Weekend Opening Campaign
In October 2012 it was revealed that traders and residents in the north-west area of the Melbourne CBD had begun a campaign to have Flagstaff station opened on weekends, arguing that its closure had a deadening effect on the life of the area. A petition calling for the station's weekend opening had only collected about 150 signatures in a week, but the move had received the support of many city dwellers, the Greens' Melbourne mayoral candidate, Dr Alison Parkes, and the Public Transport Users Association.
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