Ashworth Improvement Plan

[1] In order to meet projected future needs, the report recommended duplication of lines, terminal improvements and underground railway connections.

What was not apparent to the public was that the electrification project had not been accompanied by any other works, cutting costs by putting limitations on growth.

[3] The Victorian Railways Commissioners established a committee in 1938 to study the impact of the increase of long distance suburban traffic.

[5] The Commissioners wrote that the report covered works that would provide transport facilities for years to come, but at a cost of several million pounds.

Only one of the elements was undertaken during this period - the flyover at Burnley station that permitted down Glen Waverley line trains to cross those headed towards Hawthorn.