Planning for your new Sunshine Superhub

We’re creating a new rail superhub in Sunshine to untangle Melbourne’s most complex rail junction outside the CBD.

You can now provide feedback on the project as part of the planning approval process.

A $4 billion joint investment by the Australian and Victorian governments will involve major works spanning more than 6km from West Footscray to Albion.

With concept designs set to be released later this year, we will add 2 new platforms at Sunshine Station to unlock extra capacity for a future rail line to the airport, and enable additional services for the growing communities of Melton and Wyndham Vale.

Delivering upgrades at Sunshine Station now will reduce future disruptions for both Melbourne Airport Rail and a future electrification of the Melton Line.

When works are complete by 2030, more trains will be able to travel through Sunshine every hour, providing improved access to Melbourne’s CBD through the new Metro Tunnel.

The new superhub will also make Sunshine Station the gateway to Melbourne’s booming west and Victoria’s regional areas, while enabling construction of an essential rail link to Melbourne Airport.

Works on the new superhub at Sunshine will commence in early 2026.

Project features

• Enables more trains to travel through Sunshine every hour
• Works span more than 6kms from West Footscray to Albion
• Creates space for future upgrades to the rail network
• New platforms to unlock capacity for more services for the growing communities of Melton and Wyndham Vale, and to the airport
• Better travel connections to the city and Victoria's regions.

Have your say

Help shape the Sunshine Superhub

We are seeking your input on a range of planning matters.

Visit Engage Victoria by 11.59pm, Sunday 27 July 2025.

If you would like a hard copy survey sent to you, please call us on 1800 105 105 or email contact@bigbuild.vic.gov.au

Planning approvals

Planning approvals for the Sunshine Superhub project will proceed under Clause 52.03 of the Victorian Planning Provisions for the relevant planning schemes.

We’re seeking community input on a range of planning matters, including:

• project boundary
• environmental management
• heritage impacts
• tree and vegetation removal
• amenity
• traffic and access
• construction-related impacts.

Feedback will be included in a consultation report, which will inform the Minister for Planning’s assessment of the project.

Consultation is open from Monday 30 June to Sunday 27 July 2025.

To make a submission visit Engage Victoria.

Submissions close at 11.59pm, Sunday 27 July 2025.

If you would like a hard copy form, please call us on 1800 105 105 or email contact@bigbuild.vic.gov.au

Next steps

There will be further opportunities to have your say as the project progresses.

Later this year, you’ll have the chance to provide feedback when we share concept designs for the new platforms and concourse at Sunshine Station.

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