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The Australian state of Victoria has only ever had about 10 tunnels on its railway network, with some others on private narrow gauge tramways. This is due to the relatively easy terrain through which most of the lines were built. The portal of the Big Hill railway tunnel, 390 metres long, originally double-tracked
Bylong Rail Tunnel: Bylong: Sandy Hollow to Maryvale Line, No 3 of 5: Rail: 1,975 6,480: At the time of its construction, it was the longest rail tunnel [citation needed] Boronia Tunnels: Cowan: Main North line: Rail: 1,313 4,308: 1-4 in use, 5 deviated; double track; longest tunnel is 602 metres (1,975 ft) Bungendore - Queanbeyan rail: Bombala ...
Railway stations located underground in Melbourne (9 P) Pages in category "Railway tunnels in Victoria (state)" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Railway tunnels in Victoria; S. Spotswood sewer tunnel; T. Thomson River Diversion Tunnel; Tunnel Bend diversion tunnel; Tunnel Bend diversion tunnel, Howqua River
The 390-metre-long (1,280 ft) Big Hill Tunnel was the longer of the two tunnels built on the line. It is located under Big Hill between Kangaroo Flat and Ravenswood, south of Bendigo. Like the other tunnel on the line, the Elphinstone Tunnel, it was double-tracked when built, but was singled as part of the Regional Fast Rail project.
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.
The Clifton Hill tunnel is the only tunnel able to operate as a full loop as the tunnel breaks off towards both Jolimont and Flinders Street after Parliament. [41] Previously this tunnel was used to operate the full time City Circle train line that ran on a permanent loop around the CBD, however in 1993 this service was replaced by the surface ...
The section from Flinders Street to Victoria Park, was built later than the rest of the line, which was originally connected to the suburban system via the now-closed Inner Circle railway line. [8] The section to Victoria Park runs through two tunnels under a low ridge just east of the city, but most of the line runs on an embankment that ...