RAILS users are faced with two months of bus replacements on the Frankston line starting from May.
The state government announced last week that starting from 23 May, buses will replace trains between Mentone and Mordialloc for an eight week period. Buses will also replace trains between the two stations for one week between 20 March and 27 March.
Train stations in Mentone and Cheltenham are also set to close later this month, with work underway to replace them. The two stations will close on 20 March, with the new stations set to open in the middle of the year.
Train services will run express through both Mentone and Cheltenham stations from 28 March to 22 May, with buses scheduled to connect passengers to nearby stations.
Transport minister Jacinta Allan said “we’ve got nearly 120 major road and rail projects on the go across the state and this autumn we’ll ramp up works on some of the biggest of them.”
“I thank passengers and motorists for their patience while we get this critical work done and encourage them to plan ahead,” she said.
Motorists will be made to put up with detours as well, with Park Road, Cheltenham closed between Hall Street and the Cheltenham Park gate from 20 March to 24 April.
More details at ptv.vic.gov.au
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 4 March 2020