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78-512: A further 25 level crossings at the 2018 state election, all 3 of them got included in the Level Crossing Removal Project and were removed in 2022 and 2023. In January 2016, V/Line suddenly withdrew half of its V/locity fleet due to wheel wear issues. The lack of rolling stock meant passengers were forced to use buses and the government ended up having to give passengers a whole month of free travel. An independent report done into
117-523: A number written on the back of an envelope". Construction commenced in August 2009. The works were divided into seven packages: an overall railway signalling and control systems contract, and six sections of track: In May 2010, the estimated cost was $ 4.3 billion, and economic benefits were estimated to be $ 6.2 billion. In April 2011 the incoming Baillieu government stated it would cost closer to $ 5 billion and take two years longer to build. In July 2011
156-624: Is a regional railway station on the Warrnambool line , part of the Victorian railway network . It serves the city Geelong , in Victoria, Australia. Geelong station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform . It opened on 1 November 1856. Together with Ballarat , it is one of only two stations in Victoria to retain its 19th-century train shed . The station has been listed by
195-896: Is occupied, special heritage services Platform 3: Up services to Southern Cross, terminating services It is common for a trains to be in all three platforms e.g. Platform 1: Down Waurn Ponds service Platform 2: Up service, stopping all stations Platform 3: Up express service from Warrnambool It is serviced by V/Line Geelong and Warrnambool line services. Some services terminate at Geelong, although most continue south. Platform 1: Platform 2: Platform 3: CDC Geelong operates seven routes via Geelong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria : McHarry's Buslines operates twelve routes via Geelong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: V/Line operates road coach services from Geelong station to Apollo Bay , Ballarat , Colac and Warrnambool . Regional Rail Link Regional Rail Link ( RRL )
234-580: Is the name of a project to build a 47.5-kilometre (29.5 mi) length of railway through the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria . The name is also colloquially used to refer to the rail alignment constructed as part of the project. The project aimed to increase rail capacity by separating regional services on the Geelong , Ballarat and Bendigo corridors from suburban services on the Werribee and Sunbury lines , while also serving new housing developments in
273-576: The 2009 Federal budget , adding to funds to be provided by the Victorian Government. Several route options were investigated. One proposal involved the acquisition of up to 49 properties in Railway Place , Footscray to widen the existing railway corridor, and local residents launched a campaign against that proposal in May 2010. Other options floated were the sharing of tracks with freight trains in
312-632: The Bracks government 's 2006 Meeting Our Transport Challenges report. Costed at around $ 500 million, the link was also recommended in Rod Eddington 's East-West Link Needs Assessment study, released in April 2008. By November 2008 the link between Deer Park and West Werribee was estimated to cost $ 1.5 billion. The project was expanded and re-branded as the Regional Rail Link when announced as part of
351-477: The Brumby Government 's Victorian Transport Plan of December 2008. With a revised aim of separating all regional trains between Southern Cross and Geelong , Ballarat , and Bendigo , from suburban rail movements, the proposed route was from Southern Cross through Sunshine and Tarneit to West Werribee . In May 2009 the project reached full funding, gaining the required allocation of $ 3.2 billion from
390-537: The National Trust of Australia as being of state-level significance, and is on the Victorian Heritage Register . Geelong station was built as the terminus of the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company line. It was a dead-end terminus, located on the site of the present law courts complex. In November 1876, the railway was extended south to Winchelsea , necessitating the relocation of the station to
429-538: The Tarneit and Wyndham Vale areas with a rail connection to the city. A pair of new, non-electrified tracks were constructed from Southern Cross to Sunshine along a new alignment over the Maribyrnong River ; this new alignment controversially bypasses North Melbourne station. Another new, non-electrified, double-track line was constructed from a junction site west of Deer Park to another junction site near
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#1733084791254468-562: The hospital and university precincts. No reason was given for that decision, and after the RRL opened, passengers wanting to get to North Melbourne had to alight at Footscray or Southern Cross stations and catch another train. Controversy emerged with the release of reports from the Victorian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) which criticised the methodology and results contained in assessments submitted by
507-595: The Footscray Park Railway Reserve where, EPA predicted, the public would be exposed to dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide from increased diesel train traffic. EPA noted that planned risk assessments had not been done by the Department of Transport. Madden had viewed EPA reports in September 2010, but ruled that an Environment Effects Statement (EES) was not required for Section-1 of the RRL project. Despite
