Important: the Suburban Rail Loop is a Victorian Government project. This page outlines the advocacy efforts of Monash Council to ensure the project delivers the best outcomes for our community.

If you want up-to-date information about construction and disruptions - visit the Victorian Government's Big Build website.

The Suburban Rail Loop is a Victorian Government project that will ultimately deliver a 90km rail line linking every major train service from the Frankston Line to the Werribee Line via Melbourne Airport, better connecting Victorians to jobs, retail, education, health services and each other.

SRL East is the first stage of this project which runs from Cheltenham to Box Hill. Within the City of Monash, this means new underground stations in Clayton, Glen Waverley, Monash University in Notting Hill, with Burwood nearby.

The SRL is an important transport project that has the support of Council as it is a potential game changer for how people travel to, from and around Monash.

The Suburban Rail Loop Authority is also looking to allow much greater numbers of houses and jobs around the future stations through the development of structure plans and amending planning controls around the future stations to do this.

Learn about the Victorian Government's project on the SRL website

The Victorian Government is progressing works on the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL), with early works on SRL stations being carried out at Clayton, Glen Waverley and Monash.

While this is a Victorian Government project, Council regularly meets with the Suburban Rail Loop Authority (SRLA) to ensure their works are planned appropriately and communicated. The SRLA has committed to providing the community with advanced notification of works around the station precincts.

If you live, work or own property near one of the planned stations, the SRLA may write to you or even visit you to keep you informed about any disruptions. Construction works currently underway or planned are outlined and regularly updated on the Victorian Government's Big Build website.

In April 2025 Council made a submission on the exhibited Structure Plans and draft Planning Scheme Amendments for the SRL precincts. The City of Monash is affected by four precincts: Clayton, Monash, Glen Waverley and Burwood.

Our feedback to the Victorian Government’s exhibition reinforced Council’s support for the SRL project but flagged significant concerns raised on a range of assumptions made, gaps in information and the uncertainty around how infrastructure will be delivered and funded. Council is not confident that the outcomes set out in the Vision can be achieved which could have a significant impact on our community and the Council.

It is crucial to get the planning for these areas right, and Council will continue to advocate to the Victorian Government for genuine input.

Our submission to the exhibition raises many of the key issues already identified through earlier stages of the precinct planning.

See our submission here.

Council's key concerns with precinct planning included:

• A lack of certainty, clarity and direction in the Structure Plans.
• The large difference between the dwelling forecast and the capacity estimates that the planning controls make possible.
• The significant difference between the SRL forecast population growth and the municipal housing targets in Plan for Victoria.
• The absence of requirements for the provision of affordable housing.
• The negative financial implications of Windfall Gains Tax liability on small businesses and Council.
• The overreliance on Council landholdings and facilities to meet future community infrastructure needs.
• No requirement for new development to contribute to community infrastructure shown in the Structure Plans.
• No new public open spaces secured through the structure planning, leading to a reduction of available open space. The complexity, cost and administrative burden of the public benefit uplift framework.
• The misguided focus on housing within the Monash Technology Precinct.
• The closure of Coleman Parade if Myrtle Street is not extended to create a ring road to support Council’s long-term vision for a more pedestrian friendly environment by diverting traffic around its edge.
• The maximum parking rates proposed in the town centre are not supported in the interim period until the SRL is operational and driving habits change.
• The Westall Road extension should be prioritised to divert truck movements away from the Clayton Road.
• Unacceptable land use and amenity impacts such as overshadowing, built form, open space and pedestrian connectivity.

In 2021 and 2022, we facilitated a comprehensive consultation process and overwhelming our community told us they agree the Suburban Rail Loop is a game changer for transport in Victoria and for shaping Glen Waverley’s future.

However, you also told us that you share our key concerns of the project’s design:

• That the existing Glen Waverley station should be undergrounded with a direct pedestrian connection to the new SRL station.
• That Myrtle Street should be extended to create a ring road to support Council’s long-term vision for a more pedestrian friendly environment on Kingsway.
• That off-street parking options need to be considered close to businesses in Kingsway.

The Glen Waverley SRL station precinct sits within the Glen Waverley Activity Centre. Development is guided by the Glen Waverley Activity Centre Structure Plan (2014). Amendment C120 was gazetted in 2018 which incorporated the GWAC Structure Plan into the Planning Scheme.

Planning and building activity over many years, has anticipated future lowering of Glen Waverley station below ground to enable better flow, activation of land over the station and pedestrian improvements to Kingsway.

The SRL Project triggers changes, particularly potential loss or relocation of parking and poorer traffic flow. Council believes lowering the Glen Waverley Metro station would improve these issues.

This formed part of Council’s EES submission. The SRLA has advised it will not be progressing this option.

Council is now seeking a connected underground pedestrian platform between the new SRL station and the existing Glen Waverley station. The SRLA instead wants to close a section of Coleman Parade to provide a pedestrian crossing above ground, connecting the two stations.

Council believes this is a missed opportunity to have a more integrated and connected station, similar to Box Hill Station which is below a shopping centre. This would also allow for a long overdue enhancement of the existing Glen Waverley Station.

SRLA have advised this is out of scope for its project.