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All freight rail from Ballarat and Geelong will have to pass through a single section of track at Newport (pictured).

How a quiet rail closure could swamp western suburbs with trucks

The move in Melbourne’s west is likely to push thousands of tonnes of goods onto trucks, worsening road congestion and pollution.

  • Patrick Hatch and Kieran Rooney

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St Albans Secondary College acting principal John Coulson-Silva, pictured with year 12 college leaders. The college is one of Victoria’s top VCE performers among government schools.

These students’ superpower guarantees VCE success, but the western suburbs need more schools

In a special series on Melbourne’s west, we reveal the top VCE schools in the booming region where many students have fewer choices and face long commutes.

  • Noel Towell and Craig Butt
Go west is The Age’s special series on Melbourne’s western suburbs.

Go west

In this special series, The Age focuses on Melbourne’s western suburbs to see how life could improve in Australia’s fastest-growing region.

Dylan D’Emanuele, an apprentice electrician from Taylors Lakes is happy to have a job in Brunswick after travelling for 150 kilometres to an earlier job.

Young tradies like Dylan and western suburbs professionals have this challenge in common

In a special series on Melbourne’s west, The Age explores how to attract high-skilled jobs, get more youths into work and improve transport links.

  • Adam Carey and Sophie Aubrey
Marelen Yap at V/Line’s Rockbank station, which heaves with city-bound commuters at peak-hour.

Marelen wastes thousands of hours commuting to work. She wants two things to change

In a new series, The Age focuses on Melbourne’s western suburbs, where high-skilled jobs are scarce and transport links often poor, to see how life could improve in Australia’s fastest-growing region.

  • Sophie Aubrey and Adam Carey