A world-class Airport Rail Link AirRail Melbourne has developed a proposal to accelerate the delivery of a world-class, fast, reliable and competitive Airport Rail Link Victorians can be proud of. Unlocks opportunities for either: Legend • High speed rail to Sydney Airport Rail Link • Northern rail connections to Metro Tunnel • Seymour and Shepparton • Suburban rail loop City Loop MARL Station Surface section MELBOURNE AIRPORT Tunnel section Existing track Integrated underground Airport Station M80 TO FROM SUNBURY M2 AND BENDIGO For Geelong, Wyndham 27km of new, Vale and the west: M80 dedicated tracks Unlocks more frequent, electrified services and Seamless connections via Victoria’s busiest high speed rail transport hub, Southern Cross Station TO FROM MELTON BALLARAT AND Relieves WYNDHAM VALE GEELONG congestion on M1, M2 and M80 SUNSHINE STATION ‘SUPERHUB’ New Metro Tunnel M2 AirRail Melbourne investment in revitalising from south east will enable Sunshine Station precinct interchange at Sunshine Sunshine Express Link Dedicated track SOUTHERN CROSS for Airport trains, STATION Geelong and TO/FROM CITY LOOP Victoria’s regions M1 TRAM, UBER, TAXI, BUS M1 TO FROM SOUTH EAST With Melbourne’s growth far outpacing all Australian cities, a multi-billion dollar investment needs to go beyond funnelling tourists to and from the airport. It needs to grasp this unique opportunity to provide capacity for the extra public transport services Victoria needs. Integrating our regions and growth areas with Melbourne and the Airport Bringing together an unrivalled team of Melbourne Airport, Southern Cross Station, Metro Trains Australia and fund manager IFM Investors, our proposed partnership with government would enable a $15 billion investment in Victoria’s rail network. Our proposal to build 27 kilometres of new, dedicated tracks from Southern Cross Station to Melbourne Airport via Sunshine would not only enable the premium airport rail services we know passengers expect – it would unlock critical new capacity in Victoria’s rail network to get more people onto trains and help relieve our city’s growth pressures. Our proposal would deliver: World-class airport rail tailored Critical capacity and Future rail network for customers connection upgrades to growth opportunities Victoria’s rail network A dedicated, customer Long-term solution that can focused rail service seamlessly A new ‘Sunshine Express Link’ unlock ‘State shaping’ future integrated from Southern Cross builds critical network capacity rail opportunities for new and Station to Melbourne Airport to run more and faster regional faster services to Victoria’s via Sunshine, connecting all trains on new tracks linking regions and Melbourne’s Victorian rail services to the Southern Cross Station to suburbs airport Sunshine Station Over 4000 local and international travellers in Victoria have told us they expect: A premium customer A competitive The right price: Access from home: experience: travel time: a ticket price of 93% of outbound a comfortable journey needs to be up to $20 will attract travellers originate on fit-for-purpose reliable and under more customers, from home, even for trains that allow 20 minutes consistent with business trips so room for luggage and SkyBus and other connections from avoid peak commuter Australian airport across the network impacts rail links are critical Premium airport express for visitors and all Victorians Reliable travel times Trains 24/7 Fair Custom-built under 20 minutes every 10 minutes ticket price Airport trains AIRPORT Airport A new Airport Airport access Cuts 30-50 minutes connections through station integrated with only one off Airport trips for Sunshine for with the terminals interchange for Geelong, Ballarat Geelong, Ballarat, Melbourne’s and Bendigo Bendigo and the south-east west Transformative rail network capacity and connections Cuts 10 minutes off Transport super Capacity for Cuts 15,000 regional rail trips to hubs at Southern 10,000 extra vehicles a day the city Cross Station and peak hour trips on from roads in Sunshine Wyndham Vale line Melbourne’s north and west x16 Attracts Reduces Capacity for up to Reduces carbon 12,000 more overcrowding on the 16 more regional emissions by residents Werribee line trains per hour from 100,000 tonnes and 13,000 more by 2000 passengers Southern Cross by getting people jobs in the west each peak hour Station out of cars and onto trains AirRail Melbourne: the world-class What’s next Airport Rail Link Victorians expect Our proposal is currently being assessed by the AirRail Melbourne brings together expertise from Victorian Government under the Market-Led some of Victoria’s biggest transport providers: Proposal Guideline. Melbourne Airport, Southern Cross Station, Metro We will be ready to start work by 2020, two years Trains Australia and IFM Investors. earlier than currently planned. With the operators of both Melbourne Airport and We know Victorians are as excited as we are Southern Cross Station in the heart of Melbourne, about an Airport Rail Link and we’re committed to and with experience in international airport rail, taking the journey together. we’re uniquely placed to provide a seamless, end-to-end journey. We’ve been looking for some time at the best way to deliver a premium Airport rail service, and we’ll be talking with the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments about what’s needed to finally get the Melbourne Airport Rail Link off the ground. Delivering an Airport Rail Link offers a fair way to invest superannuation funds in a project that will benefit all Victorians - under the AirRail Melbourne proposal, one in two working Victorians will ‘own’ this iconic infrastructure via their superannuation. airrailmelbourne.com.au.