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Figure 18 Public Transport Plan GOULBURN Legend HIGHWAY FACILITATE AND SUPPORT THE STUDY AREA BOUNDARY Y PROPOSED HIGH SPEED RAIL W F ARTERIAL ROAD INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF A E RAILWAY LINE REGIONAL RAILWAY STATION AT M U RAILWAY STATION SEYMOUR. H WALKING CATCHMENT - RELATED TO RAILWAY STATION PUBLIC TRANSPORT RAILWAY CROSSING - VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN BUS INTERCHANGE BUS ROUTES - EXISTING LOCAL PROPOSED BUS ROUTE 1 EXTENTION PROPOSED BUS ROUTE 2 EXTENTION PROVIDE FOR THE EXTENSION OF EXISTING BUS COVERAGE (400m from ROUTE 2 TO SERVICE NEW RESIDENTIAL existing bus routes) DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE PROPOSED BUS COVERAGE (400m EMPLOYMENT AREAS. from proposed bus routes) WATERCOURSE PUCKAPUNYAL SEYMOUR WASTE PROVIDE FOR THE EXTENSION OF MANAGEMENT ROUTE 1 TO SERVICE NEW RESIDENTIAL 2000m FACILITY Y DEVELOPMENT. W F E M TARCOMBE RD HU LIONS 1000m PARK Back Cr eek KINGS 400m PARK HIGHLANDS RD Whiteheads CHITTICK EMILY ST PARK Creek GOULBURN PARK AN Z SEYMOUR AC A RACING CLUB VE K OBYBO WATER YN RD STORAGE GOLF ENCOURAGE THE CLUB DEVELOPMENT OF SEYMOUR RAILWAY STATION AND BUS INTERCHANGE INTO AN BUSHLAND PARK TELEGRAPH RD INTEGRATED TRANSPORT HUB. AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE MEMORIAL PARK G O ADVOCATE FOR BUS AND U L TRAIN SERVICES TO BE BETTER B ALIGNED AND FOR THE U r R e FREQUENCY OF SERVICES TO BE v N i V R A INCREASED. LLE n r Y u H b l I G u o H G W A Y HUME FWY HUME G o u l b u r n R iv D e R r R N BU UL GO R TALLAROOK UPP E 1:60,000 62 Tuesday 11 July 2017 5.8.3 Public Transport Public transport services in Seymour include rail services Public Transport Victoria (PTV) have additionally identified that operate along the Melbourne to Shepparton and a number of potential upgrades to Seymour Railway Station Melbourne to Sydney lines, as well as local bus services that including: provide connections around Seymour and to Puckapunyal. • Increased car parking and improvements to its These services all connect to the Seymour Railway Station amenity. which acts as the primary transport interchange for the town. Regional bus services also operate between Seymour • Provision of a shelter at the existing taxi rank. and a number of regional locations. • Provision of wider and more open waiting areas within bus shelters. The railway station is a key asset for the town and a point of pride in the community. The convenience of the railway • Improvements to cycle and end of trip facilities. station and its central location means that residents are only • Improvements to allow for the reopening of the an hour and a half’s train ride from Melbourne. Services are station café. frequent relevant to its size. • Build toilet blocks to service visitors/V Line The Structure Plan identifies short term and long term commuters. measures to improve public transport within Seymour. These initiatives are supported as part of this Structure Plan. Short term measures aim to increase public transport Longer term measures should be considered with residential patronage and improve the journey experience. Upgrades and employment growth and increasing and expanding to the railway station are also proposed so that it can better services to new development areas and regional areas facilitate its role as the primary transport interchange around Seymour. for Seymour. These measures include improving bus In the long term, staged upgrades to bus services can stop locations and facilities, as well as advocating for provide for future development and could possibly include: increased frequency of services along key bus routes, better coordination of bus and train services and improving • Extend Route 1 as identified on Figure 18. wayfinding to the railway station and key bus stops. • Diverting Route 2 to service proposed residential ■ In the short term increasing bus service frequencies areas to the north as identified on Figure 18. along Routes 1 and 2, could possibly include: The PTV Network Development Plan – Metropolitan Rail also • Route 1 outlines the medium to longer term opportunity to divert Seymour regional services via the Upfield line, reducing the • Earlier start and later finish times for service. pressure on the Craigieburn Line, improving travel times • Service to run every 20 mins during peak and for services and enabling additional short-starter regional every 30 or 40 mins off peak weekdays. services to be introduced from Wallan. • Extension of Saturday timetable to provide Seymour was additionally identified as the preferred additional services later in the afternoon. alignment for the proposed High Speed Rail including the • Possible hourly service on Sunday. provision of a regional railway station and railway corridor • Route 2 within Seymour. The Structure Plan supports the provision • Earlier start and later finish times for service. of the High Speed Rail, provided it is carefully designed. • Service to run every 30 or 40 mins in peaks and Although Council is not responsible for the provision hourly off peak. of public transport within Seymour, it can advocate for • Introduction of a weekend timetable. improvements to services and infrastructure through documents such as the Structure Plan. Council can also implement improvements to linkages from established areas to bus stops and the railway station. 