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The Big Switch transforms Victoria’s rail network
From February 1, Victoria is seeing the biggest transformation of Victoria’s public transport system in more than 40 years, when the Big Switch takes place.
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Hop on board the Metro Tunnel Summer Series
As things heat up over summer, the Metro Tunnel continues to celebrate opening to passengers, with free pop-up performances and the chance to win Metro Tunnel merchandise and prizes in the leadup to the Big Switch on 1 February, when peak services will start through the tunnel.
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New Boot Camp artwork graces Scott Alley as the Metro Tunnel prepares to open
These boots were made for walkin’; and that’s just what they’ll do; one of these days these boots ... are going to pique your curiosity and lead you down Scott Alley!
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Hundreds of drivers ready to drive through the Metro Tunnel
The Metro Tunnel is another step closer to opening later this year, with nearly 500 drivers now trained and ready to take passengers through the tunnel and five new stations.
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New Metro Tunnel artwork raises awareness of threatened species
If you take a peek down Scott Alley off Degraves St as you go about your day in the CBD, you might notice a colourful – and wild – addition.
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Thousands celebrate Track Work at Anzac Station
The Metro Tunnel Project team hosted its first major music event inside a station on Sunday, June 15, as more than 3000 people descended on Anzac Station for Track Work – Music From the Underground.
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Creativity and construction: Metro Tunnel artists feature at Design Week
The Metro Tunnel is much more than a rail project – the new stations feature world-class art and design, bringing creativity, art and construction together to create something truly meaningful and enduring in our urban environment.
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More Metro Tunnel milestones ahead of 2025 opening
Trains have travelled more than 100,000km inside the Metro Tunnel – the equivalent of two-and-a-half trips around the Earth’s circumference – as operator Metro Trains takes over management of the project’s three completed stations.
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Melbourne’s beloved Campbell Arcade set to reopen
A call has gone out to potential tenants to fill Campbell Arcade’s quirky shopfronts, signifying that work on the much-loved Melbourne icon is almost complete.
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Hundreds of drivers trained to drive through Metro Tunnel
More than half the drivers needed for the new state-of-the-art Metro Tunnel have now been trained, in another step towards opening the tunnel and stations to passengers later in the year.
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Construction update
State Library Station is taking shape in the heart of the CBD
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