What we heard
Summary Report
March 2021 Sunbury
Craigieburn Mernda
Building Melbourne Airport Rail
Epping
Hume Freeway Sunbury/Bendigo Melbourne Upfield Airport
A new premium station Tullamarine Freeway at Melbourne Airport The new train station at Melbourne Campbellfield Camp Rd Ring Road Airport will provideMelton Highway easy access between the train and all airport terminals.
Calder Freeway Bundoora Eltham
Glenroy Rd High St Glenroy Sydenham Reservoir Western Ring Road Essendon New bridge over the Maribyrnong River Airport
At 383m in length and 55m high, the Plenty Rd Maribyrnong River Bridge is the second highest bridge in Victoria after the West Gate Bridge. Preston Western Freeway Murray Rd Rockbank Caroline Coburg Planning is underway for a second rail bridge Lower Plenty Rd Springs Bell St over the Maribyrnong River, to stand alongside Main Rd Rosanna the existing bridge. CityLink Essendon St Albans Moreland Rd Buckley St Furlong Rd
Ballarat St Georges Rd Brunswick
Sunshine Station Brunswick Rd Albion Deer Park Sunshine Station will become a key Alphington Doncaster interchange for Melbourne Airport Rail Sunshine Melbourne
services, connecting to growth areas in Grange Rd Balwyn
Springvale Rd Melbourne’s north and west, and regional Arden Parkville Eastern Freeway Victoria.
City State Library Kew Whitehorse Rd Box Hill
Geelong CBD Town Hall
West Gate Freeway Richmond Canterbury Rd Blackburn
CityLink Heatherdale Rd Heatherdale Direct access from Port Melbourne Melbourne’s south-east Anzac Toorak Rd The Cranbourne / Pakenham lines will have direct access to Melbourne Airport. Glen Iris St Kilda Prahran Burwood Highway Williamstown North
Derrimut Rd Laverton Pakenham Cranbourne Alamein Blackburn Rd Gippsland Legend Williamstown Princes Freeway Melbourne Airport Rail Caulfield Glen Metro Tunnel Waverley
North Rd Werribee Brighton McKinnon Rd Monash Freeway Nepean Highway
Centre Rd
Clayton Centre Rd Princes Highway
South Rd
Clayton Rd
Pakenham / Charman Rd Cranbourne Noble Park Sandringham Heatherton Rd
Warrigal Rd
Balcombe Rd Corrigan Rd Mentone
Chandler Rd Sunbury
Craigieburn Mernda
Epping
Hume Freeway Sunbury/Bendigo Melbourne Upfield Airport Project
Tullamarine Freeway overview
Campbellfield Camp Rd Ring Road Melton Highway Melbourne Airport Rail is a transformational public transport
Calder Freeway Bundoora project giving Victorians the choiceEltham Twin tracks next to Glenroy Rd to travel to and from Melbourne the Albion-Jacana line High St Glenroy Airport for the first time. Sydenham As part of Melbourne Airport Rail, newReservoir Western Ring Road Essendon Airport twin tracks will be built next to the existing Albion-Jacana rail tracks between Albion and Melbourne Airport Rail will run on dedicated, Plenty Rd Airport West. new tracks from a new premium station at Melbourne Airport through to Sunshine Station, where it will then travel through the Metro Tunnel Preston Western Freeway into the heart of the CBD before continuing on to Murray Rd Rockbank Caroline Coburg the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines. Lower Plenty Rd Springs Bell St Main Rd For allRosanna passengers, Melbourne Airport Rail CityLink will provide: Essendon Direct city access Moreland Rd — access to the entire public transport St Albans Melbourne Airport Rail will provide a Buckley St network including trains on the Geelong, Furlong Rd direct connection into the heart of the Ballarat, Bendigo and Gippsland lines with CBD through the MetroSt Georges TunnelRd in under Ballarat a single interchange 30 minutes,Brunswick and access to key sites including Melbourne University, the Parkville medical — direct access to Melbourne Airport from precinct Brunswickand the Rd St Kilda Road business precinct. 30 stations without the need to change trains, Albion Deer Park for passengers travelling from the CBD and the booming south-eastern suburbs Alphington Doncaster Sunshine Melbourne — a new premium station at Melbourne Airport
Grange Rd Balwyn with 10-minute services Springvale Rd Arden Parkville Eastern Freeway — seamless travel to the heart of Melbourne’s CBD in around 30 minutes City State Library Kew — Whitehorsedirect access Rd to key sites including Melbourne University, the ParkvilleBox Hill medical precinct and the Geelong CBD Town Hall St Kilda Road business precinct.
