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Page Last Updated:
Friday, 24 October 2008
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Home>Council calls for grade separation
Glen Eira City Council is calling for grade separation of the Dandenong line.
In its current state, the existing rail line already causes considerable disruption through traffic congestion where it passes at grade through the centres of Hughesdale (Poath Road), Murrumbeena (Murrumbeena Road) and Carnegie (Koornang Road).
The rail line effectively fractures the centres, separating them into north and south of the railway line parts.
This is best demonstrated in Carnegie, where a major retail development is currently being constructed north of the railway line on Dandenong Road.
The railway line impedes access to the core of the centre south of the line.
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| Without grade separating the rail and road crossing, long delays associated with traffic congestion will continue and Carnegie will not be able to fulfil its potential.
Council’s comments regarding grade separation have been made in the context of the Eddington Report, which recommends a new 17 kilometre rail tunnel linking Caulfield Station to the inner western suburbs.
To the extent that the tunnel would provide better public transport, the Report is strongly supported.
The tunnel and mooted third rail to Dandenong combine to increase capacity by some 40,000 passengers per hour on feeder lines to Caulfield Station.
It is the additional rail traffic that is the cause for concern unless grade separation occurs to reduce the conflict and congestion where the rail line crosses major roads.
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