{"id":417924,"date":"2026-04-30T19:09:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=417924"},"modified":"2026-04-30T19:32:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:32:53","slug":"third-world-service-jacqui-felgate-takes-v-line-to-task-after-chaotic-disruptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=417924","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Third world service\u2019: Jacqui Felgate takes V\/Line to task after \u2018chaotic\u2019 disruptions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jacqui Felgate has taken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"V\/Line\">V\/Line<\/a> to task after the chaos that unfolded on the Geelong and Warrnambool lines yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buses replaced trains between Wyndham Vale and Waurn Ponds,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/3aw-drive\/utterly-pathetic-commuters-left-frustrated-as-buses-replace-trains-on-geelong-line\">leaving commuters frustrated<\/a>, with some taking up to five hours to get from Melbourne to Geelong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is a third world service, and in fact, on some days it\u2019s even worse,\u201d the 3AW Drive host said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Press PLAY to hear some of the messages she received from irate commuters (and the true cause of the disruption)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-omny-studio wp-block-embed-omny-studio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"&#039;Third world service&#039;: Jacqui Felgate takes V\/Line to task after &#039;chaotic&#039; disruptions\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/3aw-drive\/third-world-service-jacqui-felgate-takes-v-line-to-task-after-chaotic-disruptions\/embed#?secret=eKTsGhGQ7X\" data-secret=\"eKTsGhGQ7X\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>V\/Line passengers Emily and Matt joined&nbsp;<em>3AW Drive<\/em>&nbsp;to share what they experienced yesterday while trying to get home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something that\u2019s becoming very expected for commuters,\u201d Emily said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Press PLAY to hear them detail the chaos that unfolded<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-omny-studio wp-block-embed-omny-studio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"V\/Line passengers detail the &#039;chaos&#039; that unfolded on commute home\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/3aw-drive\/v-line-passengers-detail-the-chaos-that-unfolded-on-commute-home\/embed#?secret=B2BTQeQfkk\" data-secret=\"B2BTQeQfkk\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Images: Supplied&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt is a third world service, and in fact, on some days it\u2019s even worse,\u201d the 3AW Drive host said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":190945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,47,186],"tags":[4598,13914,993,8],"class_list":["post-417924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-rail-news","category-v-line","tag-geelong","tag-jacqui-felgate","tag-melbourne","tag-victoria"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=417924"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417942,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417924\/revisions\/417942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/190945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=417924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=417924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=417924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}