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The Metro Tunnel, formerly known as Melbourne Metro Rail (MMR), is an underground heavy rail 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 first Metro Tunnel proposal gradually emerged in detail after the 2008 Eddington Report, which identified a new rail tunnel creating an end-to-end line from west to east through the city centre as a major priority for transport investment in Melbourne. In the period between 2008, when the tunnel was first envisaged, and 2016, when ...
Starting date Completion date Notes Sunbury / Cranbourne / Pakenham: Metro Tunnel: Under construction 2015 2025: Includes a turn back platform at West Footscray station. Completion date is moved from 2026 to 2025 Ballarat: Duplication of the Serviceton line between Caroline Springs and Melton: Completed 2017 2021
The station entrance area is raised 150 centimetres (4 ft 11 in) to prevent flooding of the tunnel from the nearby Moonee Ponds creek. [16] The station was designed by RSHP, Hassell and Weston Williamson. [17] A permanent artwork is being created for the station by Abdul Abdullah as part of the Metro Tunnel project's legacy artwork program. [18]
Parkville railway station is an under-construction rapid transit railway station on the Cranbourne, Pakenham and Sunbury lines, serving the inner-northern Melbourne suburb of Parkville in Victoria, Australia. When opened as part of the Metro Tunnel project, Parkville will be an underground premium station, featuring an island platform with two ...
Melbourne Airport Rail, also known as SRL Airport, is a proposed heavy rail project, connecting the Melbourne CBD to Melbourne Airport at Tullamarine.The rail link will run through the under-construction Metro Tunnel, running 27 km (16.8 mi) from the airport to Town Hall station in the city centre with 12 km (7.5 mi) of new track between the airport and Sunshine station. [2]
Start date Completion date Length Stations Description Metro Tunnel: 2016 2025 9 km 5 New CBD tunnel Melbourne Airport Rail: 2022 2032 20 km 2 Metro line branch to Melbourne Airport Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) 1: SRL East 2022 2035 28 km 6 Orbital metro line, Cheltenham to Box Hill 2: SRL North TBD 2043-50 32 km 7 Box Hill to Melbourne Airport
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 ...