Stuff like this is proof that corridor protection is important and is not being prioritised…
A DA posted today for a variation on already approved (July 2025) plans around Eagle Junction station. The red parcel, which I believe is currently a QR stockpile, is about to become 16 townhouses. The orange parcel was the same, but is now a mix of things including a child care and a low rise apartment block.
This land could have been used for a flying junction, a connection from the NCL to the Doomben Line, or possibly a Metro depot (I don’t believe this is the way to go with the Doomben Line, but it is pointed out for fairness).
The lack of forward planning is baffling. Just the fact that this is literally the junction of two rail lines and the land around it is not protected at all is complete nonsense.
Do they think that these stakeholders, when they move in, will be in support of additional train services on the line? They need to make them sign an anti-NIMBY declaration acknowledging the fact that they chose to have two train lines on their boundary fence.