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Australia Sets 2028 Start for Melbourne Airport Rail Stage 2

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of a freight train on the existing Albion / Maribyrnong River steel viaduct in Melbourne, with a valley path and cactus foreground, based on a December 2023 photograph; archival rail-corridor context, not a depiction of the proposed airport rail construction, rendered in warm ochre and slate-blue pastel strokes.

The Australian and Victorian governments announced that preparatory work for Melbourne Airport Rail Stage 2 will begin within weeks. The planned 7.4-kilometre line would run from Albion through a new Keilor East station toward the airport precinct, with direct connections to the Metro Tunnel. Major construction is scheduled for 2028–2031, as part of the governments' A$12 billion joint commitment to airport rail. The route includes 1.1 kilometres of elevated track and a crossing of the Maribyrnong River. Stage 3, including an above-ground airport station, remains under consideration.

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