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PTUA Geelong Branch Policy Scorecard:
(Policies and commitments as released by 25/11/02)
| Issue | PTUA Recommendation | Labor | Liberal | Greens |
| Train Frequency | Trains to Melbourne at least every half-hour all day in both directions, more in peak times. | No strong commitments: As part of fast rail, will introduce “higher” Frequency peak and off-peak trains. |
No strong commitments: Will “seek to increase” regional fast rail service frequencies. |
Trains every 20 min in peak hour and every 30 min off-peak.  |
| Fares | -Cheaper train fares including travel on Geelong buses and Melbourne’s public transport. -Cheaper bus fares on the Bellarine Peninsula. |
No commitments | -Peak train fares to Melbourne cut to $13.80 return from all Geelong stations, and $47.50 for weekly tickets. -Will “investigate options” for V/Line tickets to apply to local buses and Melbourne transport. |
A single ticketing system allowing Geelong travellers access to the entire Melbourne public transport system without purchasing another ticket. |
| Bus frequency | At least every 15 min in Geelong until midnight, half-hourly on the Peninsula and to Torquay, and hourly along the Gr Ocean Rd | No new commitments: (Very minor bus funding in the last budget.) |
No commitments | -Frequent buses, more to the coast in holiday periods. -Night buses especially on Fri and Sat nights. |
| Bus connections to trains | A bus from each route connecting with every train. | No funded commitments. | No commitments | Bus schedules that meet trains. |
| Grovedale Station | -Construction of a complete, staffed station. -All / most Geelong trains extended to Grovedale. -Reliable bus connections to G’dale/W. Ponds, Torquay and the Great Ocean Road. |
-$3 million for a station with no ticket office. -Very poor 58 train services per week (only one in five trains extending to Grovedale.) -Track cost cutting could restrict future service upgrades. |
-$7.5 million committed to building the full station. -Will “seek to provide” for trains departing Grovedale “every hour, on the hour, seven days a week.” |
-Support a staffed Grovedale Station to the west of the Surfcoast Hwy. -Minimum 300 services per week. -Bus connections to Deakin, Waurn Ponds and the Surfcoast. |
| Other | -Fix overcrowding. -Full-time bus service linking the north and south of the Peninsula. -Better planning for a coordinated transport network. |
No new commitments (Promised last election: “Fast Rail” track and signalling upgrade between Geelong and Werribee and some new rail cars.) |
-Honour Labor’s Geelong “fast rail” upgrade. -Establish a new State “Transport Authority” to plan and coordinate public transport. |
-Extra carriages for peak trains. -A regular cross- peninsular bus. -Upgrade Newport- Spencer St track. -Free bicycle travel. |
| SCORE | D | C+ | A |
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Last Modified: 28 November 2002