{"id":348820,"date":"2026-01-14T10:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=348820"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:00:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:00:43","slug":"the-allan-governments-new-metro-tunnel-timetable-unpacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=348820","title":{"rendered":"The Allan government\u2019s new Metro Tunnel timetable unpacked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Allan government has unveiled the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=1168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Metro Tunnel\">Metro Tunnel<\/a>\u2019s Big Switch timetable, which will fully integrate the Metro Tunnel into Victoria\u2019s train network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s set to deliver more than one thousand extra weekly services, and President of the Public Transport Users Association Daniel Bowen stated it\u2019s a \u201cgood step in the right direction\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Press PLAY to hear the new timetable unpacked<\/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 Allan government&#039;s new Metro Tunnel timetable unpacked\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/3aw-drive\/the-allan-governments-new-metro-tunnel-timetable-unpacked\/embed#?secret=TfZIimVvAi\" data-secret=\"TfZIimVvAi\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGetting more trains more often can really help people make those trips outside of peak hour,\u201d Mr Bowen said on&nbsp;<em>3AW Drive<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image: Asanka Ratnayake\/Getty&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s set to deliver more than one thousand extra weekly services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":348822,"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":[9770,1168,47],"tags":[8054,993,8],"class_list":["post-348820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro-trains-melbourne","category-metro-tunnel","category-rail-news","tag-3aw","tag-melbourne","tag-victoria"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348820","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=348820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348823,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348820\/revisions\/348823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/348822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=348820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=348820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=348820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}