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Western suburbs rail boost pushed back to 2030s and beyond
Electrification of the Melton line will not begin until the Sunshine Superhub is built, with upgrades to the booming Wyndham Vale corridor delayed even further.
- Adam Carey, Chip Le Grand, Gemma Grant and Patrick Hatch
‘A metropolis of multiple cities’: The radical plan to fix the west’s brain drain
Planning experts say Sunshine should be Melbourne’s second CBD, while satellite cities in the outer west would allow western suburbs residents to work close to home.
- Sophie Aubrey and Gemma Grant
This western suburb could be our second CBD, but residents fear the dream is under threat
The $4.1 billion Sunshine Superhub rail upgrade will be a boon, but many developers are waiting for the state government to deliver a greener, safer and better-linked precinct.
- Sophie Aubrey and Patrick Hatch
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We moved to a suburb with a bad rep. Then we forgot to lock the house and car
My suburb is well known, but not for the right reasons. YouTubers and TikTokers often visit to film content with titles like: “Inside Melbourne’s most dangerous suburb”.
- Lee Crossley
It’s a $4 billion rail ‘superhub’. But these passengers will watch it pass from the train window
The Sunshine station decision has left commuters from the north-east without easy access to the Metro Tunnel and future airport rail link.
- Patrick Hatch
Why Sara had to wait months for her baby’s health check in the booming west
Big hospitals are being built in the western suburbs, but wrap-around health services are lacking, while people living further west wait longer for ambulances or in emergency departments.
- Broede Carmody and Henrietta Cook
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Truck-busting, job-boosting freight hub for west at risk from rail line closure
The impending removal of a key rail freight corridor at Sunshine has thrown into doubt a massive logistics hub that was predicted to take 125,000 trucks off roads in Melbourne’s west.
- Patrick Hatch
