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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 ...
Start date Completion date Notes Melbourne Metro 2 West (Tunnel from Newport to Parkville via Fishermans Bend and Southern Cross) TBD Laverton and Williamstown Line Upgrade TBD Extension of Wyndham Vale Line to Black Forest Road and Connection with Werribee Line Early Planning 2018 TBC Part of the Western Rail Plan.
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]
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]
The Metro Tunnel is a pair of 9 km (5.6 mi) rail tunnels between South Kensington in Melbourne's inner north-west and South Yarra in the city's inner south-east. Currently under construction, the tunnels will connect the Sunbury line to the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines through the Melbourne CBD.
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
Anzac railway station is a rapid transit railway station on the Cranbourne, Pakenham and Sunbury lines, serving the Melbourne CBD in Victoria, Australia. When opened as part of the Metro Tunnel project, Anzac will be an underground premium station , featuring an island platform with two faces.