Melbourne Saved a Train Corridor for 50 Years. It's Becoming Car Lanes.

Melbourne kept a train railway corridor down the middle of the Eastern Freeway for over 50 years. The $26 billion North East Link is turning part of it into car lanes, and Doncaster gets a busway. 11km of bus-only lanes from Doncaster Road to Hoddle Street, opening with North East Link in 2028. 0:00 The Northeast Link project 0:50 History of the rail gap 2:56 The new busway design 4:48 Capacity and math 6:32 Challenges and potential