Pakenhamtrain Posted May 7, 2014 Share #1 Posted May 7, 2014 Rerouted Metro Rail project to top Victorian budget May 6, 2014 A multibillion-dollar rail tunnel from Southern Cross Station to South Yarra will be the biggest item in this year’s Victorian budget. The Metro Rail Capacity Project, formerly called the Melbourne Metro, will run via St Kilda Road and Fishermans Bend. This is a radical departure from the original plan, in which the tunnel was to have run beneath Swanston Street with five new stations including at Parkville and North Melbourne. Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/rerouted-metro-rail-project-to-top-victorian-budget-20140506-zr579.html#ixzz311sU9wTz You can tell an election is on. The current lot have done stuff all regarding public transport in Melbourne. I can't help but this rerouting is nothing more than a complete stuff up and very daring considering the Frankston line has some of the most marginal seats in Melbourne. Given the CBD is where most people would like to go I don't see how diverting it to Fishermans bend and fiddling around to join it to the Burnley group is going to help given the Parkville station that was to be built is around the hospitals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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