US EditionMelbourne’s New Metro Tunnel Will ‘Soft Open’ in Early December Before Full Services in February
The tunnel adds five underground stations and 240 extra weekly services to Melbourne's rail network, improving access to hospitals, universities, and key city areas, officials said.
- Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan confirmed the Melbourne Metro Tunnel will officially open in early December but declined to specify the exact day.
- The Andrews Labor government first announced the Melbourne Metro Tunnel project in 2015, with construction starting in 2017 and excavation at Town Hall as deep as a five storey building.
- During the Summer Start introductory phase, weekday trains will run every 20 minutes between Westall and West Footscray from 10am to 3pm, adding more than 240 weekly services.
- The Big Switch will start February 1 next year, adding 1,000 new weekly services and transforming Melbourne's rail network for the first time in more than four decades.
- Amid regulator checks, only the main Town Hall station entrance will open in December while the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator's sign-off is still pending, Allan said.
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Melbourne’s new Metro Tunnel will ‘soft open’ in early December before full services in February
Trains will only run every 20 minutes and in off-peak hours during the soft opening, with commuters having to wait until February next year before a full timetable is implemented.
Melbourne Metro Tunnel Timeline
Melbourne’s new underground metro tunnel will open to the public in early December of this year. The metro will include five new stations: Anzac, Arden, Parkville, State Library and Town Hall. It will connect the Sunbury line in the north-west with the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines in the south-east and will provide a faster, more direct route into the city and improve access to the eastern suburbs. The Melbourne metro tunnel will ease the conge…
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