Melbourne Airport is going to be as busy as Heathrow, so why the argument about one train line?
- Written by Ian Woodcock, Lecturer, School of Global, Urban & Social Studies, RMIT University
Public discussion of rail links to airports has been narrowly focused on the idea of a single line and where to run it. In Melbourne, the politics of this debate has so far prevented a railway from being built, because it is not possible for one line to meet all of the landside access needs of the airport. The issue of rail access for a new...