Thursday, 20 September 2018

Metro railway station announcements

To the Honourable the Speaker and members of the Legislative Assembly:

This petition of residents of the state of Victoria draws to the attention of the house that the below signed request the Minister for Public Transport direct Melbourne metropolitan train authority (Metro) to reduce the noise pollution created by announcements at stations on the sky rail between Caulfield and Dandenong and in particular the removal of the bell tones at the start of the announcements. The amenity of residents has been further diminished by the intrusive nature of the announcements as the sound travels far further with the introduction of the elevated rail.

We respectfully request that the minister acts without delay to direct Metro to delete the notification bells from the start of announcements and reduce the volume of the announcements.