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

Final Stage 1 Feasibility Report
Travel demand effects
Figure 31 – Modelled patronage changes on public transport due to Rowville rail line
(2046 2-hour morning peak)
Huntingdale
Clayton
Glen Waverley
Monash Uni
Mulgrave
Waverley Park
Dandenong
Rowville
Ferntree Gully
Change in passengers
Increase 2,000
4,000
6,000
Decrease 2,000
4,000
6,000
Rowville rail line patronage would be partly derived from rail passengers who would
otherwise use the Dandenong, Glen Waverley and Belgrave lines, giving rise to some
patronage relief to these lines. There would also be significant reduction in patronage on
connecting bus routes to these lines, offset by increases on the bus services that would
access the Rowville rail line. Patronage on the Dandenong line between Huntingdale and
Caulfield would increase by over 2,000 passengers. We have allowed or some notional
feeder bus service level increases in the modelling of the Rowville rail line, but more detailed
patronage modelling and planning work would be necessary to come to a better view of this.
Road traffic
Figure 32 shows the modelled change in road traffic volumes on roads in the vicinity of the
rail link, for an average weekday in 2046.
The changes are small (generally much less than 1,000 vehicles a day, in an area where
multi-lane arterial roads typically carry 40,000 vehicles a day or more) and widespread rather
than being concentrated on a particular route. The most significant decreases occur on roads
in and around the Monash University precinct. Some traffic reduction is apparent on Monash
Freeway west of Springvale Road but this is offset by increases on Ferntree Gully Road,
which is probably in turn the result of traffic reductions that allow more traffic onto that route
in the model. Slight increases are apparent on EastLink and some of the other north-south
roads, which could be explained by the traffic accessing Rowville rail line stations. There is a
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