May | 2017 |

Intercity Presentation on Rail Travel Improvement between Geelong and Melbourne

1 May 2017

Key points of this Intercity presentation Faster trains and better service for the Geelong line Separation of suburban and regional services Improvement of overall travel experience between Melbourne and Geelong Trouble viewing the presentation? Download the PDF.

Geelong Needs Faster Trains!

1 May 2017

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| Media Releases, Submissions

The Victorian and Commonwealth Government spent $4.2 billion building the Regional Rail Link so that trains from Geelong and other regional cities could run to Southern Cross without being delayed by suburban trains. No sooner was it finished than the RRL effectively became a suburban line itself, serving the mushrooming suburbs in Wyndham, with new…

Victorian State Budget Submission: 2017-18

1 May 2017

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| Budget Submissions, Reports, Submissions

This submission has been prepared by Rail Futures Institute in the public interest. Rail Futures is an independent non-partisan group formed to advocate cost-effective rail and intermodal solutions for public transport and freight problems based on sound commercial, economic and social reasoning. Rail Futures members include very experienced rail professionals, engineers and economists. Trouble viewing…

Newspost, April 2017

1 May 2017

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| Newsletters

FUTURE PROOFING – WORDS OR DEEDS? Transport networks are complex and dynamic. What is appropriate or even just affordable now may not have much relevance at some future date. Good planning will take into account the future possibilities and allow some freedom for future capacity, routing, technical upgrades, communications or whatever in line with these…