Victorian Government has released the AUD 6 billion (USD 4.68 billion) ‘Tunnel and Stations’ PPP contract, which reveals Melbourne Metro Tunnel is on track to be complete by the end of 2025, with new High Capacity Metro Trains running through the Metro Tunnel a year ahead of schedule.
“The Metro Tunnel is ahead of schedule, creating thousands of jobs and giving hundreds of apprentices a head start on their careers. This project will create space to run more trains, more often, right across Melbourne. We’re getting it done,” Premier Daniel Andrews said.
The final contracts were signed in December with the Cross Yarra Partnership – a consortium led by Lendlease Engineering, John Holland Bouygues Construction and Capella Capital.
The Metro Tunnel will untangle the City Loop by taking three of Melbourne’s busiest train lines – Cranbourne, Pakenham and Sunbury – out of the Loop and running them through the new tunnel, creating space for more trains, more often across the network.
The contract outlines that the tunnels and stations will be completed in September 2024, which will allow the track and signalling work to connect the tunnels to the existing rail corridors to be complete by the end of 2025.
Melbourne Metro Tunnel envisages the construction of 9 km twin rail tunnels and five new underground stations
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