Met trains report news 1983

[@theoriginalkebabian2606]

2:02 Omg the Flinders Street clocks are moving! Thats never seen these days, if they are ever changed at all

[@adrianjackson2696]

clocks being set to when the next train arrives for each platform. They are not like the town hall clock.

[@peterstone6307]

They still move every day

[@darylcheshire1618]

The half day card was extended to 3 hours but when Jeff became premier, wound it back to 2 hours

[@peachyb1969]

And he had the cheek to make a big deal out of it in this story, simply because he was in opposition at the time.

[@volksy7261]

I remember these. I also remember-"Oops I stepped on a Jeff". He made it even worse-and we are still paying for bloody Citylink.

[@ThornburyBoy]

I think Dan has eclipsed him

[@mervynstent1578]

@@ThornburyBoy Dictator Dan makes Bloody Jeff look good! 😮

[@darylcheshire1618]

I hated what he did but he did two good things that I remember, he made the 45 minute trains and trams run to a 20 minute timetable and meant that Sundays were no different to Saturdays, Also he reinstated the Echuca train service but at first it only ran on Friday night and Sunday as far as I remember.

[@jackmag4056]

Those old tickets wow! Takes me back

[@darylcheshire1618]

There was a bumper sticker, “I’ve had a Kennett of a day”

[@iwenttobunnings7868]

As a Brisbane resident, $3.50 would be heavenly, compared to the $6 you pay, for a service that is outdated, even by 1980's standards

[@peterstone6307]

The Jeff came in and ruined everything!

[@ewtwetrwerwteet]

They got Jeffed

[@TheAxelay]

Not only The Met but also the S.E.C and The Gas & Fuel Corperation as well, the damage is being felt decades onwards not that any previous governments after him have been any better?! Victoria needs a nationalised/public owned system again especially via 2020 beyond!!!!

[@letsnotargue]

He is still ruining everything

[@beeboy6967]

@@TheAxelay Don't forget the Board of Works. All the schools, Hospitals, all for his rich mate$$$$$. Can't believe no one put a bullet in his head ! Unfortunately The Public will never own these companies that were sold. Thank Jeff / Wanker

[@TheAxelay]

@@beeboy6967 , he does try to act all saintly with his Hawthorn Hawks these days...The wise voice of reason until you look up his previous record which I guess today's gen most likely don't care for as well.

[@jessesands4099]

Remember these tickets Chelsea was in the Moorabbin Neighbourhood!🤨🎟️🎫

[@colliric]

0:40 Box Hill station looks like a dump these days, especially the Bus Station. Full of Bird shit all the time. Needs a total refurbishment.

[@jhowardsupporter]

It's part of China now. Speaking up about it is of course racist though. Soon the rest of us will have no choice but to recede into the ocean and leave this whole place to China.

[@colliric]

@@jhowardsupporter Chinese Restaurants are great there though.... Food's awesome. Plus I work in Box Hill. So you know I can't complain too much.

[@jamesofarcadia]

​@@jhowardsupporter it's racist because you sound racist. It's an enclave, there's always been ethnic enclaves, the first Chinese enclave was in the Victorian era, when Melbourne was still a town. Get the fuck over it.

[@arisl2370]

@@colliric yeah but Box Hill shopping centre was once a great place to shop, especially in the 1980's .. It has turned into a shithole now

[@arisl2370]

The bird shit problem has been mostly fixed now due to the high tech lasers installed but the centre itself is still a shithole since the Chinese took it over from the 1990's.. Its not racist, they just killed what was once a really good place to shop.. All the well known stores have closed including Big W & Harris Scarfe

[@planetX15]

0:40 That's Box Hill Train Station? When did it become underground?

[@theoriginalkebabian2606]

1985, 2 years after this was released

[@leonkernan]

It had been lowered already there. The shopping centre just hadn't been put over top.

[@bradleytrevaskis7744]

its not really underground its underneth shopping centre

[@johnd8892]

This is rare footage of Box Hill station during the expensive works underway to put it underground. Down in the trench in these shots. This being the reason for all the earth works. Temporary ticket offices during construction.

[@jhowardsupporter]

After the Asians took over and we were forced to drive them underground.

[@scottmcphee2076]

This brings back memories. What was the story here? Apart from people being unhappy about the fare increases, was the introduction of the Met ticketing system mismanaged? There seemed to be a lot of confusion about the costs of tickets and how far people were allowed to travel in the fare zones.

[@JohnCitizenDU]

The introduction of the Neighbourhood Ticketing System. It was in hindsight, a bad idea, plus it was confusing as well.

[@peachyb1969]

Yes, it was pretty confusing to begin with, or for anyone from interstate or overseas. It basically meant that most of the inner network of Melbourne, so many kms from the CBD, were in Zone 1. Then Zone 2 kicked in from a certain point, to go out to the outer suburbs. Later on, there was a Zone 3 included on a small portion of the network that was even further out. It was pretty ridiculous in theory. It did become easy enough to handle, if you used it frequently enough. But the zones were a pretty ridiculous idea. Even more annoying for those who required getting on or off just one or two stops into the second zone, coming to or from the city.

