Year: 2018
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PTUA welcomes Coalition plan for new long-distance trains
The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has welcomed the Coalition’s pledge to order new VLocity trains for use on long-distance lines in Victoria, if elected in November. PTUA Regional Spokesperson, Paul Westcott, said the existing long-distance trains were overdue for replacement. The Coalition promise would see older locomotive-hauled trains replaced by more modern modified versions…
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Ballarat commuters shortchanged by piecemeal track duplication
The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has today criticised the state government’s piecemeal approach to track duplication works near Bacchus Marsh. The Melbourne Metro Authority, which is delivering the Ballarat Line Upgrade (BLU) project, announced changes to the project in December 2017, including changing the location of one of the crossing loops. The project originally…
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PTUA, Community Groups Back Sustainable Cities “Real Plan for Melbourne”
The Public Transport Users Association has joined with Friends of the Earth and community and environment groups across Melbourne to launch the “People’s Transport Vision” as State Parliament opens for 2018. PTUA President Dr Tony Morton said the Sustainable Cities campaign had been launched in response to “widespread concern over another unfolding crisis in Victoria’s…
