Airport Rail and Associated Development Statement
Study outcomes and proposal for the development of Melbourne Airport railway, regional and future high speed links. Trouble viewing the proposal? Download the PDF.
Category: Submissions
Geelong Needs Faster Trains!
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
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…
To Infrastructure Australia: Australian Infrastructure Audit Report
The Rail Future submission to Infrastructure Australia, highlighting the role of rail infrastructure in building Australia’s national economic capacity. Trouble viewing the submission? Download the PDF.
Fishermans Bend Recast Vision
This submission deals with two separate but inter-related issues: (i) the critical need to plan for restoration of a rail freight link associated with the current and future potential development of Webb Dock and (ii) a broad vision and concept for integrated public transport (primarily rail-based) and land use planning in the overall Fishermans Bend…
Getting freight back on track in Victoria
This purpose of this strategy is to bring about policy change which will enhance the competitiveness of Victorian rail freight operations and remove impediments facing potential rail users as part of a more economically, socially and environmentally-friendly freight transport system in Victoria. Trouble viewing the paper? Download the PDF.
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