AUSTRALIA: On July 12 Victorian Premier John Brumby unveiled the routes for two rail links in Melbourne as part of the A$38bn Victoria Transport Plan launched in 2009. The A$4·3bn Regional Rail Link involves the development of a new commuter service from West Werribee to the city, entailing construction of new tracks on the existing corridor through Sunshine and Footscray and new stations at Tarneit and Wyndham Vale. The project is designed to separate regional and suburban services, providing dedicated tracks for regional trains from Geelong, Bendigo, and Ballarat and increasing capacity on suburban routes. The A$4·5bn Metro Rail Tunnel would link Dynon and St Kilda Road with five underground stations. This would carry a 'metro -style' service from Sunbury to St Kilda, increasing capacity by 12000 passengers/h.
AUSTRALIA: On July 12 Victorian Premier John Brumby unveiled the routes for two rail links in Melbourne as part of the A$38bn Victoria Transport Plan launched in 2009.
The A$4·3bn Regional Rail Link involves the development of a new commuter service from West Werribee to the city, entailing construction of new tracks on the existing corridor through Sunshine and Footscray and new stations at Tarneit and Wyndham Vale. The project is designed to separate regional and suburban services, providing dedicated tracks for regional trains from Geelong, Bendigo, and Ballarat and increasing capacity on suburban routes.
The A$4·5bn Metro Rail Tunnel would link Dynon and St Kilda Road with five underground stations. This would carry a 'metro -style' service from Sunbury to St Kilda, increasing capacity by 12000 passengers/h.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Morang_railway_station,_Melbourne
It's still not built (although I believe they ran a lawn mower along the right of way last year).
I'll believe it when I see the funding. This same government has spent about $30B on new freeways in their time in power, let alone numerous arterial road widenings. And they have laid about 100m of new track.
With any luck the Greens will take the balance of power this year and something might actually get done.
