Regional park and ride facilities (Parkways)

Each of the five major rail corridors into Melbourne will include park and ride facilities- to be known as Parkways - to encourage people to leave their cars at the station and take the train when travelling to and from the metropolitan area.

Information on this page

• Park and ride locations
• Background

Park and ride locations

The following locations have been announced:

Bacchus Marsh

Location	Bacchus Marsh Railway Station (Ballarat rail line)
Features	Upgraded and extended car parking providing an extra 160 places Improved facilities including a new covered walkway New roadside signage
Progress	Project completed January 2008
Construction details	Design and planning: Hyder Consulting Construction: BMD Constructions

Ballan

Location	Ballan Railway Station (Ballarat rail line)
Features	135 space car park New covered walkway Improved lighting Closed Circuit TV coverage in the car park New roadside signage
Progress	Project completed in early 2008
Construction details	Design and planning: Hyder Consulting Construction: BMD Constructions

Drouin

Location	Drouin Railway Station (Gippsland rail line)
Features	160 space car park New covered walkway Improved lighting New roadside signage
Progress	Project completed in early 2008
Construction details	Design and planning: Hyder Consulting Construction: BMD Constructions

Garfield

Location	Garfield Railway Station (Gippsland rail line)
Features	an upgraded and expanded car park new roadside signage
Construction details	Design and planning: Hyder Consulting

Gisborne

Location	Gisborne Railway Station (Bendigo rail line)
Features	an upgraded 170 space car park new covered walkways improved lighting more secure car parking including Closed Circuit TV coverage.
Progress	Project completed early 2008
Construction details	Design and planning: Hyder Consulting

Lara

Location	Lara Railway Station (Geelong rail line)
Features	$600,000 in works including: Carparking spaces increased from 226 to 352 Covered walkway More lighting New roadside signage
Progress	Project completed in November 2007
Construction details	Design and planning: Hyder Consulting Construction: BMD Constructions

Wallan

Location	Wallan Railway Station (Seymour rail line)
Features	Upgraded and extra car parking Covered walkway Directional signage Improved lighting New bus facilities
Progress	Project completed in May 2008
Construction details	Design and planning: Hyder Consulting

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Background

The Government has allocated $5 million from the Moving Forward provincial statement for the construction of the park and ride facilities.

The project aims to encourage more people to leave behind their cars and travel by train into Melbourne, in turn, reducing congestion on major arterial roads.

Sites for the Parkways were chosen based on a combination of the following:

• proximity of the station to a major highway or freeway
• availability of land for car parking
• existing facilities at the station
• frequency of existing train services at the station
• proximity of the station to residential and/or shopping areas
• potential number of passengers that will have access to the station
• competitiveness of rail travel times from the station into the metropolitan area in comparison to both current and future car travel times.