Six million people a year would use train to Melbourne Airport

[Must...Fly!]

The downside of lack of direct access to Southern Cross will be for Shepp/Albury pax, those taking Vline coaches and those staying nearby to Southern X. .

They already have the best connection with the 901 at Broadmeadows.

 

[Ansett Nostalgic]

The only way a consortium can get a Melbourne airport railway built promptly is if they paint it rainbow and cover the whole thing with rainbow flags all day everyday

 

[elanshin]

The expected time to travel on the proposed Melbourne Airport Rail Link from the airport to Southern Cross station (assuming the railway is ever built) is the same as the time it currently takes on the Sky Bus service. You wonder why they’re bothering.

And if you add to that the fact that the travel time will be the same 30 minutes as the current Sky Bus then one wonders why anyone’s considering building it in the first place.

Travel time is only one aspect. Capacity is another.

The skybus at peak really struggles to keep everyone moving. You might have to wait for 1-3 skybuses. Then theres potential road congestion. It'll only take 1 crash and the times blow out.

Then you consider the aspirations that Melbourne has to being an even bigger city (they need a new terminal building too....) with more PAX going through the airport, the Skybus is going to quickly reach its limits.

Plus the cost involved in running skybus. Both from fuel and drivers perspective.

Edit: also given skybus' limited route. A lot of people are driving where as more people may take the train to places that's not Southern Cross.

 

[marki]

This will speed it up!

 

[Mwenenzi]

Its election season, so MEL airport rail link back in the news.
Doubt if anything practical will happen this decade. Will be big $$$$ spent on reports and studies

‘We want to get on with it’: Albanese makes $7bn promise for Melbourne’s long-awaited airport train

Federal Labor promises $2bn for Sunshine station, but premier couldn’t give date for when rail line will be finished

www.theguardian.com

We want to get on with it’: Albanese makes $7bn promise for Melbourne’s long-awaited airport train

Govt PR spin web site (updated yesterday) ---> Melbourne Airport Rail (SRL Airport)

The first stage of Melbourne Airport Rail will soon be underway.

Major changes to the rail network around Sunshine Station will enable a rail line to the airport and pave the way for electrification to Melton by creating a Sunshine Station Superhub.

The Victorian Government will also deliver a new modern Albion Station, featuring an accessible concourse with lifts and stairs.

Early works for Melbourne Airport Rail are complete. This includes the utilities relocation program involving telecommunications, water and electricity services.

Albanese makes $2 billion promise for Melbourne Airport rail link

The Prime Minster Anthony Albanese has announced a cash splash for Victorian rail and roads, including new platforms at Sunshine station, a boost to Melton rail and funding to fix potholes in outer Melbourne.

www.abc.net.au

 

[zainman]

Which will come first? The ability to use visa/mc as tap and go all over Vic (not simply a trial in one regional town on buses) or the Melb train?

 

[Franky]

Which will come first? The ability to use visa/mc as tap and go all over Vic (not simply a trial in one regional town on buses) or the Melb train?

Agree, that system on the Sydney rail network is a gem...

 

[kookaburra75]

You know what they say about recycling announcements around election time - sorry that was the 2018 election

Airport rail link route via Sunshine gets approval from Canberra

The route of Victoria's airport rail link through a newly redeveloped super station at Sunshine, in Melbourne's west, gets the tick of approval from Canberra.

www.abc.net.au

The Sunshine option is quite solid in terms of servicing the most people. From the planning work I saw back in 2016, the idea is express from the airport to Sunshine, and then Sunshine to the city. If you want to go out to the other outer suburbs you can get a train from Sunshine that doesn't stop in the city.