[@paulbilotto2548]

Kennets solution just sell the fucking thing hahaha

[@medullaoblongata9670]

Geez Jeff go back to the 80s hair style mate, it’s more up to date than the one you’re sporting now!.

[@adrianjackson2696]

Former ALP Transport Minister Steve Crabb's hair do was a disaster though !!

[@ThornburyBoy]

1:38 Is Jeff flirting with the young lady?

[@beeboy6967]

Well trying to anyway ?

[@ThornburyBoy]

@@beeboy6967 She’s responding to him.

[@drivingintothedesertuntilt3202]

no

[@ThornburyBoy]

@@drivingintothedesertuntilt3202 I think he is flirting with her.

[@brandonlee1330]

She gourgus she should been model wish I was on the train that day ,she looked pretty aprouchable most Sheila,s would give ya time day think star struck Jeff dirty old man

[@rodrigodelprat]

1:01 considering this was 4 decades ago, those are some seriously expensive fares.

[@rizalukman7982]

Jeff Kennet was premier of Victoria in 1997

[@gegemec]

Let's talk about the way Kennett decimated the rail system, how he closed down so much of the regional system. Mr "privatize", he was so destructive, not to mention what he did to schools later on too. A self-important middle class man who had a barrow to push and he didn't miss an opportunity to do so.

[@peachyb1969]

And let's not forget the night he lost the election, and he raced back to his offices and started shredding documents, all because he arrogantly didn't think he'd ever lose the election. I wonder how much stuff he did do wrong, that has never come to light, due to his dodgy shredding.

[@darylcheshire1618]

I worked in the public service and I saw about six shredding trucks lined in the lane next to 1 Treasury Place.

[@xr6lad]

And then we can list the stations closed by Labor; and the near bankruptcy of the state. Then we can talk about how Labor has governed longed in the last 20 years then Liberals and not once reprivatise anything and in fact renewed all the contracts. Funny that isn’t it and no comments by you…

[@xr6lad]

@@peachyb1969 shall we talk about Dan Andrews now honey? And China and John Holland and selling land under market value? Or lying on tv?

[@xr6lad]

@@darylcheshire1618 every government does that sunshine…. Can’t have been too great a public servant if you can’t say that… What do you think about Dan privatising Vicroads; Land Titles office and the Port of Melbourne and the public service union not standing up to him once??? Too close to Labor are they? More interested in protecting the party than their members?

[@perpetualgrin5804]

How ironic that he was ambassador for',Beyond Blue '.

[@mervynstent1578]

Look at Bloody Jeff

[@peachyb1969]

Bloody Jeff. I'd forgotten all about that little ditty until you mentioned it here. 🤣

[@TheAxelay]

Lolz compared to now under Metro, Yarra Trams or National Busses?!! They had it alot more easier compared to now in 2018 but atleast the zones got simplified down to 3 in late 2007 though (Woohoo!!?!). Kennett with that deadpan charm of his would destroy a public asset among many others in the early 90's that would become irreparable in the future, this is just 1 out of many assets.. You don't know what you've lost till it's gone and I miss The Met but I miss alot of things in the 1980's in general...

[@peterstone6307]

And now you pay $4.50 to go down the road or across the city, makes no sense.

[@TheAxelay]

@@peterstone6307 , whoever said about going down there especially now in post 2021?! The place is pandemic hell hole after 40 years, go nowhere etc.

[@peterstone6307]

@@TheAxelay oh fuck off you uneducated moron

[@jamesfrench7299]

Melbourne is a totally different culture to Sydney. You can really see it here. What a tragedy the Met was abolished by the Liberals.

[@SpencerHHO]

I can see why Jeff managed to convince to public, shame he made everything much worse across the state. He's the reason the liberals struggle so much to gain and hold power in victoria to this day in my opinion.

[@roialblu]

he truly did. we nearly had our own JK - Campbell Newman, but we learned before it was too late.

[@denisovanhybrid9610]

It wasn’t all bad - imagine having to go through the city and up Flemington Rd to get to the airport.. instead there’s tunnels and Bolte … thanks to your old mate 💀

[@andrewbowers_]

Labor’s Joan Kerner (sic) actually did ruin the state by driving it to near bankruptcy. Jeff was unpopular because he had to eliminate the waste, beginning with public servants who spent their days doing nothing. I was a victim of a fat lazy and rude public servant of those days so I was glad to see their numbers culled. I still remember celebrating when I heard the news.

[@andrewbowers_]

@@denisovanhybrid9610 Same here. I’ve noticed unusual behaviour relating to certain word combinations. But, you’re the first I’ve heard mention device specific censorship. Thanks for the info.

[@xr6lad]

Let me know when Labor renationalised public transport? Opps that’s right Dan renewed every single contract. And extended the toll road contracts….

[@brandonlee1330]

That Crabb money hungry kept wallet under soap retired nice package

[@dt-ip8gf]

GO WOKE, GO BROKE......THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO EVER VOTED FOR THE GREENS OR LABOR....YOU HELPED RUIN THIS STATE

[@peachyb1969]

Oh shut up, you big baby. The Libs have been even worse.