What is the financing amount for Melbourne Airport rail link?
Melbourne Airport Rail is the planned heavy-rail link from Melbourne Airport at Tullamarine through Sunshine station to the city, about 27 km including 12 km of new track from the airport to Sunshine, with construction of the Sunshine Super Hub that began in early 2026, Stage 1 works from West Footscray to Albion targeted for 2030 and full opening in 2033 after the project was paused and restarted. ML Traffic Engineers wrote in May 2026 of a AUD 13 billion funding commitment shared between the Victorian and Australian governments and a AUD 4.1 billion Stage 1, while Wikipedia records the Commonwealth's AUD 5 billion commitment of April 2018.
Financing amount
AUD 13 billion
Approximately $8.38 billion
Cost basis: 2026
Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
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Current completion estimate
ML Traffic Engineers2033