RAILWAY Place residents took the battle to the halls of power last week in a bid to save their homes from being demolished for a rail line.

The residents, whose homes could be demolished for the $4.3 billion Regional Rail Link, were so fed up with the lack of answers that they fronted up at Parliament House to get some from Transport Minister Martin Pakula.

Residents were served by the Department of Transport with "intention to enter" notices earlier this year.

Under one option, their homes could be demolished to widen the existing rail cutting for the rail link.

A Freedom of Information request for details on the project was recently denied.

In Parliament last week, Greens MP Colleen Hartland asked Mr Pakula: "Given that this $4.3 billion Regional Rail Link is supposedly shovel-ready, the platforms at Southern Cross station are built and the federal and state Labor governments have developed and signed off on the project, how can the Minister for Public Transport not have any detailed plans for the route through Footscray, which, of course, is in his own electorate. And when will he provide clear information to residents whose homes are on this line?"

In reply, Mr Pakula read an excerpt from the Save Railway Place website.

He also said the project was "complex" and could not say when the route would be made public. He said the state government was aware of residents' concerns and the department's planners were "at the pointy end of those considerations and I look forward to making an announcement in the coming weeks".

Residents had a chance to ask Mr Pakula in person when he met them on the steps of Parliament.

Elonie Prenter said they were happy to get an answer of sorts but would have liked more detail about the process of planning the route.

"In his answer he says he can't give us special treatment over other people in Footscray. I don't know whether that's him missing our point or deliberately missing our point.

"We're concerned about our homes but we're also concerned about Footscray in general."