The Sunshine Superhub project will see upgrades to six-kilometres of track around Sunshine Station between West Footscray and Albion.
The project is considered a precursor for the delivery of the Melbourne Airport Rail. It is unclear how this package will interact with the existing Melbourne Airport Rail - Sunshine Station package which had a preferred bidder selected in May 2022.
The project will be delivered across five packages:
- Enabling Works
- Freight Works
- Metropolitan Line Works
- Regional Line Works, and
- Albion Station.
Key Dates
| Mar 2025 | Project Announcement |
| Jul 2025 | Pre-Qualifications Open |
| 2026 | Expected Construction Commencement |
| Oct 2026 | Pre-Qualifications Close |
| Dec 2030 | Expected Construction Completion |
Funding contributions
| Federal Government | |
| Victorian Government |
Procurement
| Procuring Agency: | The Level Crossing Removal Project |
| Procurement note: | The project is being delivered using a Program Alliance model. Initial procurment is for delivery of the Regional Works package, subject to performance on this package, further packages are expected to be awarded to the Alliance. Interested Parties cannot be in an existing program alliance agreement with LXRP except where an existing alliance agreement with LXRP has no future work allocated to it, and Interested parties cannot comprise more than one “Major” construction firm.
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PROJECT HISTORY
| Mar 2025 | The Federal Government announced $2 billion in funding for the project in its 2025-26 Budget |
| May 2025 | The Victorian Government announced $2.1 billion in funding for the project in its 2025-26 Budget. |
| Jul 2025 | Pre-Qualification for the project opened. |
