abc.net.au/news/wimmera-passenger-rail-campaign-2022-victorian-election/101450874Jan Hassell's poor eyesight means she can't drive, and she also has epilepsy and a nerve condition that makes sitting for too long very painful.
"I was very angry knowing I would never have a driver's licence and would have to either use public transport or rely on other people to get me from A to B, which I don't like doing because it puts them out," Ms Hassell said. There are tracks beyond the town but they're standard gauge, too wide for the V/Line services which run on broad gauge track.
"I had to get on a bus and then change from a bus to a train and [then] either walk from Flinders Street or get a taxi to the specialist. And then I have to stay the night most of the time because the service would run again until the following day," she said.Campaigners like Ms Woodhouse-Herrick and former Horsham mayor Mark Radford say another solution may be to introduce daily shuttle trains from Horsham and Nhill to link up with the existing services departing Ararat.
In 2019 Northern Grampians mayor Kevin Irwin, Southern Grampians Shire mayor Mary-Ann Brown and Mark Radford meet with then transport minister Melissa Horne.
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The ABC is just a Propoganda arm of the Australian Labor Party
Perhaps the electorate of Wannon should stop electing liberal members if they want public transport options.
Another reason AndrewsMustGo
DANIEL ANDREWS LABOR has never delivered a number of promised stations and upgrades
Chairman Dan loves expensive rail projects. Surely he could find the money to fund this?
Isn't this just part of living out of a big city? You miss some conveniences but get some benefits too.
Jeff Kennetts legacy 30 years on. No wonder heaps of vicos came to qld in the 90s
but PR guys says its the best city in the world.
if they live in remote towns do not expect a regular rail service It would be uneconomic and money loser Just move to town They expect hosp aged care n trains to come to get them
The only issue for any upcoming election is the unlawful and unconstitutional authoritarian mandates and extortion of innocent people to force them to inject a experimental 💉 against their will. The media is not exempt from crimes against humanity either.
There’s no transport for Balmoral at all. We should have a Bus service between Hamilton and Horsham servicing all the towns along the way such as. Dunkeld Cavendish Coleraine Balmoral Natimuk Let’s face it, for Andrew’s and Guy ..... western Victoria stops at Ballarat!
Would they be willing to pay a commercial rate high enough to make it self sufficient. The answer is no. Irrational discussions about rail all over Australia right now.