Comments on: Taking the politics out of transport planning?

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 05:44:41 +0000

In reply to Drew.

The 2013 Rowville rail study explicitly ignored light rail options!

https://urban.melbourne/transport/2013/03/15/the-ballieunapthine-governments-rowville-rail-study-ignored-the-elephant-in-the-room

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 12:25:02 +0000

May I just laugh now?

Tram to Chadstone (Good thing) then off to Monash Uni. What happened to the heavy rail?

By: Prahran station and a pitiful political promise - Waking up in Geelong

Prahran station and a pitiful political promise - Waking up in Geelong — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 21:34:13 +0000

[…] just goes to show how politicised the provision of public transport in Melbourne has become – even adding an extra gate to a railway station involves three political parties […]

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 02:08:38 +0000

In reply to Tom the first and best..

You are correct about the Bayside Rail Project including station upgrades alongside the works to enable X’Trapolis trains to use the line.

From here:
http://ptv.vic.gov.au/projects/rail-projects/bayside-rail-project/

Station improvements will include:

– Additional and upgraded lighting
– better information about train, bus and tram arrival times and service delays
– more sheltered areas
– accessibility and safety improvements
– more seating
– additional myki readers at busy stations

I wonder what the cost breakdown of the project works out to be – presumably new signalling will cost more than a new seat or light fitting!

However it does raise a question – the new signals are required because the X’Trapolis train driving position prevent drivers from seeing the current signals – but was the current signalling due for replacement anyway?

By: Tom the first and best.

Tom the first and best. — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 03:15:19 +0000

To be fair about the bayside rail project, it is more than just allowing X`Trapolis trains (running the only trains increasing in number on the system only on part of the network was eventually going to end) to run on the Frankston (and less often mentioned, the Newport group of) line(s). It also has included seating upgrades, permanent ramps for wheelchair and Platform Information Displays (even if the city bound PIDs for Malvern to Hawksburn were put on the platforms 3, used by the Dandenong line, that little used for stopping trains rather than the platforms 1 more often used for stopping trains).