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Anyone else got the nagging feeling that the tunnel is going to have hardly any visibly positive effect and be viewed in the short term as a big waste of time and money?
I’m not saying it wasn’t worth it. But I’m betting we see news articles about how few people use its stations/line and don’t notice improved frequency of trains on the other lines. And that PT usage is down anyway. And while the improved capacity is likely necessary going into the future, it may be pretty underwhelming in the short term.
Am I off here? Anyone else see obvious benefits from it?
@maegul @Baku I'm on the Pakenham line I don't use it often but it will be nice once it's done. I also think they should have put a 3rd line up on between Dandy and the city when they were building sky rail too.
crazy that they wouldnt with all the freight and vline services in addition to Metro services.