{"id":202414,"date":"2025-04-19T09:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T23:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=202414"},"modified":"2025-04-19T15:45:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T05:45:05","slug":"a-real-time-journey-through-the-metro-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=202414","title":{"rendered":"A real-time journey through the Metro Tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome aboard your stopping all stations trip through the Metro Tunnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was captured on one of our testing trips from Hawksburn to West Footscray, so dwell times and train speed may differ slightly when the Metro Tunnel opens later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About the Metro Tunnel Project The Metro Tunnel will create a new end-to-end rail line from Sunbury in the west to Cranbourne\/Pakenham in the south east, with bigger and more modern trains, 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