Constituency questions
Polwarth electorate
Richard RIORDAN (Polwarth) (14:39): (1260) My question this afternoon is to the Minister for Public Transport. Minister, could you please tell the people of Polwarth who travel on the Warrnambool V/Line service when they can expect to get an extra three carriages for the new VLocity service? Regular patrons of the Warrnambool V/Line service are now becoming very accustomed to having to stand from Spencer Street all the way through to Colac and beyond on some occasions because there are simply not enough seats on the train service. In fact there are some 8000 fewer seats per week now on the train service after this government and the federal government spent more than $450 million on an upgrade. There is no reason why we cannot have the extra three train carriages that on many occasions leave Spencer Street but are then left in Geelong. Minister, when will we see the extra three carriages added to the Warrnambool service?