Thursday, 15 May 2025

South-Eastern Metropolitan Region

Michael GALEA (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:39): (1570) My question is for the Minister for Public and Active Transport. With the incredible amount of investment that is going into our transport infrastructure, we are starting to see the benefits of it in relation to the Metro Tunnel with the very exciting announcement this week of upgraded train frequencies right across different corners of Melbourne. Whether it is on the Werribee line, the Sandringham line, the Craigieburn line, the Upfield line or three regional lines as well, the Metro Tunnel will, by unlocking some of this capacity in the network, allow all these lines to benefit from increased services and will also allow the Pakenham, Cranbourne and Sunbury lines as part of the new Metro Tunnel line to have a significant boost in frequencies. This is really maximising the benefits of these state-changing projects such as the Metro Tunnel. So I ask the minister: what benefits will my constituents in the South-Eastern Metropolitan Region have – people who use the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines – from these frequency upgrades?