28th April 2015

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Solemn start to a new dawn Residents from towns across the Mornington Peninsula on Saturday joined thousands throughout the country at dawn services commemorating the centenary of the Allied landings at Gallipoli which gave birth to the

Anzac legend. More than 600 assembled at Tyabb, braving the threat of rain. In his commemorative address, David Chalke describe the Australian soldiers being rowed in boats to the shore where “forewarned by

the earlier failed attempt by the Allied navies too force the Dardanelle straits, the Turkish defenders were waiting for an invasion armed with barbed wire, machine guns, and cannon”. Lest we forget. More pictures Page 8

Line here to stay: Metro Neil Walker neil@mpnews.com.au METRO Trains has denied the troubled Stony Point rail line will be shut down permanently and may bring back diesel trains until a boom gates problem is fixed. Passenger train services have been suspended on the Stony Point line since 30 March after boom gates failed

to close when trains approached level crossings on two occasions last month (‘Rail line shut down’, The News 7/4/15). Buses have replaced trains to transport passengers to stations between Stony Point and Frankston while Metro works on an “engineering solution”. Axle counters are being installed along the rail line to ensure boom gates are triggered to close when trains approach.

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“There are no plans to permanently close the Stony Point line,” Metro spokeswoman Pauline O’Connor said. “We are working as quickly as possible to implement a permanent solution and restore services by late June.” Ms O’Connor said the installation of axle counters at 19 level crossings will take until late June due to extensive engineering design, installation and tests. “The program to have all works completed by the end of June is aggressive

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and cannot be safely compressed any further,” she said. “We really appreciate that the current situation is an inconvenience for our Stony Point line customers, and are working as quickly as we can to implement this permanent fix and return services to the line.” Hastings Liberal MP Neale Burgess told The News he met with state government agency Public Transport Victoria officials last week to find out why

boom gates malfunction on the Stony Point line. “The track was originally designed for diesel trains which are much heavier and there’s a lack of contact between the wheels and the track on the sprinters,” Mr Burgess said. He said he “had pushed them [PTV] really hard” and Metro may reintroduce diesels to the Stony Point line as a stopgap until the axle counters are in place. Continued Page 5

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