Connecting the Bendigo region to Melbourne Airport For the first time passengers along the Bendigo Line will be able to catch a train to Melbourne Airport, with a single interchange at Sunshine Station. Bendigo Kangaroo Flat Harcourt To and from Melbourne Airport Bendigo Castlemaine — Seamless interchange between V/Line and airport services at Sunshine. KangarooMalmsbury Flat — Trains running from Sunshine to Melbourne KynetonHarcourt Airport every 10 minutes. CastlemaineWoodend — Easy access for interstate and international Macedon visitors, with a journey time from Melbourne Malmsbury Airport to Bendigo of around two hours. Gisborne Kyneton Melbourne Riddells Creek Airport ClarkefieldWoodend To CBD SunburyMacedon via Metro Tunnel WatergardensGisborne Melbourne Riddells Creek Sunshine Southern Airport Clarkefield Cross To CBD Sunbury via Metro Tunnel Legend Watergardens Melbourne Airport Rail Sunbury, Cranbourne and Pakenham (Metro Tunnel) Sunshine Southern Regional connections Cross Project timeline Legend Further engagementMelbourne Airport and detailed Rail planningSunbury, and development Cranbourne and Pakenham (Metro Tunnel) Regional connections 2020 onwards 2020-2021 2022 2029 Community and Statutory planning Construction Target stakeholder approval process commencement* opening engagement Market engagement date* Business case and Procurement process design development *Subject to relevant Victorian and Federal planning, environmental and other government approvals. About Melbourne Airport Rail Melbourne Airport Rail The Australian and Victorian The final project budget will be governments have agreed that confirmed once all major contracts is a transformational Melbourne Airport Rail will run on are awarded, with construction to public transport project dedicated, new tracks from a new begin in 2022 and a target opening premium station at Melbourne date for Melbourne Airport Rail connecting Melbourne Airport to Sunshine Station, where of 2029. Airport to Victoria’s it will then travel through the This solution delivers the best Metro Tunnel into the heart of the regional and metropolitan connections from Melbourne CBD before continuing on to the Airport to the regions and suburbs train network for the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines. for all Victorians with 10 minute first time. turn-up-and-go services, easy transfers to regional lines and trips into the heart of the CBD in under Melbourne 30 minutes. Airport As well as connecting people To Bendigo to and from the airport, Melbourne Airport Rail connects passengers to Melbourne’s key health, research and education, Sunbury development, employment and tourism precincts. Sunshine Arden Parkville To Ballarat State Library CBD To Geelong Town Hall Legend Caulfield Melbourne Airport Rail New stations Anzac Pakenham Sunbury, Cranbourne and Pakenham lines (Metro Tunnel) To Gippsland Regional connections Cranbourne Bendigo and Echuca Line Upgrade Melbourne Airport Rail builds — a modernised electronic train — a business case for track on the significant investment the order (ETO) system upgrades between Bendigo and Victorian Government has made Kyneton to deliver trains every — 10 level crossing improvements on the Bendigo and Echuca lines. 40 minutes in the off-peak between Bendigo and The Bendigo and Echuca Line Eaglehawk — a planning study for the Upgrade includes: reopening of Harcourt Station. — track upgrades between Epsom — new stations at Goornong, and Echuca Huntly and Raywood More information To fi nd out more about Melbourne Airport Rail: airportrail.vic.gov.au 1800 105 105 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) It should be noted that this information is current at the time of printing, however due to unforeseen circumstances, Rail Projects Victoria changes may occur. Please visit railprojects.vic.gov.au for PO Box 4509, Melbourne, VIC 3001 the latest updates. 266.