A few years ago a new freeway called eastlink was built in Melbourne. A good idea and probably a necessary link in our road network. But why did it not include a rail system as well.
The Melbourne train network is a shocker when in comes to links. All lines come from the CBD and branch out like a spider web. Unlike the tube in London or the metro in Paris or the subway in New York etc etc etc our train lines have very few station links. So if you live near a train line and would like to go to a station on another line, you need to go almost all the way into town to change lines. It is horribly frustrating and annoying that the government actually had an opportunity to link about 3 lines with a ring rail lines.
Poor foresight once again
