Rowville-Rail-Study-Final-Stage-1-Report-FINAL

cost implications for the Huntingdale to Rowville rail extension.
Final Stage 1 Feasibility Report
History of Rowville rail line
Instead, the recommended package included improved line haul express bus feeder services
from Rowville to both Glen Waverley and Huntingdale Stations, with high standards of
service frequency, coverage, travel time and reliability.
The Scoresby Transport Corridor proposals were later replaced by what was to become
EastLink (a new tollway from Ringwood to Seaford with bypasses of Ringwood and
Dandenong). The EastLink project incorporated public transport enhancements by upgrading
four railway stations (Dandenong, Heatherdale, Kananook and Noble Park) with improved
facilities.
2.3 City of Knox study (2004)
The City of Knox commissioned an independent prefeasibility study in 2004. The study, led
by Professors Bill Russell and Peter Newman, considered seven light rail and heavy rail
options for Rowville and suggested that a heavy rail line (on the route shown in Figure 4)
could be built for around $413 million (plus $66 million for rolling stock), in 2004 prices.
The concept was for a single track line, mostly on a viaduct in the median of Wellington Road
and with passing loops at the Monash and Waverley Park station locations, catering for 15minute
peak period service headways. Notably, the study assumed that these services could
run (express) between Huntingdale and the CBD without further investment in train operating
capacity on the Dandenong line and into central Melbourne, which would not be possible.
Figure 4 – Rowville rail line route from 2004 Prefeasibility Study
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