers to the train system being within metropolitan Melbourne but I can see how it can be confusing. It is also probably a deliberate use of the homograph.

I can guarantee that it is all true, but the the train extensions from Sunshine yo Melbourne Airport, but I really don't mind if they add it or not. For the trains upgrade, stations like Preston and Bell on the Mernda Line upgraded, which I was lucky to be on before and after it's upgrade, and I was also lucky to be on the news for the Preston and Bell Station upgrade, it was at Preston Station and Preston Market and you can see my class leaving the station to go to Preston Market from the train and you can actually see me in two frames inside the Preston Market

With Melbourne set to become the largest Australian city in the coming years, it’s imperative that planning for this undertaken well in advance. Great video, bravo to you, love all your work!…. From a Melburnian!

As someone who uses the Frankston line a ton, this is great news. I hate having to interchange to use the city loop.

Well this was fantastic. A video about my city, by someone far away. Thank you! One minor point: I'm about 80% sure the only passing loop on the Altona Loop is the one at Westona Station, just west of Altona. It has double platforms unlike the other two stations on the loop, and both up and down trains are always timetabled to depart there at the same time. If one is late, the other has to wait until the late one arrives. Thank you again!

Great video! Would love to have an explainer on the Melbourne Tram Network!

I watched this while on the Belgrave to flinders street :)

That was great! I live in an outer western (semi rural) suburb of Melbourne serviced by V/Line. As a 'country bumpkin' it was most informative and refreshing to hear a 'Canak' correctly pronounce all place and suburb names. Thank you for producing an entertaining and thorough reminder to the world that we don't use Kangaroos as a means of transport! Not anymore anyway!!!

Yes do a video on our beloved trams they are iconic and romantic, sort of a city mascot that the entire world would love to replicate. For decades we were the only city that operated trams and that persistence paid off massively into the 20th century where traffic, overcrowding, climate change and air pollution became a major issue we already had the answer, it won’t be long until the CBD becomes a train, walk and tram only place. Trams are the king of Melbourne, they’ve grown to become an absolute staple of the city and we love them irrationally.

Ooo I saw this and got excited!! I live in Melbourne and catch PTV almost everywhere. 😂😂 "Yes, that Marvel" absolutely cracked me out. It's a stadium that's name is always up for sale because of major sponsorship. When I moved to Melbourne it was Etihad stadium and most of my friends know it has Telstra Stadium.

Shout out from the lilydale line

autralian cities already have good inner-city transit systems, the country just needs a proper high speed rail to connect each of em imo

Reece thank you so much for making this video I love you, would love a tram explainer

Theres also the overland, as well as the line that connects Melbourne and Sydney (for when you listed the different types)

The current level crossing removal project will result in approximately 60 new stations (rebuilt of existing), that’s roughly a third of all stations in the Melbourne network being replaced with new. Of the 60 new stations, 30 are/will be elevated (16 completed and 14 planned/under construction). I suspect that further grade separations will occur over the next decade resulting in even more elevated stations, probably another 30 is my estimate.

Great video. Always a wild time here on the train in Melbourne

legend as always reece, been waiting for a video on my local for a while now. cant wait for the metro tunnel to be finished and we can finally start getting rid of the ridiculous 20 minute upfield headways !!

Thanks for great video Reece. I'm actually going to cover the use of the term metro in my next episode.

I think Melbourne and Victoria could have a almost perfect transit network if some things are added alongside exisiting projects - Exisiting trains bottlenecks like flat junctions, signalling and single tracks are fixed and install high capacity signalling - Trains run 10 minutes or better thought the day until the last train - Every tram route is upgraded similar to route 96 (plus add on traffic priority extensively) and run it at least 10 minutes. Also fill trams gaps and make all trams run low floor - Extensive bus reforms , bus priority like lanes and lights and ensure Major bus routes run 10 minutes , heavily used locals run 20 minutes and the rest 40 minutes and almost all bus routes must harmonise - Create a regional Faster Rail by separating all Metro trains away from Vline and freight services by Standardising all tracks in Victoria (besides Metro Trains) , Quad tracking the Pakenham line, reinstate new dedicated tracks between City to Sunshine ,expand the scope of the Airport rail link (remove it from the Metro Tunnel) to connect Bendigo and Northern eastern lines and electrify all regional rails and possibly create a dedicated Metropolitan express train - Reopen some closed regional lines and make a standard for all regional services (trains or coaches) to run at least 5 services every day and harmonise with trains through a Swiss Style timetable through Victoria - Remove every level crossings in Melbourne including pedestrians - Build Metro 2 - Extend Metro trains to Doncaster, Rowville, Wollert, Clyde, Baxter, Melton and Wyndham Vale - Consider Building a completely new light Metro in the long term. My proposal are 1) Ringwood to Frankston 2) Rowville to Airport via Ormond, Fisherman's Bend, and Highpoint 3) Broadmeadows to Monash via Chadstone, the Alamein Line, Richmond, Bourke St, Fishermans Bend and finally utilizing the Newport-Broadmeadows freight line 4) Sunshine to La Trobe Uni via Highpoint, Brunswick, and Northland - New BRT and LRT (other from the exisiting tram Networks) - East Coast High Speed Rail - Metropolitan style trains (at a smaller scale) for Geelong, Latrobe Valley, Bendigo and Ballarat - Bike Lanes and walking paths everywhere and connected

