{"id":29963,"date":"2024-04-09T11:46:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T01:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infrastructuremagazine.com.au\/?p=51838"},"modified":"2024-04-09T11:46:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T01:46:40","slug":"melbourne-metro-testing-turn-up-and-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=29963","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Metro testing turn-up-and-go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the testing of turn-up-and-go services well underway, Melbourne\u2019s Metro Tunnel is set to open in 2025, a year ahead of schedule.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Victorian Premier, Jacinta Allan, and Transport Infrastructure Minister, Danny Pearson, visited State Library station to mark this critical phase of the project\u2019s complex testing program that will create capacity for trains to run constantly from the Cranbourne\/Pakenham lines through the Metro Tunnel to the Sunbury line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In March, crews successfully ran test trains two minutes apart between West Footscray and Hawksburn stations, using cutting edge high-capacity signalling technology that will revolutionise Melbourne\u2019s train network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crews have clocked over 16,500km running through the tunnels since July 2023 \u2013 paving the way to begin trial operations with drivers and station staff by the end of 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As one of two stations coming to life deep beneath Melbourne\u2019s CBD, State Library Station was excavated to the deepest level of the Metro Tunnel project at around 40m \u2013 deeper than the height of Marvel Stadium. 600 workers are currently employed on the station\u2019s construction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">26,000 people a day are expected to use State Library Station, which will showcase a grand main entrance near the corner of LaTrobe and Swanston Street, complete with cathedral-like arched ceilings at platform level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to the station\u2019s 27 escalators and 19 lifts, an underground walkway will connect the station to Melbourne Central Station for an easy transfer between Metro Tunnel and City Loop services without passing through Myki gates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Metro Tunnel will connect the busy Sunbury, Cranbourne and Pakenham lines through a new tunnel under the city, creating an end-to-end rail line from the north-west to the south-east \u2013 freeing up space in the City Loop and creating capacity to run more trains more often.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ms Allan said that the State Government is getting on with its promise of building the Metro Tunnel \u2013 and its delivering it a whole year ahead of schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTest trains are now running on new signalling tech, and we\u2019re getting ready to deliver turn-up-and-go transport services that will change the way our city moves forever.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the testing of turn-up-and-go services well underway, Melbourne\u2019s Metro Tunnel is set to open in 2025, a year ahead 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