Re: Suggestions for a better Melbourne

["THE Boss!" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>]

FRISCÉ Theatre Co. (Bryan Cullis) wrote in message
<930471534.383731@diddley.primus.com.au>...
>I have several plans for Melbourne's transit system, in particular the rail
>network.  If it wasn't for the fact that I'd get laughed out of Transport
>House, I'd suggest them.

You would not be laughed out, you would be dragged out by men in white coats
and committed to an asylum.

>EASTERN LINES:
>
>*  Electrification and reopening of line to Healesville, with stations at
>Coldstream, Yering, Yarra Glen, Tarrawarra and Healesville.

What are your traffic projections for this extension? How many people
commute from this area per day (and the modal breakdown - cat, train/bus,
bus)?

>*  Opening of new stations at Cave Hill (between Mooroolbark and Lilydale)
>and Bedford Park (between Ringwood and Heathmont).

Probably a good idea - new stations do not cost much (particularly since
they will be unattended in this new era.

>*  Opening of a Y-link between Bedford Park and Ringwood East, running
>trains
>from Upper Fern Tree Gully to Lilydale, and calling it the Maroondah line.

How many people would use it? What are the traffic numbers for this? How
many peopl currently change at Ringwood, and would it be in sufficient
numbers to justify the expense of construction and new trains? If the
numbers are relatively small, why wouldn't cross-country buses be more
convenient (given that they pick up closer to origin and destination)?

>*  Rename Glenferrie to "Glenferrie-Swinburne".

Why?

>*  Extending the Glen Waverley line to Rowville, with stations at Mountview
>(between Swindon Av. and Eastleigh Dr., Glen Waverley), Redcourt (between
>Dobell and Lindsay Cts., Scoresby), Scoresby (as close to Scoresby Village
>as possible), Caribbean Gardens (adjacent to Stud Rd. Entrance, Scoresby)
>and Rowville (as close to Stud Park as possible).

See above for Healesville.

[...remainder snipped...]

About the only good suggestion was electrifying to Sunbury. The remainder
would not have a snowflakes chance in hell of being achieved, NOT because of
political indifference, but because they are not warranted, particularly
with regard to the Geelong suburban network you proposed.

But you missed the one obvious improvement they should make - electrify
Werribee to South Geelong!

DaveP