546-588: The RRL team to former state planning minister, Justin Madden , as part of the project planning referral. EPA reports state, "in Footscray, for the most exposed residents, a vast majority of the population will experience chronic noise-induced sleep disturbance, with very significant proportions highly disturbed... For the most exposed residents in other areas, almost half the community will experience chronic noise-induced sleep disturbance." The reports also raised concerns about
585-504: The RRL, being the only ones which can serve those stations. Tarneit station rapidly became the second busiest on the V/Line network after Southern Cross. That has worsened the chronic overcrowding on peak-hour Geelong trains, as well as slowing of journey times. As a result, there have been calls for the other three planned stations on the Tarneit section of the RRL to be constructed. As part of
624-662: The Regional Rail Link Project" While acknowledging that the project has had significant benefits, some of them unexpected, the Auditor-General slammed the State Government's of the time, the former Victorian Department of Transport and the Regional Rail Link Authority for its mismanagement of the project, particularly in the planning stages. He noted that the lack of any formal business case for
663-500: The Victorian Department of Transport, Jim Betts, admitted that the lack of a mature plan, and the urgency of spending the money provided by the federal government as part of its economic stimulus package, meant that there had been a rush to finalise the financial arrangements of the scheme. He commented that "the budget for that project was basically haggled over between the state and the commonwealth one weekend and we end up with
702-464: The acquisition of the gardens to approximately 5 square metres (54 sq ft). In February 2011, the incoming Baillieu government announced the project was under review, citing poor planning and a blow-out in costs. After the review, the Baillieu government estimated the price tag for the line to be $ 880 million more than stated by the outgoing Brumby government. In November 2011, the secretary of
741-510: The cost was estimated at $ 5.3 billion with a completion date of 2016. In the 2015/16 State Budget the final cost of the project was given as $ 3.65 billion, down from the previous estimate of $ 4.1 billion. Before the project opened in June 2015, the PTV promotional pamphlet for the regional rail link stating a cost of $ 3.9 billion for the project. However, the final cost of property acquisitions related to
780-405: The eastern side of the station. It is now the site of Geelong's law courts and police station . A locomotive depot remains to the north, and carriage stabling sidings are to the west. In March 2015, a further upgrade to the station was completed, which included the installation of a new DDA-compliant pedestrian overpass to connect all platforms, which included lifts , avoiding the need to use
819-418: The existing Bunbury Street tunnel , or the construction of a second rail tunnel under Footscray A preliminary route between Sunshine and Werribee was released for public consultation in June 2009. In July 2010, the final route through Footscray was announced by the state government. Heading away from Melbourne, the pair of Regional Rail Link tracks run south of the current four suburban tracks until after
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#1733084791254858-478: The existing tracks except at Footscray, where two new platforms were built north of the four existing platforms. To accommodate the final route, 26 homes and 84 businesses on Buckley Street, Footscray were acquired. Many residents did not find out their homes were to be acquired until told by journalists, waiting up to 24 hours for official notification from Department of Transport representatives. A Government spokeswoman said "every effort" had been made to contact
897-419: The former Manor railway station , where it joins the Warrnambool railway line . Stations were built at Tarneit and Wyndham Vale , while West Footscray and Sunshine were rebuilt. Two new platforms were built at Southern Cross and Footscray stations, and two level crossings near Sunshine were removed. The project was managed by the Regional Rail Link Authority, on behalf of the Victorian Government. At
936-529: The former Serviceton line in Deer Park, which Geelong line trains now travel on. The extra services introduced as a result of RRL meant the crossing gates were down for longer, which heavily increased traffic in the area and drew criticism from residents and lobby groups. However, when the Andrews government revised their 2014 election commitment of removing 50 of the most dangerous and congested level crossings to include
975-544: The households affected, but bureaucrats had abandoned their planned visit to deliver the bad news because they did not want to be filmed by the media. The proposals would also have acquired 136 square metres (1,460 sq ft) of the heritage listed HV McKay Memorial Gardens , (Australia's oldest remaining industrial garden) as part of a grade separation along Anderson Road in Sunshine; after community resistance and lobbying by Brimbank City Council, plans were altered to reduce
1014-474: The immediate advantage to commuters in the Wyndham Vale and Tarneit areas, there has been some disappointment regarding the irregular spacing of services at these stations. Ballarat line passengers have been particularly upset about their services since the full opening of the RRL. Due to a rolling stock shortage, some Ballarat trains had fewer carriages than before, and timekeeping of services worsened, despite
