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The Metro Tunnel, formerly known as Melbourne Metro Rail (MMR), is an underground rapid transit 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 High Capacity Metro Train (HCMT) is a type of electric multiple unit (EMU) train for use by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Melbourne rail network.The first train set entered service on 27 December 2020 and will become the primary rolling stock used in the Metro Tunnel when it opens in 2025.
The Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) is an automated rapid transit system under construction in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.The system is divided into four distinct sections. The two main sections, SRL East and SRL North, would eventually together form a single 60 km (37 mi) fully automated orbital metro line through the city's middle suburbs, with 13 stations between Cheltenham and Melbourne ...
The Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRP) is an infrastructure upgrade program by the Government of Victoria, Australia, to remove and grade-separate 110 level crossings and to rebuild 51 railway stations on the metropolitan and regional rail network of the state capital Melbourne.
Suburban Rail Loop East (SRL East) is a rapid transit underground rail project currently under construction in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.It involves constructing an orbital rail line from Cheltenham in the south-eastern suburbs to Box Hill in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne via Clayton, Monash University, Glen Waverley and Burwood.
Map by the Metropolitan Town Planning Commission of a proposed underground railway c.1930-50. This plan eventually became the City Loop, completed in 1981.. The Metropolitan Town Planning Commission, established in 1922 by the Victorian state government, produced a report in 1929 that recommended a new underground railway in central Melbourne running via Exhibition and Victoria streets to ...
Following the rail infrastructure improvements provided by the Regional Fast Rail project, and subsequent growth in passengers and services, there was an increase in congestion in the Melbourne suburban area, where trains operated by V/Line shared tracks with Metro Trains Melbourne suburban trains, caused increasing delays on rail services. [5]
Melbourne Metro 2 (MM2), also known informally as Metro Tunnel 2 or Metro 2, is a proposed underground rail project in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It involves constructing new rail tunnels from Newport to Clifton Hill via the city centre .