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A High Capacity Metro Train on an East Pakenham bound service arrives at Platform 6, July 2024. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Alamein, Belgrave, Cranbourne, Frankston, Glen Waverley, Lilydale, Pakenham and Sandringham line services, and V/Line's Gippsland line services. Platform 6 signage for Gippsland and Dandenong group lines. Platform 1:
The total length of tunnels in the loop is 12 km (7.5 mi) with 10 km (6.2 mi) of circular tunnels, and 2 km (1.2 mi) of box tunnels. The four tunnels have an average length of 3.74 km (2.32 mi), with a further 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of track connecting with surface tracks.
In the direction of travel it passes through Central platform 17, Town Hall platform 6, Wynyard platform 6, Circular Quay platform 2, St James platform 2, Museum platform 2. Trains can then either proceed to Central platform 22 or 23, depending on which line they are running on.
The line operates with headways of up to 10 minutes during peak hours and as long as 30 minutes during off-peak hours. [2] Trains on the Glen Waverley line run with two three-car formations of X'Trapolis 100 trainsets. [3] Sections of the Glen Waverley line opened as early as 1890, with the line fully extended to Glen Waverley in 1930.
The line operates for approximately 20 hours a day (from approximately 4:00 am to around midnight) with 24 hour service available on Friday and Saturday nights. During peak hour, headways of up to 5 to 10 minutes are operated with services every 20 minutes during off-peak hours. [ 2 ]
Each platform serves a separate group of rail lines that leave the Loop and radiate out into the city's suburbs. At peak times, with a train arriving every 2.5 minutes, the station has a passenger flow of 30,000 per hour. Three elevators were initially provided, as well as 21 escalators. [6]
The line serves 29 stations across 33.1 kilometres (20.6 mi) of track. The stations are a mix of elevated, lowered, underground, and ground-level designs. Underground stations are present only in the City Loop, with the majority of elevated and lowered stations being constructed as part of level crossing removals or line extension projects. [52]
An X'Trapolis 100 train preparing to departing from Platform 2 at Box Hill station. The Lilydale line uses X'Trapolis 100 electric multiple unit (EMU) trains operating in a two three-car configuration, with three doors per side on each carriage and can accommodate up to 432 seated passengers in each six car configuration. [ 42 ]