One pet peeve I have about the new HCMT trains is that the buttons to open the doors do not have any feedback like a click and feel like you're just pushing a dot on a wall which is very petty but as a frequent train user a bit annoying.

I've lived in Melbourne my entire life and never even thought about this. Well done!

Another great video. I’d like to see a video on how rail project delivery authorities could improve their PR. They tend to quietly beaver away but fail dismally at keeping the public informed, engaged and importantly enthused for the transformative possibilities these project have for public transit. Good PR is particularly important as these projects cost a lot of money so it’s easy for detractors and vested interests in private transport to shift public opinion into believing the project is a waste of money. I’m in Brisbane where the government is building Cross River Rail and the delivery authority’s PR is anaemic at best. People don’t realise that this will allow new planned lines, extensions, conversions and reactivation/rebuilding of abandoned/mothballed lines to proceed.

Reesse, you should have had Martin double check things a bit more, because I spotted a coupe of mistakes. 1. HCMT are not a replacement for ComEng stock, they're an expansion of the network for the new tunnel. 2. The Altona Loop is weird, it's, under current service patterns, functionally a branch line that terminates when it re-joins the main line.

Daniel Andrews just got comprehensively reekected. Very glad. Next stop suburban rail loop! (And airport rail, and a bunch of other things). Nice to have someone with a vision

I have lived in Melbourne over 20 years but hardly used trains for almost 10 years. The change that system has gone through during COVID has been incredible. With level crossing removal and now the north south loop project.

Also in the suburb I grew up in. Clayton. They built basketball courts underneath the tracks. It's amazing to see how busy they are full of kids playing. I love that they are bringing in kids and more of a space for people than just a shopping hub

Yes an explainer on Melbourne trams... Any plans for an explainer for Greater Manchester UK

My man knows more about Melbourne’s network than I do… and I’ve lived in Melbourne my entire life. Excellent video. 👌

Love the contribution from Declan Martin - Labor candidate for Brighton

You should make a tier list of the best public transit systems of the World.

the radial aspect is the biggest flaw and im glad you mentioned it

Great video! Your facts and stats were spot on!🎉

Having lived for a few years in Melbourne I indeed loved the tram and train networks. For some reason, it was never needed for me to travel between suburbs, because there aren't many points of interest in those suburbs. It's not like in Paris where you have La Défense outside the city, two airports, the Saclay plateau with all the universities, Versailles and its castle, Saint Germain en Laye, then Créteil etc... In Melbourne, you got everything of interest in or close to the CBD, and suburbs are just where you sleep. The only issue is probably with Monash University in Clayton : it's so far from the CBD, while if you work/study in Melbourne Uni or RMIT, you're in/bordering the CBD. But it never came up that my friends from Clayton wanted a "ring train line" to another suburb of Melbourne. Moreover, and I think this is important, even the radial transit takes a looooong time. Melbourne is a sprawling city the size of Los Angeles. Visiting my friends in Glen Iris from Carlton would take me an hour by tram. That's about 100 stops. Of course the tram doesn't stop a 100 times, which is another tricky thing in the night, you gotta be careful not to miss your stop. An issue that's not addressed here though is how very little offer there is during the night... There are buses and that's it. Train and tram service end WAYYYY too early in the night, usually right around midnight. People need to rely heavily on taxis and uber... And if you go home alone and can't afford it, you're stuck with the night buses and it's a nightmare to find one. This was my only issue with public transport in Australia. But otherwise, it was reliable, practical, fun, and quite safe compared to Paris.

I cannot believe I found your channel again. Its been so long. last time I came was when I was watching the video about train lines in Japan. Wow nice.

As a local from Melbourne I've got to say that our trains pale in comparison to Sydney's trains. it feels like every week the Cranbourne Pakenham line is down and we are forced to take replacement busses which often time means we end up late to work or wherever you want to go which is pretty inconvenient. i really liked the video tho, its interesting to see how all of this stuff actually works.