{"id":228078,"date":"2025-06-02T11:42:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T01:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=228078"},"modified":"2026-02-10T12:22:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T02:22:21","slug":"metro-tunnel-express-trains-likely-as-two-stations-run-late-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=228078","title":{"rendered":"Metro Tunnel express trains likely as two stations run late again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The state\u2019s government timeline on opening the $15b Metro Tunnel is again in the spotlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As first revealed on&nbsp;<em>3AW\u2019s Rumour File<\/em>&nbsp;on March 26, construction delays on the Metro Tunnel could see trains skip two stations in order for it to open by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Press PLAY to hear the rumour being confirmed + Ross and Russ\u2019 reaction&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-omny-studio wp-block-embed-omny-studio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"The big Metro Tunnel news first revealed months ago on The Rumour File\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/3aw-breakfast-with-ross-and-john\/the-big-metro-tunnel-news-first-revealed-months-ago-on-the-rumour-file\/embed#?secret=G8juqCXgzH\" data-secret=\"G8juqCXgzH\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen that rumour to air, the response from the state government was swift and (they told us) it\u2019s not true,\u201d Ross said on&nbsp;<em>3AW Breakfast<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state\u2019s government timeline on opening the $15b Metro Tunnel is again in the spotlight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":198284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1168,47],"tags":[993,8],"class_list":["post-228078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro-tunnel","category-rail-news","tag-melbourne","tag-victoria"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=228078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228141,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228078\/revisions\/228141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/198284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=228078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=228078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=228078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}