MAROONDAH INTEGRATED TRANSPORT STRATEGY

Table 5.6 – Annual Fares Between Zone 1 & 2 and Zone 1, 2 & 3Daily Ticket(230 days)WeeklyTicket(46 weeks)MonthlyTicket(11 months)Yearly Ticket(1 year)Zone 1 & 2 $2,185 $2,010 $1,628 $1,583Zone 1, 2 & 3 $2,852 $2,484 $1,994 $1,939Savings $667 $474 $366 $356The State Government has allocated funds for the redevelopment of HeatherdaleStation as part of the EastLink (Mitcham to Frankston Freeway) project. The extent ofredevelopment is yet to be defined but there is potential to relocate Heatherdale Stationand develop an extensive commuter parking area. Commuters to Melbourne CBDwould have the option of using the rail network or priority buses on Eastlink and theEastern Freeway.Ringwood East and Heathmont stations have potential for development as commuterfocussed stations. The importance of these stations in this role would be enhanced bythe extension of zone 2 to Ringwood East and Heathmont.All four rail stations in Maroondah have areas for commuter car parking. The totalsupply of commuter parking within Maroondah is 1065 spaces. An additional 400spaces are provided at Heatherdale Station, which is located adjacent to the westernboundary of Maroondah. Thus there are some 1465 spaces available in the Maroondaharea. Croydon and Heatherdale Stations have most commuter parking spaces as shownin Table 5.7Table 5.7 Commuter Parking at StationsStationDistance from City(km)Commuter ParkingSpacesHeatherdale 23 400Ringwood 24.5 180Ringwood East 26.5 330Heathmont 26.9 135Croydon 29.8 420Total 1465As seen in Table 5.1, the off-peak, weekday headway for trains is about 30 minuteswhich is longer than the average week end train headway. Many commuters to theCBD have the opportunity to stagger work hours and travel outside the peak times.However the choice of using the trains as a viable alternative transport mode isadversely affected by the poor frequency of off-peak trains.40