Locals in Romsey and Lancefield will be able to get around more quickly and easily with a re-elected Andrews Labor Government to deliver more buses to get them to work, study or the train station with a faster commute.
Labor will invest $10 million in new bus services in our growing suburbs and regions.
This will include more frequent bus services connecting trains in Romsey and Lancefield every day, with the exact scope to be determined through consultation.
Once funded, Public Transport Victoria (PTV) will hear from locals about their ideas to improve local bus services to help identify local transport needs and potential solutions.
This comes on top of the announcement that there will be extra bus services added for Romsey, Kyneton, Sunbury, Lancefield and Gisborne from next year.
We said we would modernise Victoria’s public transport network and we have.
The Andrews Labor Government is building the Metro Tunnel, removing dangerous and congested level crossings and upgrading train lines and bus services right around the state.
Whether it’s building the new underground Suburban Rail Loop, continuing to remove dangerous and congested level crossings or delivering more bus routes, only Labor will keep transforming Victoria’s public transport system to connect more people to jobs, family, friends, study and healthcare wherever they live.
The Liberals cut bus routes in local communities without any consultation and delivered devastating $120 million cut to V/Line.
Only Labor will deliver more buses and better public transport throughout the Macedon community.
Quotes attributable to Member for Macedon, Mary-Anne Thomas
"Only Labor will deliver more buses to Romsey and Lancefield to make it quicker and easier for locals to get around."
"The Liberals promised new train lines and better public transport but only delivered cuts – cuts to health, cuts to education and cuts to public transport."