The Sunshine Systems Alliance has been selected by the Victorian Government as the preferred consortium to deliver a major works package for the Melbourne Airport Rail project.
The selected consortium consists of CPB Contractors, John Holland Group, AECOM, Alstom, KBR, Metro Trains Melbourne, V/Line and Rail Projects Victoria.
The 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.
The project will provide passengers with a 30-minute trip between the airport and Melbourne’s CBD.
As part of the works, the consortium will deliver major improvements including major improvements including a new, accessible second pedestrian concourse and new forecourt area at Sunshine Station.
Works will also include a new forecourt area and car park improvements at Albion Station, construction of an elevated flyover at Albion separating airport trains from metropolitan and regional services as well as relocation and implementation of rail systems, modifications to substations, and protection of existing utilities.
The Sunshine Systems Alliance will also deliver corridor-wide rail system and signalling upgrades to allow High-Capacity Metro Trains to travel to the new Airport Station.
The project is expected to be completed in 2029. The Australian and Victorian governments have committed $5 billion each to the project.
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