1053-563: The line has crossed the Maribyrnong River , where a new bridge was built. After crossing the river, the line passes over the top of the Newport bound suburban tracks on a flyover, and then runs between each pair of suburban tracks to Footscray station . At Footscray the line uses the existing platforms 1 and 2 (since renumbered 3 and 4), and then run on resumed land to the south of the suburban line to Sunshine , past Middle Footscray and West Footscray stations. Suburban trains towards Sunshine use
1092-534: The original heritage-protected pedestrian bridge, which only has stairs. Geelong has one island platform with two faces, and one side platform . Prior to the opening of the Regional Rail Link in 2015, almost all trains used Platform 1. Platforms 2 and 3 were only used when Platform 1 was occupied; Platform 1: up services to Southern Cross and down services to South Geelong , Marshall , and Waurn Ponds . Platform 2: Up and down Warrnambool services, terminating services and other services if Platform 1
1131-423: The project made it extremely difficult to determine just what the benefits of the project were meant to be, and whether or not the RRL had lived up to the expectations set for it when the project was funded in 2009. He also said that planners had not adequately predicted how many people would use the RRL after its opening, and that the lines designed maximum capacity of 18 trains per-hour would make it difficult to add
1170-545: The project will not be fully known until December 2018, so this cost estimate may increase. All passenger trains on the Ballarat , Bendigo and Geelong lines use the Regional Rail Link from Sunshine to Melbourne, solving a lot of the capacity problem, and the conflicts encountered when those services share tracks with metropolitan trains. The link allows more regional and metropolitan trains to run, which, combined with
1209-422: The project, the partially-built platforms 15 and 16 at Southern Cross station were completed, which increased the number of trains the station can handle. However, no platforms were provided for RRL trains at North Melbourne station , which had been a major interchange point for regional passengers using northern suburban and City Loop trains, as well as the recently introduced Route 401 bus from North Melbourne to
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1248-453: The promise of greater reliability after the RRL opened. Following the opening of the Regional Rail Link, V/Line trains on the Ballarat line failed to meet punctuality targets for 14 consecutive months. Despite Allen Garner, former CEO and COO of the Regional Rail Link Authority, saying there were "no new level crossings" along the whole Regional Rail Link route, three were left in place along
1287-404: The purchase of new rolling stock , has helped provide additional peak hour passenger capacity on regional services, particularly those from Geelong and Ballarat, and freed up capacity on Melbourne suburban tracks to allow more trains to run. However, far from providing a bypass of the suburban network for Geelong line trains, those services have become suburban trains on the Tarneit section of
1326-421: The reliability of other trains, and V/Line trains, running express through most suburban stations, limited the frequency, and affected the timekeeping, of stopping suburban trains. After major disruptions each operator might blame the other for causing the problem. A separate line for regional trains between Geelong and Melbourne, then called the "Tarneit Link", was included as a possible long-term rail option in
1365-792: The time, it was the largest transport infrastructure project being undertaken in Australia. Construction commenced in July 2009 and was fully completed in June 2015. Following the rail infrastructure improvements provided by the Regional Fast Rail project , and subsequent growth in passengers and services, there was an increase in congestion in the Melbourne suburban area, where trains operated by V/Line shared tracks with Metro Trains Melbourne suburban trains, caused increasing delays on rail services. Late running by V/Line or metropolitan rail services affected
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1443-412: The west, and between 1877 and 1881, the current station building was constructed. In 1975, the station received a minor upgrade to the refreshment rooms, and was also provided with a waiting room around this time. In 1988, the station received an upgrade, and included new passenger waiting areas and booking offices. Until the 1990s, there was a goods yard , including a large goods shed , located on
1482-536: The wheel wear issues found the major cause of the problem was tight curves on the RRL route, particularly on the North Melbourne flyover (NMFO), which was upgraded as part of RRL as a means of allowing V/line trains to travel through North Melbourne on a separate route to Metro trains In May 2018, the Victorian Auditor-General completed an audit on the Regional Rail Link, titled "Assessing Benefits from
1521-477: Was occupied. Platform 3: Terminating services, special heritage services and other services if Platform 1 was occupied. After the opening of the Regional Rail Link, Geelong now has three times as many services running, requiring trains to cross at Geelong on a regular basis. The platforms have now been divided into up and down platforms; Platform 1: Down services to South Geelong, Marshall, Waurn Ponds, and Warrnambool Platform 2: Up services when Platform 3
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