{"id":72046,"date":"2026-08-14T10:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/72046\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T10:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:54:08","slug":"tarneit-station-car-park-crisis-double-parking-causes-hours-long-waits-locals-demand-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/72046\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarneit station car park crisis: Double parking causes hours-long waits, locals demand action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-block__standfirst\">This might just be Australia\u2019s worst car park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"standfirst-content\">In a dusty overflow parking lot next to a busy railway station in Melbourne, inconsiderate motorists don\u2019t seem to think twice about double parking other cars rows deep, sparking hours-long delays for fellow commuters at the end of long work days.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/6606c338092f56345503123075b85a5f\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"\u2018Hours waiting\u2019: Melbourne car parking crisis\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"standfirst-content\">Locals in Tarneit \u2014 <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/national\/victoria\/news\/photo-albums-blankets-toilets-entire-lounges-discarded-at-makeshift-tip-on-dirt-road-in-melbournes-west\/news-story\/ddb6b35b88d3f9507fa016745ae011e3\" target=\"_self\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"ddb6b35b88d3f9507fa016745ae011e3\" data-tgev-label=\"national\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a rubbish-strewn<\/a> fringe suburb 30km west of the Melbourne CBD which has seen a population explosion over the past decade \u2014 say the state government has failed to keep up with infrastructure demands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"standfirst-content\">The problems are particularly pronounced at Tarneit Railway Station, where daily commutes regularly turn into a nightmare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"standfirst-content\">\u201cThe state government has made excuses for many years, and the residents are struggling,\u201d independent political candidate Aijaz Moinuddin said in a <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/391977056908766\/posts\/1077240865049045\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook video<\/a> on Thursday showing a long line of cars backed up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can see the cars are parked randomly and no one can come out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One motorist, who said he had been waiting nearly half an hour, told Mr Moinuddin, \u201cI don\u2019t know why people are parking the cars like that. They should understand where it should be parked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Moinuddin wrote in the caption, \u201cAfter finishing work, some commuters are facing long queues and hours of waiting just to leave the station car park. People shouldn\u2019t have to lose hours of their day simply trying to park and get home. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTarneit is growing rapidly. Our infrastructure needs to keep pace. More parking. Better traffic management. Better public transport. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time Tarneit gets its fair share.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"standfirst-content\">Local social media news page Wyndham TV shared <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wyndhamtv.com.au\/videos\/-this-vision-was-sent-in-by-a-tarneit-commuter-today-filmed-while-waiting-to-get\/1825629978595574\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">similar footage<\/a> earlier this year, including one clip with a cameo by embattled former Liberal MP Moira Deeming, who blamed the Labor government for the pothole-ridden, overcrowded nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is car park Tetris,\u201d <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wyndhamtv.com.au\/videos\/tetris-tarneit-car-park-edition-%EF%B8%8F-tetris-publictransport-trainstation-liberal-fy\/2124667041718492\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ms Deeming said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are so desperate that they\u2019re blocking each other in. I know one mother who actually was blocked in for so many hours after work that she missed the pick-up for her daughter at daycare and she was fined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely ridiculous. The government knew when they built this train station that they needed far more car parks than they paid for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victorian Transport Minister Vicki Ward has been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Tarneit, located in the City of Wyndham, is one of Australia\u2019s fastest-growing suburbs where sprawling paddocks have rapidly been consumed by an explosion of new housing developments. <\/p>\n<p>The suburb has added nearly 22,000 new residents between 2016 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>As of the 2021 Census the population of Tarneit had grown to 56,370, a 63 per cent increase in five years.<\/p>\n<p>Residents listing Indian or Punjabi ancestry made up nearly 35 per cent of the population, while around one fifth were either Australian or English.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/technology\/motoring\/on-the-road\/tetris-chaos-at-tarneit-station-car-park-as-inconsiderate-commuters-pack-in-like-sardines\/news-story\/mailto:frank.chung@news.com.au\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">frank.chung@news.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This might just be Australia\u2019s worst car park. 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