Train Lines Melbourne April
Nine melbourne train lines will close in april.
Train lines melbourne april. Victorian rail news nine rail lines will be closed for more than three weeks in april affecting more than 1 5 million melbourne commuters. From 8pm each night metropolitan trains will run at reduced frequency. More than 1 5 million melbourne commuters have been told to brace for nine rail line closures in april. Premier daniel andrew describes it as one of the most significant disruptions to our public transport that we ve ever seen.
We pay respect to their elders past and present and to their cultural and spiritual connections to country. Well at least a frustrating april. The lines will be closed from april 1 to 23 with buses replacing trains on the cranbourne pakenham frankston sandringham mernda gippsland and geelong warrnambool lines. Metropolitan melbourne has moved to stage 4 restrictions with stronger rules in place to limit movement.
The first tunnel boring machine began to be assembled in north melbourne in june 2019. If you commute to work by train you re looking at having a frustrating autumn. Glen waverley trains will also not run on certain occasions throughout the period. Buses will replace trains on cranbourne pakenham frankston sandringham mernda gippsland and geelong warrnambool lines from april 1 until april 23.
The only lines to run through richmond station over the april 1 to april 23 period will be the eastern lines to alamein belgrave and lilydale. In the massive shut down rail lines will be closed for more than three weeks from april 1 to 23 with buses replacing trains on the cranbourne pakenham frankston sandringham mernda gippsland and geelong warrnambool lines. In april june and july 2019 multiple rail lines in melbourne s east were shut down for several weeks to allow construction of the tunnel entrances near kensington and south yarra. It s all due to the works happening in south yarra at the moment which will give way to the entrance to the tunnel.
Metro acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which our rail network operates the peoples of the kulin nation. Hold onto your myki cards melbourne nine of the city s train lines will shut down for three weeks this april. The victorian government has announced that sections of nine melbourne train lines will be closed from april 1 23 to complete more work on the south yarra side of the metro tunnel and make way for a shiny new fleet of high capacity trains.