Connex: Melbourne's Worst Rail Operator

Connex Melbourne ran Melbourne's trains for 10 years. In that time, they produced some of the worst performance statistics, bought a bunch of dodgy trains and forgot how to maintain a rail network.

00:00 Intro
00:32 Chapter 1 - Before Privatisation (1983-1999)
02:15 Chapter 2 - Connex Begins (1999-2002)
04:33 Chapter 3 - Near Brakedown (2002-2004)
06:01 Chapter 4 - Early Signals of a Failing System (2004-2007)
07:28 Chapter 5 - Complete Brakedown (2008-2009)
10:23 Chapter 6 - Metro Trains Takes Over (2009-)
11:27 Outro

Credits:
Videos from:
PoathTV - Australian Trains (   / poathtv  )
Anthony Clarke (   / @anthonyclarke6583  )
Taitset (   / taitset  )
Chris J (   / ninthnotch  )
RailroadPacific (   / railroadpacific  )
And several other sources

Photos from many sources including various Flickr creators, Marcus Wong (wongm.com), vicsig (vicsig.net)

Information Sources:
https://apo.org.au/sites/default/file...
https://australasiantransportresearch...
https://web.archive.org/web/201304101... docs/Research-and-statistics/Market-Analysis-Patronage-Long-Run-Series-2012.pdf
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/...
https://web.archive.org/web/200910130...
https://www.audit.vic.gov.au/sites/de...
https://www.theage.com.au/national/tr...
https://web.archive.org/web/200403061...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-02-0...
https://www.theage.com.au/national/ra...

As well as others including vicsig, Wikipedia, PTV and several more.