Save the Gippsland Line

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Dear Daniel Andrews,

We the citizens and people of Gippsland do not agree with the recommendation that regional train services be terminated at Pakenham and our vulnerable, disabled and elderly be forced to change trains on their journey to Melbourne. Many of these people are the disadvantaged of our community, often seeking medical assistance & appointments in metropolitan medical centres that are not available in our region.

This change would also affect the bike tourists and young families who would also have difficulty with young children, prams and bikes changing trains to and from crowded metropolitan rail. The Gippsland area is being promoted as a great tourist region with economic benefits and as a way of overcoming the demise of the coal and timber mill industry and continual rail service is a must for this to succeed.

Other frequent users of the system are our people who work in the metropolitan centres and choose to live in the regional and rural areas here for the lifestyle and community opportunities that we have. The current system is unreliable and often runs late, this additional transfer and changeover time will add to the already overly long trip and decrease the reliability of the transport system to them, not to mention the additional time needed to be added to the start of the trip, getting up earlier, the changes in timetables that will be required etc.

We understand that the cost of upgrading the metropolitan system is a burden, but can Gippsland at least have the same standard as the other Victorian regions, that our Melbourne trains actually go to Melbourne, as they now do.

The Federal Minister for Infrastructure who is a resident here has promised his support in working with the state government to help sort the congestion problem.

We ask that you do not accept this part of the report from the citizens jury on face value and seek further consultation with the impacted communities and federal counterparts as you work towards an upgrading of the lines to at least the standard that the other Victorian Regions rail systems already have.

 

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  • Barbara Corredig
    signed 2016-08-08 20:50:07 +1000
    I work away from home and use the Gippsland train line to get to and from work most days, which is more cost effective than driving into work and reduces the amount of motor vehicles congesting our roads and freeways.
  • Gregory Brown
    signed 2016-08-08 20:49:09 +1000
    Totally agree with this action to oppose the possible decision against the Gippsland people.After all where the hell would all these so called smart ???????? people be if we were not here giving them electricity since the early 1920’s.Some families have record of generations living and working in Gippsland.
  • Emma Rees
    signed 2016-08-08 20:48:22 +1000
  • Mark Meehan
    posted about this on Facebook 2016-08-08 20:45:07 +1000
    A Melbourne train should go to Melbourne, why does the Gippsland regional line get substandard service recommended?
  • Mark Meehan
    signed 2016-08-08 20:44:38 +1000
    Don’t allow trains to terminate at Pakaham
  • Brett Grieve
    signed 2016-08-08 20:44:11 +1000
  • heather costigan
    signed via 2016-08-08 20:42:21 +1000
  • Kate Moss
    signed 2016-08-08 20:40:42 +1000
    I used these services when i lived in Latrobe valley. It would be a shame to see it go
  • Kimberly Radic
    signed 2016-08-08 20:30:15 +1000
  • Kelly Merante
    signed via 2016-08-08 20:23:00 +1000
  • Kimberley Davidson
    posted about this on Facebook 2016-08-08 20:21:55 +1000
    A Melbourne train should go to Melbourne, why does the Gippsland regional line get substandard service recommended?
  • Mikaela Johnston
    signed 2016-08-08 20:19:59 +1000
  • Melissa Ferguson
    posted about this on Facebook 2016-08-08 20:14:42 +1000
    A Melbourne train should go to Melbourne, why does the Gippsland regional line get substandard service recommended?
  • nick mattei
    signed 2016-08-08 20:12:12 +1000
  • Karl Imberger
    posted about this on Facebook 2016-08-08 20:09:49 +1000
    A Melbourne train should go to Melbourne, why does the Gippsland regional line get substandard service recommended?
  • Karl imberger
    signed 2016-08-08 20:09:19 +1000
  • Sue and Stan Rodwell
    signed 2016-08-08 20:09:10 +1000
    Why are the country people always hit? All we ask is a decent rail service to get us to Melbourne (work or leisure) and not have to change trains. Elderly people in particular do it very hard as it is. Transport is already a problem for us so please don’t make it any harder.
  • Isobel zygarlicki
    signed 2016-08-08 20:06:27 +1000
    With my elderly husbands mobility issues changing to suburban trains would be onerous forcing us to use private car to access appointments etc in the city. We regularly use the Gippsland line
  • Nicole Bourke
    @tolebourke tweeted link to this page. 2016-08-08 20:03:25 +1000
    A Melbourne train should go to Melbourne, why does the Gippsland regional line get substandard service recommended? http://www.votv.org.au/gippsland_line?recruiter_id=3554
  • Nicole Bourke
    signed via 2016-08-08 20:02:32 +1000
    This ridiculous will discourage people from wanting to visit Melbourne and Gippsland. As someone who lives in Traralgon and travels to Melbourne daily for work, this has major implications on my lifestyle
  • Abby Taylor
    signed 2016-08-08 19:59:16 +1000
  • Pamela Boyd
    signed 2016-08-08 19:53:28 +1000
  • Stacey Knight
    signed via 2016-08-08 19:50:50 +1000
  • Kurt Strickland
    signed via 2016-08-08 19:49:33 +1000
  • Meg Ruyters
    signed via 2016-08-08 19:46:18 +1000
  • Julia Ditterich
    signed via 2016-08-08 19:45:12 +1000
  • Darren King
    signed 2016-08-08 19:43:52 +1000
    This is part of my childhood when my father worked at the nowa nowa train station it is slowly getting shorter and shorter get it back all the way orbost & beyond
  • Megan Duncan
    signed via 2016-08-08 19:38:46 +1000
    Please give Gippsland exactly what every other regional area of Victoria has a good rail service that is frequent and efficient
  • Alanah Hallam
    signed 2016-08-08 19:33:38 +1000
  • Tammy de Souza-Daw
    posted about this on Facebook 2016-08-08 19:32:20 +1000
    A Melbourne train should go to Melbourne, why does the Gippsland regional line get substandard service recommended?