Stranded In Melbourne

Residents in a suburb north of Melbourne are still waiting for a promised transit extension.

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October 25, 2005, 1:00 PM PDT

By Brenda Meyer

The city's planning blueprint document, Melbourne 2030, "talked about trains - about extending rail lines down development-lined corridors to places such as Epping North and South Morang. Merlino got excited, and he wasn't alone.

But some time during the past three years, something changed...

Train links that seemed on the cusp of being built have been shelved indefinitely. In their place the Government has introduced some bus services and promised more."

FULL STORY: Waiting for the train that never came

Tuesday, October 25, 2005 in The Age

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