Metro Tunnel - VibeWire Magazine

Tale of transport dreams: Victoria 3 times more expensive per km than NSW

The cost of works in Victoria is 3 times that of NSW where the CFMEU does not have a strangle on construction projects.

The 9-kilometre underground line links Sunbury to Cranbourne and Pakenham, bypassing the City Loop

The state government will offer free-of-charge rides on trams, buses and trains in all of Victoria from early December until February.

State Opposition Leader Brad Battin joined 3AW Drive and reacted to the state government’s Metro Tunnel announcement.

The government said it would deliver an extra 1,000 weekly train services.

This is a great addition to the Melbourne rail network but more trains are needed.

Train drivers were stranded in Melbourne’s new Metro Tunnel for almost five hours when a systems fault brought trains to a standstill.

Surprising is the small customer service window that will become quite the issue.

You can see now why the project was so expensive relative to the original budget.

Metro Metro Tunnel 2 is now decades away when it is desperately needed now.