Wednesday, 3 December 2025

 Moira DEEMING (Western Metropolitan) (14:04): (2049) My question is to the Minister for Public and Active Transport. On 26 November one of my constituents finally found a little rectangle of dirt in the Tetris game that is the Tarneit station car park and got on a train, but in very short order she was trapped in between train stations on a stationary train because of trespassers on the rail line. She tells me that this is commonplace now between Southern Cross and Wyndham Vale and that commuters who are expecting to board a train and get to work on time and get to their appointments and get their kids to school are trapped with no safe way to disembark and make alternative arrangements. One constituent even lost his job after repeatedly being caused to be late for his shifts. Will the minister advise of the current procedure for removing trespassers from this corridor and what further measures will be taken to reduce the frequency and impact of these disruptions?