02/06/2026
Works on Stage 1 of the Melbourne Airport Rail project are gathering pace, with crews undertaking site investigations at Tottenham.
The first phase of the project will untangle six kilometres of track between West Footscray and Albion and deliver two new platforms at Sunshine Station.
These upgrades will transform Sunshine into a rail “superhub” capable of handling up to 1,000 trains a day, including future airport services and electrified trains to Melton.
Between Tottenham and Sunshine stations, crews have been carrying out soil testing, locating underground services and assessing existing rail infrastructure. Activity across the corridor is expected to ramp up next month.
The investigations will help shape plans to reconfigure tracks between Tottenham and Sunshine, construct new rail flyovers and build a new Tottenham Station.
The station will be relocated about 20 metres north of its current site on the realigned Sunbury Line corridor, maintaining access to Sunbury services that will run through the Metro Tunnel.
Two new flyovers and the removal of the Tottenham freight crossover will permanently separate metro, regional and freight services, while creating space for future airport rail tracks.
At Sunshine, utility relocation works are already underway to prepare for an expanded station precinct. This includes moving a major telecommunications line beneath the Sun Crescent station car park.
Meanwhile, a major jet fuel pipeline is being relocated at Albion Station, paving the way for new platforms serving the Geelong and Ballarat lines at Sunshine Station.
The pipeline relocation will also enable construction of an expanded station concourse, a new station entrance and landscaped forecourt, as well as a new pedestrian and cycling connection over the rail line.
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