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City to Tullamarine in 18 minutes: The zero-cost airport rail plan the government killed off

A 2015 private proposal backed by Metro Trains Melbourne promised 18-minute airport trips and baggage check-in, but cabinet chose the Sunshine route instead.

Victorians would already be using a world-class, fast rail service to Melbourne Airport if the Andrews government had backed a previously undisclosed offer by a private consortium to build it.

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City to Tullamarine in 18 minutes: The zero-cost airport rail plan the government killed off

Victorians would already be using a world-class, fast rail service to Melbourne Airport if the Andrews government had backed a previously undisclosed offer by a private consortium to build it.

·North Sydney, Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in North Sydney, Australia on Monday, November 2, 2026.
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