For the new rail corridor constructed by the Regional Rail Link project, see Deer Park - West Werribee railway line.
Not to be confused with Regional Fast Rail or Regional Rail Revival.
Regional Rail Link
Route of the Regional Rail Link in orange
Location
Melbourne
Proposer
Government of Victoria
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) was a project to build a 47.5-kilometre (29.5 mi) length of railway through the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, the main aim of which was to separate regional V/Line Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong services from the electrified Melbourne suburban services, thereby increasing rail capacity and reliability. 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, while 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. The most used station before its construction, North Melbourne, was excluded from the project despite being the main connection hub for regional travellers not needing to go all the way to Southern Cross, and now requires regional rail link customers to change at Footscray.
The project was managed by the Regional Rail Link Authority, on behalf of the Victorian Government,[1] and, at the time, was the largest transport infrastructure project being undertaken in Australia.[2] Construction commenced in 2009 and was fully completed in June 2015, with the opening of the section of track from Manor junction to Deer Park West junction.
^Peter Begg (26 April 2011). "Regional rail link to go ahead". Geelong Advertiser. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
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