Metro Tunnel
Ryan BATCHELOR (Southern Metropolitan) (18:17): (1726) My adjournment matter is for the minister for transport, and the action that I seek is an update from the minister on how the Metro Tunnel is going to change transport for the people of Southern Metro. When the Metro Tunnel opens later this year it is going to be a transformative project that will change the way Melburnians move about Melbourne on public transport, and particularly for those in the Southern Metropolitan Region. It is a groundbreaking project for Melbourne. For people in Southern Metro, we are going to see the Frankston line services returning to the city loop. We are going to see the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines going through the Metro Tunnel. For the passengers on the Sandringham line the budget announced that alongside the introduction of the Metro Tunnel there are going to be more trains running intra-peak. This is a landmark infrastructure project that is going to benefit Melburnians right across the network but particularly in southern metropolitan Melbourne, and I am absolutely excited for it to open later this year.