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First Metro Tunnel station complete
The Metro Tunnel has moved a major step closer to opening with construction of the first of five new underground stations now complete.
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Your chance to be part of Melbourne’s train transformation
Metro Trains is hiring more than 100 station staff to work at the Metro Tunnel’s five new state-of-the-art stations, opening in 2025.
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New City Square artwork goes above and beyond
An eye-catching new artwork on the Metro Tunnel’s City Square site fence is giving Melburnians something to think about as they travel down Swanston St.
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State Library Station entrance will be a key landmark in the heart of the CBD
The striking main entrance for the new State Library Station is set to become an important new landmark in Melbourne’s CBD.
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Metro Tunnel achieves major milestone with first test trains
The first test trains have started running through the Metro Tunnel, marking a major milestone for the project and the beginning of a rigorous, months-long testing phase.
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Metro Tunnel brings tantalising trail of First Nations artworks to CBD
As the city shivers through a classic Melbourne winter, the Metro Tunnel’s Creative Program is offering the perfect way to reinvigorate the mind, body, and spirit, with a stroll through Melbourne’s CBD.
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Metro Tunnel paves the way for sustainable infrastructure with Australia-first trial
The Metro Tunnel Project is taking sustainability in the construction industry to the next level, with an Australia-first low-carbon concrete research project.
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First glimpse of Town Hall Station as work powers ahead under City Square
Stunning new images have revealed the spectacular Town Hall Station concourse beneath City Square, one of the five new stations set to open as part of the Metro Tunnel Project in 2025.
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Franklin St photographic exhibition brings some home truths
If Melbourne’s impending winter isn’t enough to remind you about the importance of a comfortable home, then a trip down Franklin St might do the trick.
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Dream comes true for Metro Tunnel HQ milestone visitor
A Melbourne train enthusiast has had a rare look behind the scenes at one of the Metro Tunnel’s five new underground stations.
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NOLA event to kickstart university year
RMIT’S Urban Square will be transformed into the ultimate block party in an afternoon of frivolity, food and fun to mark the return to university for the city’s students.
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Metro Tunnel Project inspires new generation of train enthusiasts
The Metro Tunnel Project’s award-winning visitor centre has become a popular haunt for burgeoning trainspotters, as the tunnel’s 2025 opening date draws nearer.
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Have yourself a merry little Metro Tunnel Christmas with The Huxleys
Melburnians, get ready to be bedazzled in Melbourne’s CBD this Christmas.
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Metro Tunnel art celebrates Victorian rail history
A collection of historical rail images – some dating back nearly 150 years – will be on display in Melbourne’s CBD as part of a Metro Tunnel exhibition to celebrate Victoria’s transport history.
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Internationally recognised artists to make a splash at CBD stations
Major public works by world-class artists will feature at the Metro Tunnel’s two new underground CBD stations, boosting Melbourne’s reputation as the nation’s cultural capital.
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Town Hall Station shaping as a new city landmark
The spectacular interior of the Metro Tunnel’s new Town Hall Station has been revealed, with platforms that stretch from City Square to Federation Square, more than 30 metres below Swanston St.
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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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Artefacts on show at Metro Tunnel HQ for school holidays
Indigenous artefacts found during the Metro Tunnel’s archaeological dig will go on show next month in a rare chance to get up close with the First Nations’ history of Naarm (Melbourne).
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Cultural icon Sticky Institute reopens at the Nicholas Building
A Melbourne cultural icon has literally moved up in the world after more than two decades pushing its paper wares in the underground Campbell Arcade, next to Flinders Street Station.
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Metro Tunnel HQ back in business
Visitors are flocking back to the Metro Tunnel’s award-winning interactive information centre on Swanston St, as the city-shaping project continues to reach new milestones.
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