MELBOURNE’S NEW FAST CROSS CITY RAIL – METRO 2
MELBOURNE’S NEW FAST CROSS CITY RAIL – METRO 2
Category: Major Policy Papers
Growing Victoria’s Regions – Full report
(see also alternative Summary version)
Growing Victoria’s Regions – Summary report
Growing Victoria’s Regions is a comprehensive plan to progressively re-balance Victoria’s population through targeted growth of regional cities, facilitated by parallel upgrading of the Regional Rail Passenger Network. Note: there are two PDF versions of this report; a Summary version (28 pp, 3.2 MB) and a Full version (112 pp, 6.7 MB).
Reducing emissions in Australian domestic freight transport – December 2023
This submission responds to the Australian Government’s initial call for ideas to help shape the Transport and Infrastructure Net Zero Roadmap and Action Plan.
It addresses the challenge of transport decarbonisation in the context of more freight on rail and achievement of improved rail productivity, competitiveness and energy efficiency. It explains the significance of selective investment in improved rail infrastructure as a key enabler of more efficient rail. In the Sydney-Melbourne context, if adopted, our proposals will materially alter the competitive dynamics of rail and trucking between Australia’s two largest cities.
RFI reviews 2018 Victorian Freight Plan
Concerns over low rail freight usage in Victoria prompts RFI’s review of the government’s 2018 freight strategy….read our submission
AirTrain – The Airport Train that Melbourne Needs!
Key Features: • A new airport railway from Southern Cross to Melbourne Airport via Sunshine • Fully segregated from busy suburban lines • Uses existing rail corridors • Tunnelled exit from Southern Cross and Airport • Albury, Shepparton and Bendigo trains run via the Airport to Southern Cross • All regional cities and suburban stations…
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