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December 1, 2025 | Commuter Rail

Metro Tunnel opens in Melbourne

Soft launch precedes major restructuring of commuter services in February.

September 30, 2024 | Infrastructure

Cost of Melbourne Metro Tunnel project rises to $US 9.59bn

Victorian state government blames 22% increase in materials and labour costs.

April 26, 2024 | Australia/NZ

Melbourne’s new metro tunnel tests high-capacity signalling

Successful deployment of Rail Systems Alliance’s CBTC system means project is on track for 2025 opening.

July 31, 2023 | Infrastructure

Testing begins on Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel

The 9km line will reduce congestion through central Melbourne.

April 6, 2023 | Passenger

IRJ News in brief - Transit

Metro lines in Málaga, Fukuoka, Dhaka and Bangalore extended, new LRVs for both Portland light rail networks, and Melbourne Metro Tunnel tracklaying completed.

May 3, 2022 | Infrastructure

ABB completes Melbourne energy storage system pilot project

The system stores energy from trains braking as they enter stations, before feeding it back into the network.

May 26, 2021 | Australia/NZ

Melbourne metro tunnels bored through

The four tunnel boring machines (TBMs) took 20 months to dig the 6.3m-diameter rail tunnels lined with around 250,000 tonnes of concrete.

December 14, 2020 | Australia/NZ

Melbourne Metro Tunnel cost rises by $A 2.7bn

THE cost of Melbourne’s 9km Metro Tunnel project has increased by $A 2.7bn ($US 2.04bn) following an agreement reached by the state of Victoria and the contractor following a near year-long stand-off. The total cost of the project, which will add five new stations in the central business district and create a new cross-city line from Sunbury to Cranbourne/Pakenham, is now nearly $A 14bn.

October 6, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Melbourne suburban line power upgrade contract awarded

THE government of Victoria has selected CPB Contractors for a $A 158m ($US 107m) contract to upgrade power systems on the Sunbury suburban line in Melbourne in preparation for the start of high-capacity metro train operation through the city’s new 9km Metro Tunnel.

August 1, 2019 | Australia/NZ

First breakthrough for Melbourne Metro Tunnel

THREE 118-tonne, 15m-long roadheader tunnelling machines have broken through at Melbourne’s State Library station, marking the first major milestone for the Australian state of Victoria’s metro project.

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