A new train timetable will bring 60 new and extended services to Dandenong Railway Station.
There’ll also be 65 new and extended services for Westall passengers when the timetable rolls out later this year.
Passengers between Dandenong and the city will have access to an extra 45 services extended from Cranbourne each week.
As reported in the Journal, Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan first flagged the service boost on 27 April.
Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams revealed further details on Monday 4 June.
She said Dandenong passengers would have access to trains every 10 minutes until 10pm.
There’ll be 10 new weekly services on the Cranbourne line, and 45 existing shuttle services will extend to Flinders Street to reduce the need to change trains.
Pakenham line passengers will have access to five extra services a week, extended from Dandenong in the evenings.
Bus connections to trains will be maintained.
“This new timetable will give passengers more options on some of our busiest train lines while we get on with building the Metro Tunnel, which will free up space to run even more services on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines,” Ms Williams said.
The 65 new High Capacity Metro Trains can carry 20 per cent more passengers and will be rolled out on the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines from mid-next year.
