Introduction to the ProjectThe Metro Tunnel is an amazing new infrastructure project for Melbourne in Australia. Melbourne is the 2nd most populated city in Australia and Flinders Street Station is one of the busiest train stations in the world. Because Melbourne is so busy, it has a large train network with over 200 stations and 800 km of track. The City Loop is the most congested part of the network with nearly every line using it. Because of this, a lot of services are getting stuck and delayed. This means less passengers and income as well as more work for the staff all around the network. What is the Metro Tunnel?The Metro Tunnel is a huge new infrastructure project for Melbourne. It is already under construction and it is said to open in 2025 or 2026. The tunnel will run from South Kensington on the Sunbury line to Anzac in the tunnel before arriving on the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines at Caulfield Station. It will have 5 new underground stations including: Arden, Parkville, State Library (Melbourne Central), Town Hall (Flinders Street) and Anzac before arriving in the outside and at Caulfield station, where you will continue your journey until the terminus at Cranbourne or Pakenham stations. Why do we need the Metro Tunnel?As I said in the Introduction, Melbourne's City Loop is extremely congested with nearly every single line using the loop. This is causing delays. To fix that PTV has created a new infrastructure project called Metro Tunnel. When the tunnel opens, the Sunbury, Cranbourne and Pakenham lines will not use the City Loop. You might be thinking that you can't go to any CBD stations but State Library is connected to Melbourne Central and Town Hall is connected to Flinders Street. Another good thing is that, you can get from one side of the CBD to the other by taking the Metro Tunnel. Now to the downsides. The tunnel means that Sunbury, Cranbourne and Pakenham line users will have to get out at Melbourne Central or Flinders Street to get to other CBD stations. Is there more?Melbourne still doesn't have an Airport Rail Link but very soon they will have one. So what does it have to do with the Metro Tunnel? Services will at Metro Tunnel stations every 10 minutes which will then go up to Melbourne Airport. Why is it going through the Metro Tunnel? It is going through the Metro Tunnel because it will connect with the Sunbury line and go into the Airport. The project is proposed and is already in its planning stage. The project will commence construction in 2022 and open to the public in 2029. BLOG 3
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SP
10/16/2022 04:38:06 pm
Very interesting! An airport line would be fantastic!!
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