Western Rail Plan

Western Rail Plan
A schematic diagram of the Western Rail Plan. The blue dotted lines represent the planned electrifications
Overview
StatusHigh speed rail cancelled
WebsiteOfficial website

The Western Rail Plan is a proposed metropolitan rail infrastructure project in Melbourne, Australia. The project was initially announced during the 2018 Victorian state election by the State Government. It includes the electrification of two currently existing regional lines to Melton and Wyndham Vale, and other network capacity upgrades.

The electrification to Melton is part of Stage 3 of the PTV Network Development Plan. Staging of the works component of the plan are being developed alongside the business case for the Melbourne Airport Rail Link.

In 2023, in the wake of the abandonment of the Geelong Fast Rail proposal, the Victorian Government denied reports that the Western Rail project had been cancelled, saying instead that it was a "work in progress". The plan now is for suburban trains to run on the same tracks as the Regional Rail Link, instead of segregating them.

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