I am aged 68, with family / children all in Melbourne. Without the train service, it would cost me around $30 per round trip in fuel, car costs to see them. I can catch the Yallourn North bus, then the train from Moe and be close to my family in Ringwood, via Dandenong station for a full cost of approx. $12 return. As I get older I will not be able to drive, so I will no doubt rely on the regular transport and rail service even more regularly.


Using the train is far more restful than a long bus ride and we deserve our train, as much as other Victorian taxpayers do. The train can offer ‘quiet carriages’ like the Ballarat train does, so people can study or read. Bus travel is too noisy for extended, regularly taken trips.


Travellers can use their own reading / mobile resources more effectively to make train travel a logical and pleasant part of each day. Having a train service is thus superior to having a bus service and it would encourage population growth to give new residents a sensible commute pathway to Melbourne. Our property values may increase at last. We have enough ‘bad press’ to deal with via mining / pollution etc that negatively impacts Gippsland people via reduced asset values, for the sake of increased benefits to other Victorians, rather than ourselves.


If Gippsland is trying to encourage new business development, increased population and tourism, it is insane to drop the Central Gippsland train service…and if the service is threatened, I believe we should have a street march all the way from Gippsland to Melbourne’s Parliament House etc. If Korumburra residents wanted to hook into that, having lost their train service already…then we could march on their behalves also to have that service reinstated.


If our politicians’ perks, rights, expenses, pension entitlements and salaries all must be cut to pay for these services to continue…well and good! It is repugnant to me that citizens must lose so many personal and welfare rights…for the sake of cushy politicians’ comforts. They have been eating ‘cake’ at our expense for years while we have eaten ‘bread’….It needs changing around! It is time for us to speak out together…march out and visibly but peacefully state our case!

The train line is used regularly for my parents to get to medical services and the airport. This decision is detrimental to them and to our international visitors who take the vline train to visit us. Removing this direct line of transport will also make this difficult !

Why ohh why can’t we have a train that goes right into the city. Are we second class or even a here class citizens because we live in the country. We aren’t stupid hillbillies

Do any of those making this decision regularly travel on country trains?

Lifeline from the Valley to Melbourne, ridiculous to think about changing.

It may not happen at this point, but that option is never going to go away!! Stand up and be counted, Gippsland!

When we made the choice to live regionally, one of the attractions was that when my children went to university they could safely travel on one train to access university. On days that vline is not operating my daughter takes approximately an extra hour to get to uni. 2 1/2 hours instead of 1 1/2. She has to wait in Pakenham (not a safe place) and struggles to get a seat for the extremely long trip. Why on earth would we lose our valuable v line services instead of further developing then. Regional Victoria is an important part of improving infrastructure. Support us, don’t cut our services.

The train needs to continue on to the city for those with health issues and the elderly.


As well, the train running times can be cut down by duplicating the tracks between Bunyip & Longwarry and putting island platforms at Traralgon, Morwell & Moe.


There does not need to be a dedicated line between Pakenham, Dandenong, Caulfield and or the city. First step is to Duplicate the line Bunyip _ Longwarry, the second step is to put an extra line from Pakenham to Dandenong for use by ALL trains, i.e.Electric & fright & V/Line trains, the V/Line train can then pass the stopping all stations Suburban Train on the way to or from Dandenong, and they will also then be able to get past broken down trains. The third step is to begin, ion stages, to put in two extra tracks from Dandenong to the Caulfield.


There is room, the room that was to be for ALL trains has been stolen so that a dedicated fright line can be built from Caulfield to Dandenong, Cranbourne and then to Port Hastings. Meaning any future plans to put in extra tracks will be cost prohibited because the line would need to take houses for the “Right of Way.” If they want to put in a dedicated freight line, then they should not use the “Right of Way” which was always going to be for ALL trains on the old VR network, not just to help Privately owned Rail Freight companies like Tolls & Linfox, Qube, etc.


If they want a line out there then they can pay for it, Thanks Murray.

Don’t do it Andrews