A history of the Melbourne airport rail, the most famous train line to never exist

For decades Melburnians have been promised the convenience of catching a train to the airport.
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Since Tullamarine opened in 1970, this mythical transport service has been conceived as a French-designed monorail (70s), a mechanism to export agriculture and a connection from the Broadmeadows line (80s), something called 'Rapid Transport Link' (90s), and the Melbourne Airport Transit Link project (00s). Matilda Boseley unpacks the mystery of why Melbourne airport still remains trainless
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