The Metro Tunnel will bring more trains to your suburb and reduce travel times by running the busy Cranbourne, Pakenham and Sunbury lines through a new tunnel. 4. Quotes attributable to Premier Daniel Andrews, “We are building the world-class turn up and go train network Victoria deserves – with more jobs, more stations and more trains, more often.”, “We don’t just talk about building the big roads and public transport Victoria needs – we’re getting it done.”, Quotes attributable to Minister for Public Transport Jacinta Allan, “We’re not wasting a minute delivering the Metro Tunnel, which will create jobs and a new community on the doorstep of the CBD.”, “We’re getting things done, ramping up construction on this massive project to deliver a world class train network for Victorians where trains come so often you can throw away the timetable.”. Learn more about the massive machines digging the Metro Tunnel. The result is a spacious station cavern with vaulted ceilings, rather than two separate tunnels separated by a cross passage. Three overlapping tunnels will be mined by road headers to create a wide open space that allows the concourse and platforms to be integrated on a single level. Rail Projects Victoria is currently delivering the $11B Metro Tunnel project to ease congestion in Melbourne’s City Loop, by taking the busiest train lines through a new tunnel under the city. High capacity signalling will mean Victoria’s new fleet of 65 High Capacity Metro Trains will be able to run from Sunbury to Cranbourne and Pakenham and through the Metro Tunnel. That means more trains, more often across Victoria, with a less crowded and more reliable train network. This means more trains, more often across Victoria, with a less-crowded and more-reliable train network. As such, it will need to be removed from construction work sites and potentially re-used at other locations. Tunnelling … The Metro Tunnel will free up space in the City Loop to run more trains to and from the suburbs, by taking our busiest train lines through a new tunnel under the city. NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): On June 12, Govt awarded a contract of Rs 1,126 cr to Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. (STEC), a Chinese multinational construction company. Residents 3000 are pleased to invite you to our final meeting for 2020: an update on the Metro Tunnel Project. A number of different construction techniques are needed to successfully build a project as large and complex as the Metro Tunnel. Measures will be in place to minimise impacts on surrounding areas. From the station under Swanston Street at Flinders Street, the tunnels will travel below the Yarra River before passing under CityLink on their way to the new Anzac Station under St Kilda Road. Melbourne Metro 1 will run from Melbourne’s northwest to Melbourne’s southeast. These problems are described in Section 2.4.3 in Chapter 2 Project Rationale and Benefits. The $11 billion Metro Tunnel project is on-budget, on-time and will create nearly 7,000 jobs – including 500 apprentices, trainees and engineering cadets. The prospect of flagging a second metro project at this point in time might be considered overly ambitious. The $1.1 billion Rail Systems Alliance will allow trains to safely run closer together, meaning they can run more often – creating a turn-up-and-go train network for Melbourne. Excavating through a range of challenging geological conditions including rock, sands, clays and silt. This construction approach reduces disruption at surface level and is used on tunnel projects overseas, particularly in constrained city environments. It’s the biggest contract on the biggest public transport project ever delivered in Victoria and paves the way for major construction on the tunnel and stations to start next year. The Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project will deliver a new rail line across Melbourne CBD, featuring two nine-kilometre tunnels and five new underground stations at Arden, Parkville, CBD North, CBD South and Domain.