The terminus connector, a Strange Man proposal

I have decided that I will solve the Public Transport issues that face Melbourne at this current moment.

In order to this, I propose a project that will connect major hubs, serve transport black spots, and provide a one-seat journey from Nutfield to French Island.

Introducing the Melbourne terminus connector!

This 475 kilometre project will feature over 200 new stations as it solves all outer suburb woes by connecting every single Melbourne train terminus with a single line, providing connections that people did not even know they needed!

Route

The line starts at leafy Williamstown and heads west to Seaholme, passing over the Altona reef in the process. This reef will have to make way for progress. From Seaholme, the train continues west to Werribee, passing through Altona Meadows, Seabrook, and Point Cook in the process.

From Werribee, the line heads north through Tarneit, Mount Cottrell, Eynesbury and Melton, reaching Toolern Vale, where the line continues in a north west direction towards Sunbury. The land between Toolern Vale and Sunbury will support a new station at Blackhill road, which will become a major suburb with Hospitals, Transport, University, shops, and even houses!

After Sunbury, the next destination is Flemington Racecourse. Reaching the Racecourse requires travelling south to Bulla and Melbourne Airport, and then traveling further south to Airport West, Essendon Fields, Niddrie, and Maribyrnong, before reaching the Racecourse, hopefully before sun down.

From Flemington Racecourse, the line travels in a northern direction east of the Craigieburn line, passing through Travancore, Brunswick West, and Pascoe Vale South, before passing under the rail line (without an interchange because that would be pointless), and passing Essendon Fields (again), Strathmore Heights, and Gladstone Park. The line then follows Mickleham Road, until it stops doing that, and reaches Craigieburn from the west.

Upfield is our next destination, and the trip is boring, heading south along the Hume Highway, until it reaches the station. To make this part of the journey more interesting, a single note of a harmonica will play every five seconds in the Craigieburn-Upfield section for passenger enjoyment.

After Upfield, the train line well head east to the Northern Hospital, in order to ensure passengers do not die. the train will travel north to Wollert (there is a rail reserve that we can use, but rail reserves are for cowards so we will not be using it), and then travel east to Mernda.

The journey to Hurstbridge will be a short one, heading east and passing through Doreen and Nutfield. Hurstbridge will be provided with a large car park in order to cope with the huge amount of demand at the station.

The next part of the journey to Lilydale and Belgrave will be entirely skyrail, with trees chopped down so you can see more trees. Suburbs passed through on the way to Belgrave include Bay of Islands, Lilydale, Silvan, Monbulk and Kallista.

The Belgrave line will then head south via Belgrave Heights to Belgrave South, head west to reach Wellington Road, follow Wellington Road and the Princes Highway until Chadstone Shopping Centre, and then head north to Alamein, our next terminus. This will be the first time the rail line reaches Mulgrave.

From Alamein, the rail line heads west along High Street Road to reach Glen Waverley, before continuing to head south along Springvale Road to Springvale Junction (passing Mulgrave a second time), and then traverse the Princes Highway to reach Pakenham, going through the growing suburbs of Narre Warren, Berwick and Beaconsfield along the way.

From Pakenham the rail line heads south and then east via the growing suburbs of Rythdale and Cardinia to Clyde, where the train will run along the South Gippsland railway alignment to Cranbourne.

From Cranbourne, the rail line will travel via Botanic Ridge, Cannons Creek, and Blind Bight to Warneet, where it will run along the Western Port Bay to French Island, and eventually reach Stony Point railway station. We expect the hundred or so people that live on French Island will appreciate two railway stations.

The rail line then passes through the Mornington Peninsula, passing all the major towns such as Merricks North and Tuerong, before entering Frankston from the south and then hitting Frankston Station, also from the south. The line then heads north from Frankston to Frankston North (a very surprising turn of events) and follows the Wells Road and Boundary road alignments to Braeside via Chelsea Heights and Aspendale Gardens. The line then travels west to Sandringham, passing through Mentone, Beaumaris and Black Rock along the way.

The final section of line sees the train travel under Port Phillip Bay, with various stations provided to serve both the fish and the super-humans who can somehow swim from Devonport to Melbourne. The train then finishes its loop at Williamstown, where it terminates.

Cost

I do not know what this project will cost, but I will personally contribute three dollars to the project if the government approves of it. This three dollars will allow the government to buy a coke for a random construction worker.

Expected opening

The rail line will open in the year 3000, coinciding with the extension of the tram route 64 to Hastings, and the extension of the Bairnsdale line to Dunedin, New Zealand.

Conclusion

I put too much effort into a stupid joke, thanks for reading!