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Regional Rail Link

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The Regional Rail Link (RRL) was a project to build a 47.5 kilometre length of railway through the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, the main aim of which was to separate regional V/Line Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong services from the electrified Melbourne suburban services, thereby increasing rail capacity and reliability. [1]

74 relations: AECOM, Albion–Jacana railway line, Ardeer railway station, Avalon Airport, Baillieu Ministry, Balfour Beatty, Ballarat, Ballarat V/Line rail service, Bendigo, Bendigo railway line, Bracks Ministry, Brumby Ministry, City Loop, Deer Park railway station, Deniliquin railway line, Downer Group, Footscray railway station, Footscray, Victoria, Geelong, Geelong V/Line rail service, GHD Group, Government of Australia, Government of Victoria, Grade separation, Grovedale, Victoria, H.V. McKay Memorial Gardens, John Holland Group, Justin Madden, Lend Lease Infrastructure, Little River railway station, Manor railway station, Maribyrnong River, Melbourne, Melton railway line, Metro Trains Melbourne, Middle Footscray railway station, Network Development Plan Metropolitan Rail, Newport railway station, North Melbourne railway station, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Piangil railway line, Public Transport Users Association, Railway Digest, Railway Place, Melbourne, Railway signalling, Railways in Melbourne, Regional Fast Rail project, Rod Eddington, Rolling stock, Royal Melbourne Hospital, ..., Rush hour, Sinclair Knight Merz, South Kensington – West Footscray railway line, South Kensington railway station, South Yarra railway station, Southern Cross railway station, Southern Sydney Freight Line, Sunbury railway line, Sunshine railway station, Melbourne, Sunshine, Victoria, Sydney, Tarneit railway station, Tarneit, Victoria, UGL Limited, University of Melbourne, V/Line, Victorian Transport Plan, Warrnambool railway line, Werribee railway station, Werribee, Victoria, West Footscray railway station, Western standard gauge line, Wyndham Vale railway station, 2009 Australian federal budget. Expand index (24 more) »

AECOM

AECOM (formerly known as AECOM Technology Corporation) is an American multinational engineering firm that provides design, consulting, construction, and management services to a wide range of clients.

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Albion–Jacana railway line

The Albion–Jacana line is a railway line in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.

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Ardeer railway station

Ardeer railway station is located on the Serviceton line in Victoria, Australia.

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Avalon Airport

Avalon Airport is the second busiest of the four airports serving Melbourne (in passenger traffic) and is located in Avalon, Victoria, Australia, south-west of the state capital Melbourne and north-east of the city of Geelong.

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Baillieu Ministry

The Baillieu Ministry was the 67th ministry of the Government of Victoria.

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Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty plc is an English multinational infrastructure group with capabilities in construction services, support services and infrastructure investments.

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Ballarat

Ballarat is a city located on the Yarrowee River in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia.

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Ballarat V/Line rail service

The Ballarat V/Line rail service is a regional passenger rail service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia.

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Bendigo

Bendigo is a city in Victoria, Australia, located very close to the geographical centre of the state and approximately north west of the state capital, Melbourne.

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Bendigo railway line

The Bendigo railway line is a regional railway in Victoria, Australia, running from Melbourne to Bendigo, on which there are currently 11 stations open.

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Bracks Ministry

The Bracks Ministry was the 65th ministry of the Government of Victoria.

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Brumby Ministry

The Brumby Ministry was the 66th ministry of the Government of Victoria.

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City Loop

The City Loop (originally called the Melbourne Underground Rail Loop or MURL) is a mostly-underground, partly surface-level and partly elevated subway and rail system around the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Deer Park railway station

Deer Park railway station is located on the Serviceton line in Victoria, Australia.

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Deniliquin railway line

The Deniliquin railway line (also known as the Echuca railway line) is a country railway in Victoria, Australia.

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Downer Group

Downer Group is an integrated services company that designs, builds and sustains assets, infrastructure and facilities for customers in Australia and New Zealand.

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Footscray railway station

Footscray railway station is located on the Sunbury, Werribee and Williamstown lines, in Victoria, Australia.

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Footscray, Victoria

Footscray is an inner-western suburb (neighbourhood) of Melbourne, Australia, 5 km from Melbourne's Central Business District.

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Geelong

Geelong is a port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River, in the state of Victoria, Australia.Geelong is south-west of the state capital, Melbourne.

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Geelong V/Line rail service

The Geelong line is a regional passenger rail service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia.

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GHD Group

GHD Pty Ltd (formerly known as Gutteridge Haskins & Davey) is a multinational technical professional services firm providing engineering, architecture, environmental and construction consulting and management services.

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Government of Australia

The Government of the Commonwealth of Australia (also referred to as the Australian Government, the Commonwealth Government, or the Federal Government) is the government of the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy.

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Government of Victoria

The Government of Victoria is the executive administrative authority of the Australian state of Victoria.

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Grade separation

Grade separation is the name given to a method of aligning a junction of two or more surface transport axes at different heights (grades) so that they will not disrupt the traffic flow on other transit routes when they cross each other.

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Grovedale, Victoria

Grovedale is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

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H.V. McKay Memorial Gardens

The H.V. McKay Memorial Gardens, originally the Sunshine Gardens, are a public space located in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine, Victoria, Australia.

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John Holland Group

The John Holland Group is a construction, tunnelling, rail, building and services provider with operations in Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia and the Middle East.

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Justin Madden

Justin Mark "Harry" Madden (born 31 May 1961) is an Australian politician and former Australian rules footballer.

