Melbourne Airport | |||||||||||
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Planned PTV commuter rail station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Melbourne Airport, Arrival Drive, Tullamarine Australia | ||||||||||
Owned by | VicTrack (projected) | ||||||||||
Operated by | Metro Trains Melbourne (projected) | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Melbourne Airport | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | TBD | ||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes—step free access | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Planned | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opening | 2033 (planned) | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Melbourne Airport railway station is a proposed station on the planned Melbourne Airport railway line that will serve Melbourne Airport. Initially scheduled to open in 2029, the project is facing extensive delays, with completion now expected from 2033. [1] [2] [3]
The station is planned to be part of the Melbourne Airport rail link which connects with the Metro Tunnel. Trains will terminate at the airport before departing towards Sunshine, stations in the Melbourne CBD before becoming the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines. [4]
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
Previously planned to open in 2029, in early 2023, media reports suggested there may be a delay in the construction of the airport link. [5]
In May 2023, the state government also confirmed that contracting for further works on the airport rail link would be temporarily paused and no new contracts would be entered into until the completion of a major Commonwealth Government review of the country's infrastructure pipeline. [6] In November 2023, following the review the federal government reaffirmed its matching $5 billion commitment towards the project. [6]
In September 2022, the state government announced that the airport station would be an elevated structure built near the terminals, rather than an underground station, as this would be quicker to build, cheaper and cause less disruption. [7]
The airport operator, Australia Pacific Airports Corporation (APAC), has objected to the station being elevated, calling for the station to be underground in order to facilitate its plans for terminal expansion and improve connectivity to the proposed Suburban Rail Loop. [8]
In May 2023, then Deputy Premier Jacinta Allan said slow and difficult negotiations with Melbourne Airport over the use of airport land for the station had caused more delays. [9] In April 2024, an independent mediator was appointed by the federal government to resolve the ongoing dispute between the state government and the airport. [10] In May 2024, Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas confirmed in the state budget that the project would be delayed by at least four years, with completion not expected until 2033 at the earliest. [11]
Caulfield railway station is a commuter railway station on the northern boundary of Caulfield East, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Opened in 1879 and rebuilt from 1913 to 1914, the station complex is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register and is noted as an example of Federation Free Style architecture. It is named after the nearby suburb of Caulfield, located southwest of the station.
Carnegie railway station is a commuter railway station located in the suburb of Carnegie, in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The station originally opened in 1879 as Rosstown. The station received its current name in 1909 alongside the renaming of the suburb. The station consists of a single island platform connected to the station concourse on Koornang Road via escalators, lifts and a staircase.
Murrumbeena railway station is located on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Murrumbeena, and it opened on 14 May 1879.
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Huntingdale railway station is a commuter railway station located adjacent to the suburbs of Oakleigh and Huntingdale located in the south east of Melbourne, Victoria in Australia. The station originally opened in 1927 as "East Oakleigh". It did not receive its current name until 1954. The station consists of a single island platform connected to both Railway Avenue and Haughton Road via a pedestrian subway.
Clayton railway station is a commuter railway station located in the suburb of Clayton, in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The station originally opened in 1880 as "Clayton's Road". It did not receive its current name until 1890. The station consists of a single island platform connected to the station concourse on Clayton Road via escalators, lifts and a staircase. The station was previously at grade; however, in 2018, a new elevated station was rebuilt as part of the Level Crossing Removal Project.
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The High Capacity Metro Train (HCMT) is a type of electric multiple unit (EMU) train for use by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Melbourne rail network. The first train set entered service on 27 December 2020 and will become the primary rolling stock used in the Metro Tunnel when it opens in 2025.
Keilor East railway station is a planned railway station as a part of the Melbourne Airport railway line that will serve the suburbs of Keilor East, Keilor Park and Airport West. Initially scheduled to open in 2029, the project is facing extensive delays, with completion now expected from 2033.
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