Trains between new Parkville and Arden station will take more than twice as long as promised, reaching up to five minutes on the Metro Tunnel.
The estimated travel time on Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel has more than doubled between Parkville and the new Arden precinct, a year before the new rail line is due to open.on Wednesday revealed trains would have to run slower near the new Parkville station to limit interference with sensitive cancer and medical scanning equipment. A government spokesman had insisted that “minimising has had no impact on travel times between stations”.
“It will depend ultimately on the timetable,” Allan said. “But let’s remember what we’re delivering here.” The Victorian government’s precinct opportunity statement for Arden, the Development Victoria website and an explanatory document for interested developers had all put the journey at two minutes as recently as June.
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