Nearly all the required infrastructure improvements for the Stage 2 service plan have been implemented.

It's a bit depressing that this whole plan was in the process of being implemented, and then just stopped.

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The one thing that I think doesn't get as much attention as it should, is the NDP warned that the Craigieburn line will suffer from significant overcrowding without changes that still haven't been made.

This will become an even bigger problem than it is now in the next decade.

If the opposition had half a brain, they'd be focusing on this rather than the stupid FiVe oUt oF sIx tRaiNs dOnT fIt iN tHe TuNnEls.

The government scrapped a bunch of service improvements in 2015 intending to deliver their own instead but for the most part just never did.

Bit of an idea what’s going to eventually be behind this wall.

Getting more real by the day now folks 🫡

Only slightly annoying this is the lack of a covered connection between the station and the interchange.

Anyway good to see we can use federal “carparks for commuters” funding to build massive new bus interchanges instead of just car parks.

A few more pictures, some nice wayfinding here too.

*There’s still one other acoustic shed at State Library, but it’s above a utility and station services structure on A’Beckett Street - not a station entrance

We’re still using 2019 arguments and talking points in 2025.

This project is genuinely so far progressed now, there is so much cost sunk already I just don’t think people comprehend what is actually happening here.

The state opposition simultaneously saying it will scrap the project but also honour existing contracts literally makes no sense, and I don’t understand why people or the media just take this at face value.

This argument makes literally no sense - and seemingly nobody questions it?

I appreciate where people are coming from with Suburban Rail Loop East, I acknowledge where you’re coming from.

The government’s funding structure for this is not clear.

The problem is you’re having this argument years too late. The ship has already well and truly sailed to stop this.

There was a whole period of time in the early 2010s where the federal coalition was excoriating state governments for threatening to not or actually not fulfilling infrastructure contracts because a growing reputation for sovereign risk associated with infrastructure projects

What won’t be completed until after the Metro Tunnel is open is the new over station development on the corner La Trobe & Swanston streets.

The OSD at Town Hall is well underway now, so will be interesting to see when this one starts to go vertical.

All in all - these are great changes, great for summer travel to Victoria’s many beaches down the coast and for the growing suburbs around Geelong.

Geelong’s public transport is growing significantly, new bus routes, more frequencies.

Really great changes to see!

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A few other things I think need to change:

- The existing V/line Coach Route needs to be reformed, there’s significant route duplication now

- The 53 or 54 bus needs to extend to Anglesea.

- DTP needs to advertise this seasonal Colac Station to Lorne bus service, nobody knows it even exists!