xtrapolis954m wrote:If there was nothing out there, like in the case of Parwan (to the best of my memory), I dislike the idea of running electric trains (or any train) further than they have to. Again, dead running is not good…
…In the case of Baxter, however, there are towns/suburbs that the trains go to. By building a depot down there, you would also run trains down there to serve Baxter; Leawarra & perhaps a new station adjacent to the Victoria University Frankston Campus. Not that bad an idea when you think of it. But, I digress…
Cheers, Lachlan.
Just to be picky, there isn't a campus of Victoria University in Frankston as that Uni services the western suburbs of Melbourne. There is, however, a campus of Monash University within spitting distance of Leawarra Station which has been there for a very long time. As a student at Monash Peninsula I would love to see trains run every fifteen minutes to Baxter to serve that area of Frankston - it would make a huge difference to the students attending Monash who either rely on a horribly infrequent Stony Point service or buses at Frankston.
Victoria University Campuses - note, electrification to Melton and Sunbury would directly benefit this University given that two of its campuses are in Melton and Sunbury. A more frequent train service out to the west would be fantastic.
Monash Uni. Peninsula Campus - note, the campus transport information page makes no mention of the Stony Point line at Leawarra Station despite it being 200 meters from the back gate. This is unfortunate but not unexpected. Who would want to rely on a train that runs every two hours?
As for the West, my only opinion is that electrification to Melton is long overdue. Given that Melton (and Bacchus Marsh) have comparable distances from the city as stations on the Pakenham line, it is strange to think that the train service frequencies are no where like what they are in the east of the city.
