Transport

By Aleksandra Bliszczyk New facilities at Wallan and Donnybrook train stations are now complete. Wallan’s indoor waiting area on platform one, city-bound, has been extended and renovated, with new toilets and baby change areas and a...

SEVERAL major council road and beautification works across Mitchell Shire are underway or have recently been completed. Works on Windham Street, Wallan, between William and King streets, have commenced with the aim of transforming the...

Riddells Creek and Kyneton train stations will have new car parking built, while Gisborne station will be upgraded to improve passenger experience. The State Government projects will also deliver additional accessible car parks, bicycle parking...

By Colin MacGillivray A MITCHELL Shire bus operator is taking a stand against ongoing abuse directed at one of its female drivers. Karin Folino, who drives a Kilmore bus route for Seymour Passenger Services, said she...

POLICE are investigating a fatal collision south of Wallan on Saturday night. Police say two cars collided head-on on the Northern Highway, about 200 metres north of the Hume Freeway, at about 11.30pm. A male driver...

MACEDON Ranges Shire Council will apply for additional funding of $2.2 million as part of the Federal Government’s Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Extension. At its ordinary meeting last week, council discussed notification of $2,281,225...

VICTORIANS now have 450 extra train services each week, including 280 metropolitan and 170 regional services, as well as access to a new online tool – RideSpace. The new initiative by the State Government will...

WORKS have commenced at Kilmore East Station as part of a $1 million State Government upgrade project. Minister for Public Transport Ben Carroll said the first stage of works had begun at the station on...

MORE services for the regional Seymour and metropolitan Mernda train lines are on the horizon, despite not being announced as part of a State Government boost to services across the state. The government last week...

By Colin MacGillivray WHITTLESEA residents can help create a vision for the town’s next two decades with input on a draft Whittlesea Township Strategy. The township strategy will serve as an overarching framework guiding decision-making in...