Tuesday, 5 March 2024

 Nathan LAMBERT (Preston) (14:44): (535) My question is for the Minister for Public and Active Transport, and my question is: what was the average number of departures and arrivals at Reservoir train station for each hour of each day of the week for the 2023 calendar year and separately the 2022 calendar year? As the minister will know, this government has steadily increased the number of services on the Mernda line, most recently in May of last year when we added another five peak shoulder services. Of course there is always a discussion within the community about the ideal distribution of those services – whether there should be more at night or at peak hour or at other times ‍– and we would appreciate any information the minister could provide that would help us understand current patterns of Reservoir train travel. On that note we would like to thank Sarah and her team at the Keon Park Level Crossing Removal Project, who are of course making a very major contribution to improving our local public transport network, facilitating more trains more often and removing the dangerous level crossing at Keon Parade.