Six trains per day - no way!

A journey from Altona to the city, which used to take 30 minutes on one train, now takes up to 50 minutes under the new timetable and may require three separate trains - if all trains turn upon time! That's 6 trains per day just to get to the city and back.

The new train timetable cuts services to the area in five ways

1.  The Altona Loop will lose direct access to the city loop;
2.  The Altona Loop will lose all of its express trains;
3.  Services will be reduced from 20 to 22-minute intervals during peak periods;
4.  Outside peak periods the service will be reduced to a train shuttle from Laverton to Newport so most passengers will have to change trains;
5. The Altona Loop will lose direct access to the Werribee line (all trains start and finish at Laverton)

A journey from Altona to the Mercy Hospital (Hoppers Crossing station) which used to take 13 minutes on one train, will more than double under the new timetable taking up to 31 minutes and require travelling on two trains.

The government must work to deliver public transport improvements, not cuts.

The Altona loop service cuts must be reversed.