0315-0166-40 R001 Draft Structure Plan_Rev21 63 Figure 19 Street Network Plan GOULBURN Y HIGHWAY W F E M U H PUCKAPUNYAL HEAVY VEHICLE ROUTE - BYPASS TOWN CENTRE TO IMPROVE LOCAL AMENITY PROVIDE FOR LARGE VEHICLE PARKING SEYMOUR ALONG EMILY STREET. WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY Y W F IMPROVE THE RAIL LEVEL CROSSING E M TARCOMBE RD AT THE EASTERN END OF HIGH STREET U BaANDck C rIMPROVE THE INTERFACE WITH H eek TARCOMBE ROAD TO ALLOW EASIER LIONS PARK AND SAFER PASSAGE FOR LARGER TRUCKS. KINGS PARK HIGHLANDS RD G CHITTICK EMILY STo GOULBURN PARK ul bu PARK AN Whiteheads Creek rn R Z SEYMOUR iver AC RACING CLUB A VE KO GOLF BYBOY CLUB N RD BUSHLAND TELEGRAPH RD AUSTRALIAN PARK LIGHT HORSE MEMORIAL PARK G O U L B U Legend RN V STUDY AREA BOUNDARY AL LE RAILWAY LINE Y RAILWAY STATION H I G RAILWAY CROSSING - VEHICULAR AND H PEDESTRIAN W A Y STREET NETWORK OPEN SPACE HUME FWY HUME WATERCOURSE ARTERIAL - FREEWAY ARTERIAL - HIGHWAY AND MAJOR ROAD CONNECTOR ROAD - EXISTING / D UPGRADE R N CONNECTOR ROAD - POTENTIAL UR LB KEY LOCAL ROAD - EXISTING / OU UPGRADE G TALLAROOK PP ER KEY LOCAL ROAD - POTENTIAL U LOCAL ROAD PROPOSED HEAVY VEHICLE ROUTES 1:60,000 64 Tuesday 11 July 2017 5.8.4 Street Network Road access is a key feature of Seymour. Residents fondly The majority of the roads within Seymour are local streets. talk about how easy and convenient it is for them to access While High Street and Wallis Street function as higher order Melbourne and other areas of Victoria and move around roads, there is no clear connector street hierarchy. The town. These roads provide connections between residential Structure Plan aims to establish a clear streetscape hierarchy neighbourhoods and to services and facilities. The road to help improve wayfinding and allow people to easily network can also establish the quality of land uses and navigate to key destinations within Seymour. The provision influence the character and identity of a place. of cycle lanes and shared paths along some of the streets in Seymour will also require adjustments in response to the The Structure Plan aims to balance the need to provide safe, profile of these roads. clear and efficient vehicular movements while encouraging more sustainable transport modes such as walking, cycling A number of indicative cross sections are identified in and public transport as well as enhancing the character and Appendix D that provide opportunities for local street identity of Seymour. Car dependency also has implications improvements that can be implemented incrementally for the environment and individual’s health and fitness (as through capital works and community led programs. people choose to drive rather than walk or cycle) which also needs to be considered. Heavy Vehicle Route Arterial roads within Seymour include the Hume Freeway, The low (3.4m) clearance at the rail underpass on Anzac Goulburn Valley Highway, Anzac Avenue and Emily Street. Avenue requires larger heavy vehicles to divert around the All are VicRoads controlled roads that connect Seymour to town centre on the secondary road network to cross the rail the wider primary arterial road network. While the Hume line. This current heavy vehicle route is shown on Figure 19. Highway bypass of Seymour, which opened in 1982, has There are currently approximately 700 trucks per day on seen the significance of the Emily Street precinct diminished, Emily Street, with 600 trucks per day on Tallarook Street Emily Street continues to prioritise the flow of through traffic and 270 trucks per day on High Street just east of the rail and freight over local pedestrian and cycle connections. It level crossing. It has been assumed that a high proportion is critical in establishing this street as successful ‘places for of smaller trucks would use the underpass to access Anzac people’ that this street is not dominated by car movements Avenue, while larger trucks would use the truck bypass to and parking. The Structure Plan identifies an indicative cross access the south eastern side of Seymour and Goulburn section to improve pedestrian and cycle movements, as Valley Highway. well as amenity outcomes along Emily Street. This should form the basis of further discussions with VicRoads and the The street network plan acknowledges that trucks need development of a master plan for the Riverfront and Emily to access the town centre to deliver goods, however aims Street once there is greater certainty with regards to the to keep much of this traffic away from the town centre.

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