A leaked legal letter, obtained by The Age, outlines a series of financial incentives to the Cross Yarra Partnership construction consortium to secure the completion of the train line under central Melbourne.
A surge in passenger numbers has heaped pressure on Victoria’s regional rail network but an 18-month delay for additional trains is set to tighten the squeeze.
New stations in Arden and North Melbourne will be a boon for these growing areas, while a new passageway under the CBD will take the pressure off the City Loop, which gets clogged during peak hour and severely constricts the number of trains that can run during our busiest hours.
It warns that delivery of two new rail stations, State Library and Town Hall, are “behind schedule” and that the relationship with the companies delivering the project could become a problem.
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