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The Metro Tunnel, formerly known as Melbourne Metro Rail (MMR), is an underground rapid transit project currently under construction in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.It involves the construction of twin 9-kilometre (5.6 mi) rail tunnels between South Kensington (north west of the Melbourne central business district) and South Yarra (in the south east) with five new underground stations.
Main South Line: Rail: Tunnel 4, converted to a cutting and bridge when track duplicated 1920 [52] Former Pinera Tunnel: Belair: Main South Line: Rail: Tunnel 5, converted to a cutting and bridge when track duplicated 1920 [52] Former Sleeps Hill Tunnels: Panorama: Previous alignment of Main South Line: Rail: 170 560: Tunnels 1 and 2, 1880s ...
Diagram showing Melbourne's rail network, including former lines, lines under construction and proposed lines. Melbourne Metro 2 (MM2), also known informally as Metro Tunnel 2 or Metro 2, is a proposed underground rail project in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It involves constructing new rail tunnels from Newport to Clifton Hill via the city ...
Suburban Rail Loop East (SRL East) is a rapid transit underground rail project currently under construction in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It involves constructing an orbital rail line from Cheltenham in the south-eastern suburbs to Box Hill in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne via Clayton , Monash University , Glen Waverley and Burwood .
This Metro Tunnel will create a new cross-city rail corridor, upgrading and connecting the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines in Melbourne's south-east to the Sunbury line in Melbourne's north-west. [24] Once complete the Cranbourne, Pakenham and Sunbury lines will be taken out of the City Loop, allowing for an increase in services on the ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 08:05, 26 January 2020: 1,600 × 840 (29 KB): Sameboat: West Melbourne > North Melbourne: 08:02, 26 January 2020
The Melbourne railway network comprises 17 railway lines organised into six groups and is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. The first section of the network opened in 1854, making the Melbourne metropolitan rail network the oldest rail system in Australia. Most of the network is above ground, with the main underground section being the City ...
Tarrawarra Tunnel was built on the Healesville line, when the Lilydale-Melbourne railway was extended from Yarra Flats (now known as Yarra Glen) to Healesville. A 1 in 40 (2.5%) climb up to the 154.4-metre tunnel and a corresponding descent was required. The section of line through the tunnel opened on 1 March 1889. [3]