Melbourne Airport agrees to have overground train station,clearing path for rail link

Melbourne Airport agrees to have overground train station,clearing path for rail link

The announcement ends a stalemate with the state government that had pushed the airport rail link back to 2033.

  • byRachel Eddie andKieran Rooney

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Airport prepares fight after mediator backs skyrail for Tullamarine

Airport prepares fight after mediator backs skyrail for Tullamarine

An underground station should not be built at Melbourne Airport unless the airport operators show it makes commercial sense,a federal report has found.

  • byKieran Rooney andPatrick Hatch
‘The state will need to pay more’:Metro Tunnel costs blow out once again

‘The state will need to pay more’:Metro Tunnel costs blow out once again

Electromagnetic interference blamed for the relocation of the Arden hospital precinct could continue to haunt the $14 billion Metro Tunnel,according to the Auditor-General.

  • byKieran Rooney andRachel Eddie
Melbourne Airport Rail mediator also advising state-run rail authority

Melbourne Airport Rail mediator also advising state-run rail authority

The federal and state governments say there’s no conflict of interest in the mediator between Melbourne Airport and the state of Victoria while also consulting for another state agency.

  • byKieran Rooney andPatrick Hatch
As it happened:WA news on Wednesday,5 June

As it happened:WA news on Wednesday,5 June

Barely recovered from the last supply chain crisis,WA’s getting a new one;the million dollar club’s got new members;and there’s a new instalment in our People of Perth series.

  • byHeather McNeill
More trucks on roads feared as long-promised freight hub in Melbourne’s west put on ice
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More trucks on roads feared as long-promised freight hub in Melbourne’s west put on ice

Premier Jacinta Allan once said the Western Intermodal Freight Terminal should be the ‘first cab off the rank’ to be built. Her government has deferred it indefinitely.

  • byKieran Rooney
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Bikes vs rail:Multimillion-dollar cycle tourism plan divides locals

Bikes vs rail:Multimillion-dollar cycle tourism plan divides locals

A regional council wants to attract high-spending tourists to town by turning an old railway line into one of the highest cycling tracks in Australia. But not everyone is happy.

  • byCatherine Naylor
Twenty years and counting:The suburb waiting for a rail line that may never come
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Twenty years and counting:The suburb waiting for a rail line that may never come

For 24 years,residents in these booming fringe suburbs have waited for a train line,but a VCAT dispute could halt the project before it even begins.

  • byAdam Carey
The two suburbs due to lose 15 MCGs of open space to Victoria’s Big Build

The two suburbs due to lose 15 MCGs of open space to Victoria’s Big Build

A Melbourne mayor has warned the Victorian government,“you can’t just take,you have to give something back”,as Big Build projects gobble up suburban parklands.

  • bySophie Aubrey
Brunswick’s ‘sky rail’ has been delayed. In the meantime,this is what locals want

Brunswick’s ‘sky rail’ has been delayed. In the meantime,this is what locals want

Advocates have presented their Sydney Road wish list to the Victorian government,saying the delay is an opportunity for major change before the Upfield line is ripped up.

  • byPatrick Hatch
Stakeout at Crater Crescent
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Stakeout at Crater Crescent

When the scribbler met the scribe.