Grade separation from Oakleigh to Caulfield is probably a good idea for the future as already there are major traffic jams in the vicinity of the Hughesdale, Murrumbeena and Carnegie level crossings. This is a fairly major project to undertake but will benefit most people in the long run.
This project is probably best achieved in the style of the Middleborough Road grade sep, but with staggering - possibly the whole project could take up to a month or so to finish.
Hughesdale station is fairly easy to undertake - in this case I probably would undertake Boronia style grade-sep and hopefully this would not turn it into a Box Hill - Hughesdale is almost ready to be staffed at least Host hours and I would suggest keeping the staff down on the platforms.
Murrumbeena and Carnegie I would suggest something slightly different - a below bridge level grade sep, but then cover the stations up with shops that can be rented out by the DoT - providing some cost benefit for the project.
Another option to look at is re-aligning Neerim Road at Murrumbeena to get rid of the dog leg used so that the railway only had one crossing in the vicinity.
Grange Road could possibly have a bridge, leading up to the Dandenong lines flying over the Frankstons at Caulfield or vice versa.
You would probably start at Hughesdale, then work your way up the line, diverting traffic to the next grade-sepped road to the east.
I would view this operation at high-priority, if you want to run any more trains down these lines.
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