Euroa electorate
Ms RYAN (Euroa) (11:41): (2306) My question is to the Minister for Public Transport, and it is quite simply this: how bad do services on the north-east line and the Seymour line have to get before the Andrews government will take measures to improve the performance for the travelling public? George Dyer from Euroa is 85 years old and legally blind. He caught the Albury train from Southern Cross on 3 March. It was scheduled to depart at 6.02 pm, but after being delayed it was stopped on the line at Broadmeadows. The train arrived at Seymour at 10.00 pm, where passengers were told they would need to transfer to coaches. By the time George got to Euroa it was 11.00 pm. He was unable to get a taxi because of that time, and he had to walk 40 minutes home—at age 85, being legally blind. These are common stories, and it is quite simply not good enough that the Andrews government continues to ignore the state of the line.