No stopping this station

CONSTRUCTION of Cardinia Road Station is set to begin next year after the State Government recently awarded a contract for its design.
Transport Minister Lynne Kosky last week visited the site of the new railway station to announce that Arup, in partnership with Cox Architects and Planners, would design it.
Cardinia Road Station is among the four new stations planned across the network. Construction on railway stations at Lynbrook, Caroline Springs and Williams Landing will also begin next year.
All four new stations will feature car parking, drop-off zones, taxi and bus facilities, pedestrian and bicycle access and closed circuit camera security.
Gembrook MP Tammy Lobato was pleased the design contract had been awarded.
“The Casey-Cardinia growth area, which includes Pakenham and Lynbrook, has experienced the greatest residential development of all of Melbourne’s growth areas over the past 10 years,” she said.
“New stations at Cardinia Road in Pakenham, and Lynbrook are practical steps towards servicing these rapidly expanding communities.”
Ms Kosky said pending construction of the four stations showed that the State Government was committed to increasing access to rail services.
“With construction of these new stations to begin in 2010, the designs of the four new stations have been packaged together to deliver maximum efficiencies in both the design and construction phase, while also minimising impacts on the train network,” she said.
While construction on Cardinia Road Station will begin next year, it isn’t expected to open to the public until 2012-’13.