Premier Jacinta Allan has shot down any hope that Victorians could be boarding a train to Melbourne Airport by 2030 despite an apparent compromise by the airport boss.
Consortium Terra Verde is the preferred bidder for the second SRL East tunnelling contract to build the 10km of twin tunnels between Glen Waverley and Box Hill.
Melbourne Airport will support an above-ground station for the proposed airport rail line to ensure the public transport link is in place for the millions of additional passengers that will use the gateway when the third runway is opened.
Long before contracts were inked to kickstart a new $35bn rail line in Melbourne’s southeast, Jacinta Allan was briefed about how many people would actually be hopping aboard its trains.
