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Caulfield Station could become a major bottleneck once the $13.7 billion Metro Tunnel is built in 2025, if multimillion-dollar upgrades to construct a new concourse do not go ahead.
The Victorian Transport Action Group is calling for up to $70 million worth of upgrades to the second-busiest station outside the city, arguing Caulfield Station could face overcrowding if the need for better interchange facilities is overlooked.
Caulfield train station.
Credit:Paul Jeffers
So, let’s go catch a train.
Outside some stations, the Smartbus signs can tell you the time and destination of the next trains in each direction. In this case, the next citybound train is the 8:16pm to Flinders Street.
On the station concourse are these screens. They say the next train is the 8:16… to Werribee.
Down on the platform, yes, the 8:16 is going to Werribee. And somewhere in that long list of stations is Flinders Street in the City.
As the train arrives, the headboard finally spells it out: Werribee via City.
This is confirmed by the sign inside the train.
VIC Premier
Victorians now have 450 extra train services every week, as the biggest timetable change since the opening of the City Loop comes into place from today.
The Andrews Labor Government has added 280 metropolitan and 170 regional services to the network every week, alongside new capacity indicator technology that will give passengers on Melbourne’s trains access to information about how busy their train or station will be – helping people stay safe as we move through our recovery from the pandemic.
After four months of extensive testing and trials, the new online tool called
RideSpace provides real-time information for passengers on metropolitan trains – showing them how busy, or quiet, their journey will be before they get on board.
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