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Metro Tunnel reaches 40 million hours as testing looms
Metro Tunnel workers have just clocked 40 million hours of work on the city-shaping project as they prepare to start testing trains in the tunnels in the second half of the year.
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Victorian-first platform screen doors installed in Metro Tunnel
Platform screen doors are being installed in the Metro Tunnel’s five new underground stations as the project’s all-important milestone of train testing in the tunnels is fast approaching.
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Peter Doherty given behind-the-scenes look of Parkville Station
Award-winning immunologist Peter Doherty has been given a unique tour of the Metro Tunnel Project, just a few months out from the first test trains being launched.
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Rail installation to start soon at Parkville Station
The Metro Tunnel Project is about to take another step towards completion, as crews prepare to start laying the first rail in the tunnels in the coming weeks.
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Renowned artist to transform Parkville Station
Metro Tunnel’s Parkville Station is set to feature artwork by internationally acclaimed Melbourne artist Patricia Piccinini, underlining Melbourne’s reputation as the nation’s cultural capital.
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Metro Tunnel digs prove Melbourne’s historical love of coffee
An Australia-first discovery as part of Metro Tunnel Project works has revealed the city’s famed coffee culture is decades older than first thought – as far back as the Victorian gold rush.
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City Square acoustic shed to come down
A six-month operation to dismantle the massive acoustic shed at City Square has started as part of Metro Tunnel works.
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Metro Tunnel on the hunt for train drivers
More than 100 new train drivers will be hired to operate Melbourne’s new fleet of trains as a recruitment blitz begins in the lead-up to the opening of the Metro Tunnel in 2025.
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Parkville walkway marks end of Metro tunnelling
A vital Metro Tunnel connection linking the future Parkville Station to Victoria’s world leading education and health precinct beneath one of Melbourne’s busiest arterials is now complete.
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Metro Tunnel bringing art that makes a sustainable statement
Everything old is new again in the latest artwork to adorn the Metro Tunnel Project’s Town Hall Station work site at City Square, courtesy of the project’s Creative Program.
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