Melbourne Airport Rail

Current cost

$12 billion

As published 1 January 2026

Completion

31 December 2033

Most recently published

Re-baselines

Times the cost or completion date changed

Stage: Under way of Delivered

What has changed

First publicly costed at $12 billion on 1 January 2022. Most recently $12 billion — an increase of $0, or 1.00× the original figure.

Completion moved from 1 January 2029 to 31 December 2033 — 1825 days later than first promised.

Every publicly stated cost and completion date for this project, in the order it was stated.
Stated	Cost	Completion	Status	What was said
1 January 2022	$12 billion	1 January 2029	Funded, not started	Approximately $12 billion total, with the Commonwealth contributing $7 billion. Australian Government Department of Infrastructure
1 January 2026	$12 billion	31 December 2033	Under way	Sunshine Superhub works began in early 2026, a $4.1 billion joint investment. Stage 1 by 2030, full completion late 2033. Matters for Wyndham through the Sunshine junction and western network capacity rather than directly. Australian Government Department of Infrastructure

No contact officer is publicly named. Victorian and Australian Governments, Rail Projects Victoria is the responsible body.