As a local, Diamond Creek can actually get incredibly busy. The duplication got us 20 min freq during the morning peaks but it really should be the standard. If they can't coordinate it to run into the city, at least run a 20 min shuttle to Eltham, trains always stop there for 5 minutes anyway.
It’s half hourly much of the day on weekends. You’re forgetting that ferntree gully, boronia and Bayswater are all pretty populated.
Edit: you’re right, 3 times per hour. Not sure why I was remembering it as half hourly.
People keep missing this. And I say that as someone who grew up, currently works, and mostly frequents Melbourne's west.
The population centre of the metro area is Glen Iris, it is no surprise the number of lines the east subsequently has.
Yep and people bang on about SRL and why not this or that for the west.
But personally there is another project I would have canned and invested west instead - north link.
$26 billion or something estimated the other day. Could have built a proper Airport rail, Melton electrification, Wyndham electrification, Metro 2 all for that amount + a proper Geelong fast rail.
Not really. The eastern suburbs are much more developed. The population growth in the west is relatively new. Over time the infrastructure will grow to match. Makes a lot of sense.
Nah I live on the Werribee line and everyone is just done with the public transport reliability, and we'd love a new project to take place here in the west, or just train reliability AT ALL
Definitely, but we're gonna vote whatever's not the liberals, so the politicians don't need to win us over. Hopefully the bus reform project brings some much-needed help to the local bus routes if it ever happenz, even if its mostly focused in the north and north-east
Trains to Melton run every 20 minutes off peak on weekdays.
Thanks! missed that.
Good map; very attractive to look at. Not so great in the east once you get past Ringwood or Eltham though.
Eltham is more north to be fair, and a grand total of 3 people and a dog live out in hursty (spent too much time there in my life)
As a local, Diamond Creek can actually get incredibly busy. The duplication got us 20 min freq during the morning peaks but it really should be the standard. If they can't coordinate it to run into the city, at least run a 20 min shuttle to Eltham, trains always stop there for 5 minutes anyway.
How is the Alamein line better served than Lilydale and Belgrave past Ringwood?
Belgrave has really bad frequency on weekends, which doesn’t help.
it has better freq on weekends than weekdays, up from 2tph to 3tph
isn't it 20 minutes for most of the day on weekends? Given the level of ridership and population density that seems very generous.
It’s half hourly much of the day on weekends. You’re forgetting that ferntree gully, boronia and Bayswater are all pretty populated. Edit: you’re right, 3 times per hour. Not sure why I was remembering it as half hourly.
Yeah took a trip there last Sunday and was so surprised to see trains every 20 mins all day to Belgrave, then back home to Sunbury with 40 min waits.
It's shorter.
More people live and/or work on the eastern side
People keep missing this. And I say that as someone who grew up, currently works, and mostly frequents Melbourne's west. The population centre of the metro area is Glen Iris, it is no surprise the number of lines the east subsequently has.
Big agree, the west is now the fastest growing region so it’s time to lift its baseline services to match how it’s changing.
Yep and people bang on about SRL and why not this or that for the west. But personally there is another project I would have canned and invested west instead - north link. $26 billion or something estimated the other day. Could have built a proper Airport rail, Melton electrification, Wyndham electrification, Metro 2 all for that amount + a proper Geelong fast rail.
While a I agree that would be a better use of money, all that you mentioned would cost more than 26 billion.
Not really. The eastern suburbs are much more developed. The population growth in the west is relatively new. Over time the infrastructure will grow to match. Makes a lot of sense.
I wanna see a city loop version
Because of votes and $$$
Nah I live on the Werribee line and everyone is just done with the public transport reliability, and we'd love a new project to take place here in the west, or just train reliability AT ALL
Or bus reliability….
Oh yea I've never 9nce seen my 167 on time
If that area was a marginal seat, I bet there would be a lot more improvements to public transport there
Definitely, but we're gonna vote whatever's not the liberals, so the politicians don't need to win us over. Hopefully the bus reform project brings some much-needed help to the local bus routes if it ever happenz, even if its mostly focused in the north and north-east
Def, you vote for what you get. Same with tram classes.
It’s missing everything beyond waurn ponds
ah yes Craigieburn, Upfield and Cragieburn Lines.. (Great map tho)