Tuesday, 18 November 2025

 Tim READ (Brunswick) (14:56): My constituency question is for the Minister for Public and Active Transport. Last year I asked question on notice 931 about increasing frequency on the Upfield line, and the minister responded that opening the Metro Tunnel would increase capacity on the Upfield line by freeing up space on the city loop. The government’s 2016 business case for the Metro Tunnel also includes references to increasing the frequency of the Upfield line by installing a turnback at Gowrie station, but the Age reported this year that this plan has been scrapped. The Metro Tunnel opens at the end of this month, but we have heard nothing yet about increasing Upfield services at peak hour. We have been waiting for years. Now the Metro Tunnel is complete, will the Upfield line run more frequently at peak hour?