Northern Victoria Region
Wendy LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (13:01): (1741) My constituency question is for the Minister for Public and Active Transport. Minister, when will you put more carriages on the Seymour line train services so that my constituents can travel safely and with dignity? A constituent has reported that on a recent 4:36 pm service to Seymour on a Sunday afternoon only two sprinter carriages were running, leading to serious overcrowding. Many commuters were trying to get home at the end of the weekend, and at least 20 people in each carriage had to stand or sit on the floor for a 1½-hour journey into the country. It is simply unacceptable that while the Allan Labor government spends tens of billions of dollars on metropolitan train tunnels, it refuses to put extra carriages on regional train services so that people can sit down on long journeys. Commuters are outraged by the Labor government’s appalling neglect of the Seymour line services. The minister must immediately put more carriages on Seymour line trains.
Sitting suspended 1:02 pm until 2:06 pm.