Matthew Guy agrees to extend the Cranbourne train line

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"Usually it would be duplication, then extension, but we have to get people out of the car, we have to provide an alternative to car transportation earlier than we do now," he said.

The line is a section of track that runs from the Pakenham line to Dandenong. Cranbourne's services to the city are infrequent, running approximately every 20 minutes in the morning peak. The trip takes more than one hour

The first step of the upgrade would be to extend the five-kilometer runway along the former South Gippsland line to Cranbourne East and Clyde, and to duplicate the path between Cranbourne and Clyde. Cranbourne Station would also be rebuilt

As part of the second leg, which would begin after 2022 and end three years later, the remaining section of the runway between Dandenong and Cranbourne would be duplicated.

an extension of Koo Wee Rup, south of Clyde, along the line

The new railway line would avoid crossings by building under intersected roads such as the South Gippsland Road, said Mr. Guy, opposition spokesman David Davis. in the construction of the new lane and that property acquisitions were unlikely because they would run along an existing railway corridor.

Local bus services to connect commuters to new stations at Cranbourne East and Clyde would also be increased under the Coalition, the party said.

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The promise to extend the railway line, made by Labor almost 20 years ago and again in 2006 by The Liberal Leader, Ted Ballieu, will not tackle the chronic strangulation bottlenecks that block Cranbourne rail services because the single lane stretch will not be duplicated between Dandenong and Cranbourne for another seven years.

The Casey area added about 45,000 highway traffic between 1996 and 2006 – almost the same number as the total number of cars in the Glen Eira local government area.

Interim Prime Minister James Merlino said the opposition had a poor track record in delivering public transit projects. the last time in government, the Liberals promised to build Doncaster Rail and did nothing; They also promised a railway line to Avalon Airport and that never happened either.

"The Liberals did not build a big public transport project when they left the government, they cut services.