Taxi in Sunshine,
the closest suburb to Tullamarine.
Cabs across Sunshine, Albion, Deer Park and St Albans — hospital appointments, station connections, shift work pickups and airport departures. Get an upfront estimate before you book, then pay by card, Cabcharge or MPTP in the vehicle.
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Metered fare with live tariff. Calculated using Victorian CPVV (Day Rate) tariffs plus live OpenStreetMap routing. Tolls passed through at cost.
Where we pick up around Sunshine.
Sunshine is a major interchange, and the rank outside the station is stretched thin during peak and after the last train. Sunshine Hospital also generates a steady stream of appointment and discharge trips where a booked pickup time matters more than a rank.
Sunshine Station
Hampshire Rd rank, V/Line and Metro interchange
Sunshine Hospital
Appointments, discharge and MPTP fares
Hampshire Road shops
Main street kerbside pickups
Sunshine Marketplace
Shopping centre pickup bay
Albion Station
Ballarat Rd side pickups
Deer Park
Brimbank Central and residential streets
St Albans
Alfrieda St and station area
Victoria University Sunshine
Campus and TAFE runs
Where Sunshine passengers travel.
Sunshine is one of the shortest airport runs in metropolitan Melbourne. Here are the distances behind the common bookings.
| Destination | Distance | Typical time | Good to know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) | 15 km | 18–28 min | Via the Western Ring Rd; toll-free on the usual route |
| Melbourne CBD | 13 km | 20–32 min | Ballarat Rd or the Western Fwy |
| Footscray | 7 km | 12–18 min | Short inner-west hop |
| Werribee | 24 km | 25–35 min | Via the Princes Fwy |
| Craigieburn | 27 km | 28–40 min | Cross-northern run via the Ring Rd |
| Melton | 22 km | 22–32 min | Straight run out the Western Fwy |
| Avalon Airport | 48 km | 40–55 min | Better booked as a fixed price |
| Royal Melbourne Hospital | 12 km | 18–30 min | Parkville medical precinct |
Road distances via the usual route. For a dollar estimate at your pickup time, use the Melbourne taxi fare calculator.
Booking a Sunshine taxi: what to know
At roughly 15 km, Sunshine to Tullamarine is one of the cheapest airport runs from any established Melbourne suburb, and the usual Western Ring Road route carries no tolls.
Shift-work pickups are common here — pre-dawn starts fall under the night tariff, which is higher than the day rate. Enter your real pickup time in the fare calculator and it will apply the correct Victorian tariff.
Sunshine Hospital sits on Furlong Road in St Albans rather than in Sunshine itself. Give the hospital name and entrance (main, emergency or maternity) when you book so the driver waits at the right door.
For long runs to Geelong, Ballarat or Bendigo out of the west, a fixed price agreed before departure is usually the better option — the total does not move if the freeway slows.