Labor’s Western Rail Plan has targeted full electrification to Melton first, with $152.7 million in joint state-federal funding committed to finalise design, scope and costing.
The rail line between Maryborough and Castlemaine has been badly damaged by V/Line with support to remove the rail line by the local sitting member Maree Edwards MP.
Most damning is the electrification saga. In 2017, the $518 million Ballarat Line Upgrade was framed as “paving the way for future electrification of the line to Melton” — not Ballarat, not even Bacchus Marsh,
