PLANS to build a train track to Torquay have been made public for the first time, but its price tag remains a mystery.

A feasibility study commissioned by the Liberal State Government three years ago details several potential projects to cope with rapid suburban expansion at Armstrong Creek and along the Surf Coast, and the infrastructure needed to make the rail link a reality.

Under the potential roll-out, tracks would be laid from a new rail junction veering off from the Waurn Ponds line between the Surf Coast Highway and Barwarre Rd to a new station at Armstrong Creek.

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