Suburban Rail Loop

Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) is a significant project that has the potential to change how we move around metropolitan Melbourne and influence where we work, learn and live.

SRL is currently being planned by the Victorian Government, via the Suburban Rail Loop Authority (SRLA).

The first stage of the project - SRL East - includes 26km of underground rail tunnels and six new train stations between Cheltenham and Box Hill. Two new stations will be constructed within the City of Whitehorse – one in Box Hill and the other in Burwood. 

Council is working closely with SRLA to ensure that the interests of our community are well represented, based on the feedback we heard during Council's community engagement activities.

The project approval phase is now complete (called the Environmental Effects Statement), and the initial and early works have commenced. These are the works that prepare the land for the main works. The designs for the main works are still being prepared by SRLA.

As part of our advocacy to SRLA, Council has prepared a document that shows our ‘Vision’ for the public spaces around the Box Hill SRL station.  The designs are based on consultation undertaken in 2023 which helped identify how the community would like the spaces to look and feel.

The Vision focuses on the following areas that are being redeveloped as part of the Suburban Rail Loop project:

  • Box Hill Mall (Market Street and Main Street)
  • Whitehorse Road Linear Reserve
  • New promenade that will connect Whitehorse Road to Box Hill Gardens
Suburban Rail Loop Council Vision Area

Council has provided the Vision to SRLA and are advocating for it to guide the designs for the area.

Further project information

Whitehorse Council documents regarding Suburban Rail Loop