Join the petition for better public transport in the East

Residents of Rowville, students at Monash and families in Knox would all benefit from the construction of the Rowville Rail link.

The proposed Rowville Rail link would connect Huntingdale Station with Monash University (Clayton), Mulgrave, Waverley Park and Stud Park. It will relieve traffic congestion by taking many cars off local roads.

Click here to sign the petition supporting the Rowville Monash rail

Click here to email local MPs

Click here to join our the pt4me2 Facebook group

Successive Victorian Governments have told residents of Melbourne’s outer east that buses will solve their transport problems.

But only rail can compete with car travel times – not to mention skyrocketing petrol prices.

Currently bus routes into the CBD take between 1-1.5 hours.

Rowville Rail would cut this commuting time to around 30 minutes with the train from Rowville to Monash University taking just 10 minutes.

It would cost you around $50 a week to take the train from Rowville into town.

Compare this with almost $200 in petrol and running costs to drive the same distance (based on RACV rates of reimbursement (small car up to 2.0 L engine), driving 60km return trip from Rowville to CBD 5 days a week ).

The Victorian Government needs to undertake a detailed feasibility study of the Rowville Rail line, and commit to a timeline for construction before the next state election in 2010.

The Federal Government could contribute funding to the project and make a real difference to the problem of climate change.

Sign the online petition calling for Rowville Rail – the only solution to petrol prices, traffic congestion, public health and environmental pollution.

For more information see the Eastern Transport Coalition’s fact sheet on Rowville Rail

Have your say about public transport at the pt4me2 blog.

.More about pt4me2