Regional Rail Link
Route of the Regional Rail Link in orange
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| Location | Melbourne |
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| Proposer | Government of Victoria |
| Website | www.regionalraillink.vic.gov.au |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Railway |
| Cost estimate | $3.65 billion |
| Start date | July 2009 |
| Completion date | June 2015 |
| Stakeholders |
Government of Australia (major funding partner) Government of Victoria (minor funding partner) V/Line (operator) Metro Trains Melbourne Train travellers on Geelong, Bendigo and Ballarat lines |
| Opponents | Fair-go for Footscray Rail Residents |
The Regional Rail Link (RRL) is a 47.5 kilometre length of railway through the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. The main aim of the project was to separate regional V/Line Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong services from the electrified Melbourne suburban services, thereby increasing rail capacity and reliability. The Regional Rail Link, as part of the PTV Network Development Plan, will be electrified and turned into part of the future Grovedale-South Yarra Line by December 2032, a line that will go from Grovedale, Geelong to South Yarra railway station, with a branch line to Avalon Airport.
The project involved the building of an extra pair of tracks from Southern Cross station to Sunshine, parallel to the Western line, and a new double-track line from Deer Park, which joins with the Warrnambool line west of Werribee, near the site of the former Manor railway station.
New stations were built at Tarneit and Wyndham Vale, and West Footscray and Sunshine stations were rebuilt. Additional platforms were built at Southern Cross and Footscray stations, and two level crossings near Sunshine were replaced by grade separations.
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