Comments on: Melbourne Airport Rail Link – finally some detail

By: Then and now at Sunshine station - Waking up in Geelong

Then and now at Sunshine station - Waking up in Geelong — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 13:48:30 +0000

[…] is about to start on the Melbourne Airport Rail Link, with some changes coming for Sunshine – a tangle of new track between Sunshine and Albion, and a new station concourse at the city […]

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 14:59:20 +0000

In reply to Malcolm M. I'm not 100% on the Sunshine station works - they might just be widening the existing up suburban platform so that the second concourse fits.

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 14:58:24 +0000

In reply to Stirling.

I believe the info is from the “Melbourne Airport Rail – Sunshine/Albion Package” expressions of interest document – it seems you need to log in to download it.

https://www.tenders.vic.gov.au/tender/view?id=232769

By: Stirling

Stirling — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 08:38:01 +0000

@Marcus It seems you didn’t include a link to the document this post is based on anywhere in the post. Was that an oversight? Am I blind and just missing it? Or is it not yet public info?

By: gxh

gxh — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 10:30:04 +0000

Am I missing something, or is there a lack of detail as to the location of the Airport Station? Seemingly, it’s to be at ground level, but where? It looks as though there could be a long walk from the terminal building.

By: indigohex3

indigohex3 — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:22:22 +0000

In reply to Marcus Wong. They opened a new one at Watergardens Town Centre at around that time to replace the old bowling alley as shown in your photo.

By: indigohex

indigohex — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 06:34:38 +0000

In reply to Marcus Wong. Stand corrected. I am in that general area, and rail over road was one of the options proposed for the removal work at Main Road. I am not sure if that option was also at Ginifer. Come to think of it, rail over road may have been the better solution.

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 02:40:04 +0000

In reply to Kev. I had the same issue trying to unscramble the route described in the Gazette! :-P

By: Stirling

Stirling — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 02:05:30 +0000

In reply to Malcolm McCaskill. Sure but saying it’s a $10 billion project just encourages the tender responses to gravitate towards that figure. Why leave extra on the table? Let alone the descoping of the “Sunshine Super Hub”, Albion precinct, and potential Keillor East stations from the project. The project would be far more useful with these additions than saving a few hundred million potentially.

By: Malcolm McCaskill

Malcolm McCaskill — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 10:15:31 +0000

In reply to Peter. The $10 billion is a commitment, not the cost, which will only become known toward the end of the project. In addition to the tender costs there or the public sesctor management of the project, eg publicity, plus a contingency allowance over and above that within the contractor quotes. As the true costs of the project become known there would be negotiation between the State and Federal government about how to allocate the remaining budget. For example, in the Regional Rail Link project the "excess" Federal budget was allocated to a rural freeway near Ararat, while the State component was sufficient to fund grade separations at Ginifer and St Albans.