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Lend Lease Infrastructure

Lend Lease Infrastructure (formerly Valemus and Bilfinger Berger Australia, trading as Lend Lease) is the second largest construction and engineering specialist business in Australia and a division of Lend Lease Group.

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Little River railway station

Little River railway station is located on the Port Fairy line in Victoria, Australia.

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Manor railway station

Manor is a closed station which was located about halfway between Werribee and Little River stations on the Geelong railway line in Victoria, Australia.

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Maribyrnong River

The Maribyrnong River is a perennial river of the Port Phillip catchment, located in the northwestern suburbs of Melbourne, in the Australian state of Victoria.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Melton railway line

The Melton railway line is the greater-metropolitan section of the Ballarat line in Victoria, Australia.

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Metro Trains Melbourne

Metro Trains Melbourne, known colloquially as simply Metro, is the franchised operator of the suburban railway network in Melbourne, Australia.

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Middle Footscray railway station

Middle Footscray railway station is located on the Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia.

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Network Development Plan Metropolitan Rail

The Network Development Plan Metropolitan Rail is a long-term development plan for the rail network of Melbourne, Australia.

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Newport railway station

Newport railway station (Casnewydd) is the third-busiest railway station in Wales (after Cardiff Central and Cardiff Queen Street), situated in Newport city centre.

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North Melbourne railway station

North Melbourne railway station is located on the northern edge of the central business district of Melbourne, Australia.

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Parsons Brinckerhoff

Parsons Brinckerhoff is a multinational engineering and design firm with approximately 14,000 employees.

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Piangil railway line

The Piangil railway line (often referred to as the Swan Hill railway line) is in Victoria, Australia.

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Public Transport Users Association

The Public Transport Users Association is a community-based public transport lobby group in Victoria, Australia, based in Melbourne.

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Railway Digest

Railway Digest is a Sydney based monthly magazine covering the railways of Australia.

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Railway Place, Melbourne

Railway Place is a residential street in the western Melbourne suburb of Footscray, Victoria, Australia.

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Railway signalling

Railway signalling is a system used to direct railway traffic and keep trains clear of each other at all times.

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Railways in Melbourne

The Melbourne rail network is a mixed-grade commuter and freight train system in the city of Melbourne, Victoria.

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Regional Fast Rail project

The Regional Fast Rail project (or RFR project) was a rail transport project undertaken by the State Government of Victoria, Australia, between 2000 and 2006 aimed at improving rail services on the Victorian regional railway network (operated by V/Line), specifically to reduce travel times, enhance service frequency and safety.

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Rod Eddington

Sir Roderick Ian Eddington AO FTSE (born 2 January 1950 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian businessman.

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Rolling stock

The term rolling stock in rail transport industry originally referred to any vehicles that move on a railway.

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Royal Melbourne Hospital

The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), located in Parkville, Victoria, an inner suburb of Melbourne, is one of Australia’s leading public hospitals.

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Rush hour

A rush hour (American English, British English) is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest.

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Sinclair Knight Merz

Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) was a private Australian company operating across Asia Pacific, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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South Kensington – West Footscray railway line

The South Kensington - West Footscray line is a railway line in the inner western suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.

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South Kensington railway station

South Kensington railway station is located on the Werribee and Williamstown lines in Victoria, Australia.

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South Yarra railway station

South Yarra railway station is located in the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of South Yarra, on the Pakenham, Cranbourne, Frankston and Sandringham lines, in Victoria, Australia.

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Southern Cross railway station

Southern Cross railway station (formerly and still colloquially known as Spencer Street station) is a major railway station in Docklands, Melbourne.

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Southern Sydney Freight Line

The Southern Sydney Freight Line (SSFL) is a freight only railway line in the south-western suburbs of Sydney, Australia.

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Sunbury railway line

The Sunbury railway line is a suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia.

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Sunshine railway station, Melbourne

Sunshine railway station is located on the Sunbury line, in Victoria, Australia.

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Sunshine, Victoria

Sunshine is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, lying 11 to 13 km west of the CBD, located within the City of Brimbank local government area.

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Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Tarneit railway station

Tarneit railway station serves the western Melbourne suburb of Tarneit.

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Tarneit, Victoria

Tarneit is a growing suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 km west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Wyndham local government area.

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UGL Limited

UGL, formerly known as United Group is an engineering company.

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University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia.

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V/Line

V/Line is a government-owned corporation that operates the regional passenger train and coach services in Victoria, Australia.

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Victorian Transport Plan

The Victorian Transport Plan is a now defunct transport planning framework for the state of Victoria, Australia announced on 9 December 2008 by then Premier of Victoria, John Brumby.

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Warrnambool railway line

The Warrnambool railway line (also known as the South West line, formerly known as the Port Fairy railway line) is a railway serving the south west of Victoria, Australia.

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Werribee railway station

Werribee railway station is located on the Werribee line and the Warrnambool line in Victoria, Australia, and serves the western Melbourne suburb of Werribee.

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Werribee, Victoria

Werribee is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 32 km south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Wyndham local government area.

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West Footscray railway station

West Footscray railway station is located on the Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia.

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Western standard gauge line

The Western standard gauge is a railway line in western Victoria, Australia.

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Wyndham Vale railway station

Wyndham Vale railway station is located on the Deer Park-West Werribee line in Victoria, Australia.

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2009 Australian federal budget

The 2009 Australian federal budget for the Australian financial year ended 30 June 2010 was presented on 12 May 2009 by the Treasurer of Australia, Wayne Swan, the second federal budget presented by Swan, and the second budget of the first Rudd Government.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Rail_Link

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