Cars & Transportation

The decision for a rail link to Melbourne Airport?

Cars & Transportation

Posted by: havalaugh

28th Feb 2012 01:59am

I was reading this sunday's Hearld Sun 26/2/12 and came across a page on the question of the plus & minus of running a train link out to Melbourne Airport. I am all for train travel, as our freeway to the airport is congested badly between 6pm & 8pm from what I read. But some were saying it's way to costly & some were saying it is the only way to go, for a number of reasons. One to stop the congestion on the freeway. Two because it is cheaper than building an arterial freeway. And last but not least it will cut down on car pollution and people parking were they shouldn't to pick up or drop off travellers. But what I can't understand is there are several suburbs that have not had rail travel running through them for years that this also could accomodate and that is Gladestone Park & Tullamarine itself. They have a very sparce bus system running through them that runs from Broadmeadows station all through West Meadows then onto Gladstone Park & back. Not to mention this bus cuts out around 8.30pm so you can't afford to miss the last bus. I don't know about the Tullamarine bus service except the bus that runs from the city out to the airport. Which if you want to take this make sure you have a novel to take with you for the ride. I think this train link could accomodate more than just the people to & from the airport. It could run through these suburbs that could have done with a train link for years. What are your thoughts on the matter?


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