{"id":317873,"date":"2025-11-17T09:56:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T23:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=317873"},"modified":"2025-11-17T09:56:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T23:56:05","slug":"pm-splashes-cash-on-surburban-rail-loop-ensuring-project-will-proceed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=317873","title":{"rendered":"PM splashes cash on Surburban Rail Loop ensuring project will proceed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A contentious $34.5 million rail line has been promised more federal funding as another gets the green light to open early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan on a joy ride through Melbourne&#8217;s Metro Tunnel on Sunday after the project&#8217;s opening date was shifted forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The $15 billion rail line and its five new underground stations were scheduled to open in early December but the date has been changed to November 30 following safety approval.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dc83789f977f32e1703e3efec86b2a57.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-156022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dc83789f977f32e1703e3efec86b2a57.jpeg 862w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dc83789f977f32e1703e3efec86b2a57-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dc83789f977f32e1703e3efec86b2a57-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The SRL plans to eventually link Werribee in the west with Cheltenham in the east.\u00a0(Supplied: Infrastructure Victoria)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The prime minister came bearing a celebratory gift, vowing to dig into federal coffer&#8217;s for the Suburban Rail Loop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposed 90km orbital rail loop is intended to run from Cheltenham in Melbourne&#8217;s southeast to Werribee in the outer west via the airport at Tullamarine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far the Victorian government has committed $11.8 billion to the $34.5 billion eastern section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It wants the commonwealth to cough up a third of the cost but the Albanese government has released just $2.2 billion, leaving a massive funding gap.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-317878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-9.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-9-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-9-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Suburban Rail Loop is getting an extra $2.2 billion from the Albanese government. 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