Six million people a year would use train to Melbourne Airport

[dajop]

Maybe the train line should go MEL to Arden which continues direct to central CBD / Flinders, much more central that southernX.

That has been mentioned as a (the?) pathway into the CBD for the Airport train. Either way, a change at Sunshine or Footscray would allow access to the metro tunnel if the airport train is destined for loop/SX or vice versa.

Apparently there's a Sunshine Station Skybus, which achieves the same thing

Yes true. Although an Arden stop would/should be quicker for those not on the Sunbury, Geelong or Ballarat lines.

 

[elanshin]

Juat landed into MEL. Midnight, 1 skybus every 7 mins. They can't take all the waiting passengers- you're probably waiting for 3-4 skybus before you get on. Uber rank queues at T2 are almost at the Skybus area.

This is when you appreciate having train links.

 

[serfty]

Apparently there's a Sunshine Station Skybus, which achieves the same thing

Between 6am and midnight, every thirty minutes.

 

[dajop]

Juat landed into MEL. Midnight, 1 skybus every 7 mins. They can't take all the waiting passengers- you're probably waiting for 3-4 skybus before you get on. Uber rank queues at T2 are almost at the Skybus area.

This is when you appreciate having train links.

Dunno about skybus but when heavily congested late at night, I’ve found with ride share schlepping over to the T4 pickup area can actually work well.