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Hello all, there are a few corrections so please read before asking/stating any of the following: - Before anyone asks why I sound sick, its because I was sick when I recorded this voiceover - I forgot to mention that Malvern depot has more drivers than any other depot and that the buildings are heritage listed - At 3:53 when I mention the route 5 doubling as a route 64, I forgot to mention that this was the other way around until october 2023 - At 4:48 when I mention that the route 6 interchanges with Frankston, Cranbourne and East Pakenham line trains at Armadale Station, this partially incorrect as no Cranbourne and East Pakenham line trains stop here

Im thinking if another route is added to William St they might swap G class to 58 instead of the E class. And move the E class to another route like 75 or 109 🤔 to replace the A classes currently on those routes. The hospital precinct would have more low floor tram capacity if the 59 becomes G class hence bigger E class will possibly be not required on 58 anymore, and may allow consolidation of the 58 at Essendon, which may simplify operations. E class on 109 would require the 109 to be transferred to Southbank from Kew, which may require a route to move out of southbank. Such as 12 to Kew or 96 to preston, the latter seemingly more likely. For the future of Malvern Im not sure B class will end up replacing z3 trams, if it did Malvern might need to get rid of its half of route 6 to Brunswick 🤔 due to likely space constraints. And potentially Malvern would also need to give Brunswick some d1 trams for route 1 and 6 to facilitate this I would be surprised if Essendon closed. East preston was replaced as it wasn’t needed after preston workshops was expanded, on that subject Preston workshops might potentially receive full operation of 96 from Southbank. Note this is definitely speculation just my thoughts.

nice bro! @GeneralTrainGuy you need to watch this

you said leaks road wrong lol

Don’t use your navman or tomtom when drive truck or bus, know you height and plan your trip or route!

Truck driver just don’t know there hight of there trucks and just follow there GPS blindly I have see several bridges over the years from vans and semitrailers .

Planning for a future that never happened

so you're telling me they can prevent Venice from flooding but not fix a bridge australian government for ya

Can’t the road be a bit deeper ?

As the road cannot be lowered due to flooding, they will one day raise the bridge, its been done before I bet somewhere in Australia, as for the cost & travel inconvenience, just think about all the level crossing removals that have been carried out in Melbourne over the last ten years, it can be done.

At just 7 seconds you can see the chain height detection in the background. I have a series of photos taken of one truck. The truck drove to the wrong side of the road to get around the chains, proceeded forward and hit the bridge. The truck KNEW it was overheight which is why it avoided the chains. Why imagine that then it could fit under the bridge. There is an even worse one on park st. But because it is a lesser used road the problem isn't as severe. Drivers who ignore height restrictions cost billions of dollars in repairs. They could NEVER pay the damage done. Not even the industry as a whole could afford to pay for the costs of the repairs. It isn't the fault of the bridges though.

The vehicle height and a warning about low bridges should be displayed inside rental trucks, similar to rental cars having reminders to drive on the left

Montague Street Bridge and 11'8" bridge should get together and have a baby.

Just like the 11 foot 8 inch bridge in Durham, NC USA, they said they couldn't raise the bridge. It just couldn't be done. Too expensive, too much trouble. Then the railroad decided to raise the bridge on their own by 8 inches. Not to stop trucks from hitting it, but to level out the tracks so they could increase train speed. The process was relatively simple. They raised the bridge in 2 days. The road and the rail line where shut down for one weekend. The results were a dramatic decrease in crashes, but it didn't completely solve the problem. Some taller tracks still hit the bridge.

From an engineering standpoint, it is not clear that reducing the grade of the road is out of the question. All over the world, there are reduced-grade underpasses for railroads, whose flooding is controlled via the use of stormwater pumps capable of removing more water than has been recorded to fall in that area. Ergo, a solution does exist, but apparently no one wants to pay for it - which probably reflects the fact that neither the city nor the light rail incurs any significant cost when the bridge is impacted by these vehicles.

Is English your second language?

Could you lower the road and implement proper drainage (like in tropical countries) to stop flooding

It is not the bridge destroying trucks. It is drivers that do not read signs.

something's a bit off with your voice 🤔 is that from a surgery or something? it's a bit distracting

I bet the drivers blindly follow google maps.

Boring, boring.

Even if clearance was 4m high it would still get hit 😂

No bridge will ever destroy a vehicle. There are drivers who get into obstacles with their vehicles, be it narrow sections of road or low bridges. Bridges are as innocent as muddy fields where vehicles get stuck. It is always the driver who misjudges a situation.

It’s even a part of the route that VicRoads uses for their offical heavy vehicle driving license tests so the drivers have to make the decision to pass under the bridge or turn off depending on their hight as a part of the test! :)

Meff mouth?

Really does show even with all the warnings the fact the bridge is still being hit really shows you how stupid and self entitled the human race is today. Bit disappointing we didn’t get to see any live footage.

Great stuff Australia’s answer to Merica’s 11’8”+4 can opener 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😂🤣😂

Simple answer would be to ban trucks from that section of Montague Road with some clear "no trucks" signage (and direct trucks to use some other route that doesn't have obstacles in the way)

Because the drivers are incompetent!

Make a under pass for the road if that doesn't work then make a tram underpass

I've hired trucks on occasion and they've all told me that damage to the "pan" isn't covered by insurance. All the more reason to be careful.

Lowering road again could be done with modern drainage pump systems.

Albo's love child?

It's not the bridges fault, it's just that peoples stupidity knows no bounds !

there should be a camera to record the incidents like its counterpart in the USA

The bridge doesn’t destroy trucks!! OK! Stupid people driving the trucks that hit the bridge is what destroys the trucks. Completely preventable.

It's usually Pajjeets that hit it

Why do they not just ban any truck?

Any driver that doesn't know the height of their vehicle should have their license taken off them .

use the same "water curtain" as in Sydney harbour tunnel? When overheight sensor tripped it switches on and literally punches huge sign STOP right in drivers face, but safe way, without anything heavier than water jets. Even the dumbest driver, yesterday from bull cart, will pay attention and stop.

11'8'' in metric.

This seems to be a typical council fix. They all seem to think that signs fix everything when in fact they fix very little. If signs worked we wouldn't need police would we? If it is a major road it needs a major fix. I'm sure that a little inconvenience of the tram routes, or a lower patch in the road that occasionally floods is a small price to pay for something that, once done it is done for good. You wouldn't have to lower the whole area, just 50m or so of the road surface. Water is much softer than a bridge, and it should be fixed before a solid truck hits it hard while a tram is passing over.

They need to put in a traffic light that goes red when the warning gantries are triggered.

Good news, at 2:11 where it states that the website is outdated, this has now been updated since editing, with the most recent hit occurring on September 5

there are not lines there are stations where trains terminait

I wonder if they’ll make the city Brunswick Fitzroy areas use all D2 low class floor trams

When that happens, passengers will inevitably miss the well appointed VLINE comfort and speed. Metro trains although good, are just that slower and ordinary. Why fix what is not broken? Works fine as it is.

Great video mate. I got a detailed explainer on Sunshine that covers some of the projects you mentioned in the video

Nice video 😊