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I wanted to write today about the Napthine government's terrific move to turn a rundown railway station in Brunswick into a place the community will be proud of.

But the train skipped my station as I was headed there this morning and I missed the Public Transport Minister's announcement.

It was 7.50am - the middle of the morning rush - when I and about 80 other people on the platform were told the next train had just been rescheduled to become an express service and would not be stopping for us.

Trains run every 20 minutes on the poorly serviced Upfield line so there was a stampede for the gates as scores of commuters sought other means to get to work.