The Geelong Branch of the PTUA was formed over two decades ago to represent the interests of local public transport users. Our aim is to achieve long-overdue improvements to public transport in and around Victoria’s second-largest city.
Good public transport is essential if we are going to enhance the sustainability of our region. It will improve air quality, lower congestion, and reduce demand for expensive new roads and car parks. It has the potential to revitalise the city and make our streets more people-friendly. Geelong and towns in the surrounding district, the Bellarine Peninsula and the Surfcoast, will be easier places to access and live in.
Despite some recent improvements, our region’s bus services are infrequent and slow. Because they make such poor connections to other services, and stop running so early in the evening, taking public transport usually isn’t a real alternative for those who can drive. Our region must provide decent transport for all sections of society, including those who have no choice but to rely on it.
The train service to Melbourne needs to be extensively upgraded to provide more frequent services, particularly at non-peak times, so that it reflects the importance of the link between the two cities, as well as taking pressure off the clogged road network.
Geelong Branch Contact
Convener: Paul Westcott
0413 075 439
geelong at ptua.org.au
Geelong Branch News & Media Releases
- Public transport users welcome Geelong rail duplication agreement
The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has welcomed the commitment by the federal government to fully fund its share of the planned duplication of the rail line from South Geelong … Read more - IA assessments questionableThe Geelong Branch of the Public Transport Users Association has queried the logic of Infrastructure Australia’s negative response to the business case for the duplication of the South Geelong-Waurn Ponds … Read more
- PTUA welcomes study into high speed rail for Geelong
The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has welcomed the state government’s announcement of a study into faster rail services for Geelong. A $50 million study will investigate the possibility of … Read more
Geelong Branch Documents
Media
- 2012 Letters to the editor
- 2011 Letters to the editor
- 2010 Letters to the editor
- 2009 Letters to the editor
- 2008 Opinion Piece on Eddington report (Regional Rail Link )
- 2008 Letters to the editor
- 2007 Letters to the editor
- 2006 Election Policy Scorecard
- 2004 Letters to the editor
- 2002 Election Policy Scorecard
Policy Documents
Let’s Get Geelong Moving- A Public Transport Action Plan for Geelong – Proposal in Brief
A Regional Public Transport Authority for Geelong - March 2007 | An Agenda for Geelong’s Public Transport
- August 2007 | Reforming Geelong’s South-Eastern Bus Routes
- Febuary 2004 | Fast Train Update
- April 2002 | Alternative and Sustainable Transport Strategy
- December 2001 | Fast Train
Submissions
- May 2023 | Barwon Heads Road Stage 2
- April 2011 | Ring Road Section 4C (Bannip Bvld)
- May 2010 | Avalon Airport Rail
- March 2010 | Parliamentary Inquiry into Rural and Regional Disadvantage
- July 2009 | Legislative Council Select Committee on Train Services
- November 2008 | Inquiry into Regional Centres of the Future
- December 2007 | Armstrong Creek Planning Panel
- August 2007 | Central Geelong Bus Circulation
- May 2007 | CoGG Municipal Strategic Statement
- March 2007 | Auslink Melbourne – Geelong Corridor
- March 2007 | Belmont Park & Ride
- Febuary 2007 | Armstrong Creek Urban Growth Plan
- April 2005 | Draft Geelong Line Timetable for 2006
- June 2004 | Geelong Bypass
- August 2002 | Bunnings Homemaker Center, Waurn Ponds
- July 2002 | Revised Geelong Transport Strategy
- Rail Freight Network Review
- CoGG Medium Density Housing Strategy
- Response to the Draft Geelong Transport Strategy