West Gate Freeway The Australian and Victorian governments have Richmond committed $5 billion eachCanterbury to deliver Rd MelbourneBlackburn CityLink Airport Rail.
Construction will begin in 2022 with a target Rd Heatherdale Port Melbourne Anzac Toorak Rd completion date for Melbourne Airport Rail of 2029, subject to relevant Victorian and Federal planning, environment and other Glengovernment Iris approvals. St Kilda Prahran Burwood Highway Williamstown Rail Projects Victoria (RPV), a project team within North the Major Transport Infrastructure Authority
Derrimut Rd Laverton Pakenham (MTIA), is overseeing the planning, development and community consultation which will inform the Cranbourne Blackburn Rd delivery ofAlamein Melbourne Airport Rail. Williamstown Gippsland
Princes Freeway Caulfield Glen Waverley
North Rd Werribee Brighton McKinnon Rd Monash Freeway Nepean Highway
Centre Rd
Clayton Centre Rd Princes Highway
South Rd
Clayton Rd
Pakenham / Charman Rd Cranbourne Noble Park Sandringham Heatherton Rd
Warrigal Rd
Balcombe Rd Corrigan Rd Mentone
Chandler Rd Community feedback
From December 2020 to March 2021, RPV asked local communities what is important to them and what they think are opportunities for improvements as part of the Melbourne Airport Rail project. This could include station facilities, walking and cycling connections, open space, and other key features near the rail alignment.
This report details the key themes raised in feedback from the community, local businesses and stakeholders during the early planning phase. These themes will help identify important issues for the project to consider as the design continues to develop. Thank you to everyone who contributed to our initial phase of engagement. Thousands of suggestions and comments were received, helping us plan this transformational project for Victoria. How we engaged Project timeline 2018 Sunshine route announced Engagement on this initial phase was open for Melbourne Airport Rail from 9 December 2020 to 1 March 2021, Expert technical and with community members heading to our commercial advisors virtual information session and submitting appointed feedback via our online survey or by Technical studies for Melbourne Airport Rail contributing to our interactive map. commenced 100 local and global To ensure we reached as many people as possible, Melbourne companies signed up to Airport Rail promoted the online engagement in a range of ways. Melbourne Airport Rail’s Registration of Interest
2019 Site investigations commenced Heads of Agreement signed between Victorian and Letterbox E-newsletters Social media Australian governments drops posts Community and stakeholder engagement commenced
2020 Site investigations continue Community and Online Newspaper stakeholder engagement ads ads Business case and design development The project team also sought feedback and promoted the online Community engagement engagement in responses to email and telephone enquiries, on what’s important through interactions with businesses, and in meetings with local government and community groups. 2021 Community and stakeholder engagement continuing Site investigations continuing Community engagement Engagement statistics on key elements of scope Business case and design We received thousands of surveys and comments from development communities along the Melbourne Airport Rail corridor, as well as from wider Melbourne and around Victoria. Statutory planning approval processes, market Feedback stats engagement and procurement
2022 1,045 214 Construction commencement* surveys pins on the completed interactive map 2025 The opening of Metro Tunnel 1,802 3,000+ 2029 virtual information comments Target completion date session visitors received *Subject to relevant Victorian and Federal planning, environmental and government approvals. What we heard
Profile of respondents
Age range of respondents > 65 years < 18 years