Melbourne Airport Rail Tender

ScopeMelbourne Airport rail link is a transit service proposed to be developed between Australias second busiest airport Tullamarine Airport also known as Melbourne Airport and the Melbourne central business district CBD. The project aims to link Melbourne Airport to all metropolitan and regional rail lines through Sunshine route which runs along Footscray and Sunshine stations. Tullamarine Airport witnessed more than 35 million passenger movements in 2016-17 which is expected to reach more than 67 million by 2038. The population of Melbourne is also growing rapidly and the city is expected to be home to approximately eight million people by 2051. The project will be developed by AirRail Melbourne a consortium of IFM Investors Melbourne Airport Metro Trains Australia and Southern Cross Station. Construction of the project is expected to begin in 2022 and is scheduled for completion in 2030. The Victorian Government reserved land for the rail link to Melbourne Airport in 2005. It allocated A10m 7.2m for the development of a new airport rail plan in partnership with the private sector in April 2017. The Australian Government committed A30m 21.7m towards the development of a detailed business case of the project and A5bn 3.6bn for the construction of the airport rail link project in July 2018. In September 2018 AirRail Melbourne unveiled a blueprint for the rail link development along with the Victorian and Australian governments. It also proposed the use of funds for rebuilding Southern Cross and constructing dedicated tracks along the entire route.