Miscellany from the web Several items spotted on the web lately are too good to pass up. National Library of Australia archive of Australian newspapers allows you to read articles from a selection of Australian newspapers between 1803 and 1954. ...

Snippets from the new train contract Yesterday's media initially concentrated on 'soft' stories such as the transition to the new rail operators, statements from politicians and train rebranding. However today's service disruptions on some lines...

Out with the old, in with the new Rail staff worked around the clock as Melbourne rebranded its rail system from Connex to Metro. Trains got programmed with the new announcements on Saturday night. Sunday night and early Monday morning saw old logos...

Our last Sunday-only route - the end of the 769 One requirement of a legible transport network are routes that are the same seven days a week. Cities with less developed or patronised public transport (eg Canberra) often break this rule. In such...

A frequent service map for Melbourne's south-east As a fan of Adelaide's Go Zone concept, I've been following Jarrett Walker's frequent network discussions on Human Transit and Brent Palmer's frequent service maps for Brisbane on Max Headway 15min....