During what could only be called a wonderful day for Melbourne with the opening of the Metro Tunnel, sadly trains in the Metro Tunnel were interrupted for over 30 minutes due to “Operational Reasons”
At approximately 11:30am trains in the metro tunnel were halted due to reasons announced as Operational Issues when 70,000 people who had attended the tunnel opening were attempting to board trains.
One of our editors at Vibewire posted the above on X advising of the delays with the engagement from Metro Trains most interesting. The report suggests Metro Staff at Town Hall Station advised passengers of a fire alarm condition. Metro Trains in the post thread above denied this was the case.
I did not attend but saw the post on X and then later ascertained through a series of telephone calls there was talk of a fire alarm condition tripped at the Eastern Portal of the Metro Tunnel near South Yarra. This caused trains to be halted for some time and on resumption of services trains were advised to operate at slower speeds in the area.
Today it has been suggested an intruder was also spotted near the tunnel entrance.
The service interruptions were also reported by others on X.
Who was the intruder and where did they come from? How was a firm alarm (I have it on good authority) tripped in order to halt trains?
Who was behind this plot?
Was it a union?
I heard about this I wasn’t at Metro Tunnel, but what a mess!!!
But a fire alarm is going off on the frist day on the opening is not a good look!
My question is did they or aka Gov or premier upset someone?
Human intruder: On December 1, 2025, a human intruder in the Metro Tunnel caused delays, with one train overshooting the platform at Anzac Station. This resulted in passengers being unable to board that train.