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Regional Rail Link
 Good news for Footscray and Sunshine:
Footscray station will receive a major upgrade and two level crossings in Sunshine will be removed as part of the $4.3 billion Regional Rail Link project.
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More funding for Truck Action Plan
 An extra $21 million in funding has been announced to upgrade Moreland and Whitehall streets as part of the Truck Action Plan project.
The $380 million Truck Action Plan aims to take trucks of residential streets in the west by providing an upgraded route, with better access for freight, from the West Gate Freeway to the Port of Melbourne.
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Aqua option for WestLink route
 The results from community consultation and technical work are in and the preferred route for WestLink is a longer tunnel.
The WestLink project team sought community feedback on three proposed route options, with differing combinations of a road tunnel from the Port of Melbourne and a longer term road connection to the Western Ring Road.
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Works start on three new stations
 Works have now started at the new Williams Landing, Lynbrook and Cardinia Road railway stations.
The three stations were identified as locations for the $220 million New Stations in Growth Areas project which aims to serve current and future public transport needs in Melbourne’s growing suburbs.
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More premium stations
 The new Westall Station is now open as a premium station and the next five stations have been announced for upgrades.
Upgrading stations to premium status involves improvements to customer amenities, walkways, drop off areas, signage, lighting and security facilities. Premium stations are also staffed from first to last train seven days a week.
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South Morang Rail Extension
 Major work has started ahead of schedule on the rail extension out to South Morang, bringing the project’s completion date forward by nine months.
The South Morang Rail Extension is a $650 million project which includes duplicating five kilometres of single track between Keon Park and Epping, laying three and a half kilometres of new double track to South Morang and building new stations in Thomastown, Epping and South Morang.
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More tram services
 As of 24 October, public transport users will benefit from 481 new weekly services across Melbourne’s tram network.
The new tram timetable will increase the number of services during peak hours and significantly improve travel on several routes across the Docklands, Coburg, Maribyrnong and Brunswick.
Some of the improvements in the CBD include the addition of 265 new services across busy inner city routes and a new Collins Street shuttle service, which will run 44 times every weekday between the ‘Paris-end’ of Collins Street and the Victoria Harbour precinct.
Tram travel will also be improved for people travelling to and from West Maribyrnong, Airport West, North Coburg and West Coburg. This includes an extra 215 services being added to Route 82, which connects Moonee Ponds and Footscray.
Melbourne’s tram network is continuing to improve with the recent announcement to purchase the Bumblebee trams which were on lease from France and the investment in 50 new low-floor trams.
The first of the 50 trams will enter service in 2012.
Detailed timetable information on the additional services is now available by contacting Metlink.
See the project: New Trains & Trams
Watch a video of the Tram Timetable and 'Bumblebee' tram announcement
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Peninsula Link
 Hundreds of construction jobs are on offer as major works start on the Peninsula Link project.
The $759 million Peninsula Link, being delivered by Abigroup, is a 27 kilometre road link between EastLink in Carrum Downs and the Mornington Peninsula Freeway in Mount Martha.
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SmartBus and DART
 Public transport access has been significantly boosted across Melbourne with the early launch of the extended SmartBus Route 901 and the Doncaster Area Rapid Transport (DART) project which has upgraded four Eastern Freeway bus services to SmartBus standards.
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Greater Geelong Bus Improvement Package
 Over 1000 new bus services have been added to Geelong and Bellarine Peninsula.
The new bus services come as a result of Stage 2 of the $80 million Greater Geelong Bus Improvement package.
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Electric vehicles ballot launch
 Register now to take part in the groundbreaking electric vehicle trial taking place in Victoria.
A five million dollar trial has been launched to test real life situations of how electric vehicles will operate on Victorian roads.
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Public Bike Hire scheme
 Helmets are now available to hire or buy for people using Melbourne’s bike share program.
People can purchase a helmet for $5 dollars and choose to keep it or receive $3 cash back if they return it. The helmets are available at 7-Elevens around inner Melbourne or from the helmet vending machines located at Southern Cross and Melbourne University.
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