[Greens-Media] Eddington Report - What about Caroline Springs and the Melton line? - Hartland

[Colleen.Hartland at parliament.vic.gov.au]

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EDDINGTON REPORT – WHAT ABOUT CAROLINE SPRINGS AND THE MELTON LINE?

Colleen Hartland MLC has made a preliminary assessment of the Eddington 
Report for the Caroline Springs area.

"The biggest missing item in the report is the electrification of the 
Melton/ Bacchus Marsh line, with a new station at Caroline Springs.  It's 
either not in the report, or you need a backhoe to find it.  This is a 
high priority, and so we'll need to crank up the community campaign."

"Eddington lists a lot of pie in the sky expensive long term projects, and 
that's all very well and good, but there are affordable short term 
solutions that won't cost as much.  We urgently need changes to the system 
that are achievable in the short term."

"People on the Werribee, Williamstown and Sydenham lines have to wait 30 
minutes for a train after 7pm, Craigieburn has three trains an hour, 
Melton has one per hour.  You can increase the service without building 
anything new.  Then plan for the future at the same time." 

"The most urgent need in the west is for the extension of the Werribee 
line to Wyndham, electrification of the Melton / Bacchus Marsh line with a 
train station at Caroline Springs, extension of the Airport West tram 
line, and a load of new bus routes that connect people to the trains, 
rather than delivering them five minutes late."





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