Melbourne Airport Rail early works tender now open

Melbourne Airport Rail - Works - package — Image courtesy of Victoria’s Big Build.

An advanced tender notice for the Melbourne Airport Rail early works package is now live, inviting contractors to pre-qualify for the next stage to deliver essential first works.

Rail Projects Victoria (RPV) is inviting interested parties with the requisite experience, capability and capacity for delivery of the early works package to complete the pre-qualification document.

The early works package will primarily comprise of utility relocation and protection works along the Melbourne Airport Rail Link alignment.

Work is continuing to finalise the utility works required, but at this stage, approximately 250 utilities have been identified as likely needing to be modified/relocated or protected.

Completing early works such as utility relocation and protection is a method that has already been successfully used on other major transport infrastructure projects, such as the Metro Tunnel, paving the way for new infrastructure to be built.

The utility relocation and protection work will be completed in a way that aims to minimise impacts to people’s day-to-day lives, ensuring a seamless transition between old and new utility locations.

The Melbourne Airport Rail project will connect trains from Melbourne’s Airport to Victoria’s metropolitan and regional networks.

Trains will run from Melbourne Airport through to Sunshine Station, then into the Metro Tunnel and the heart of the CBD, before continuing to the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines.

Thirty stations will have direct access to Melbourne Airport without needing to change trains.

Construction for early works is targeted to start next year, subject to all relevant approvals.

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