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The new State Library Station on Swanston Street (pictured) and Town Hall Station are not yet compelted.

Metro Tunnel builders blame design faults for project headaches, delays

Dozens of design faults that have plagued Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel project have been revealed in a court case launched by the firms building the $15 billion underground rail line.

  • Patrick Hatch

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The Metro Tunnel Project faces delays to opening beyond their scheduled dates.

Metro Tunnel was meant to open on Sunday, but train services are months away

The underground rail line and five new stations were slated to open on June 29 and builders were even offered a $143 million carrot to get there, but construction and testing delays are stretching the timetable.

  • Nicole Precel and Ashleigh McMillan
State Library and Town Hall stations are not yet completed.

Metro Tunnel’s promise to commuters pushed out to 2026

The $15 billion tunnel and five new stations are expected to open in November, but only with limited off-peak services due to construction and testing delays.

  • Patrick Hatch and Kieran Rooney
Taxpayers have shielded Metro Trains from the impact of COVID-19.

Taxpayers fork out almost $500m to shield Metro Trains from pandemic fallout

Victoria is paying Metro Trains to offset lower passenger revenue, ensuring the private rail operator records bumper profits despite patronage falling as a result of work-from-home habits.     

  • Patrick Hatch and Kieran Rooney
Trains operating between Sunbury and Cranbourne/Pakenham through the Metro Tunnel will take passengers for the first time - but not through the tunnel itself.

Busy train lines closing for works as Metro Tunnel trial looms

Passengers will board trains bound for the Metro Tunnel and its five new stations for the first time, but will need to wait to travel through the tunnel itself.

  • Patrick Hatch
A trial using smartphones and credit cards was first held on Wangaratta buses.

Long-awaited myki upgrade delayed by another 18 months

Transport users won’t be able to use bank cards or phones to tap statewide until the end of 2028.

  • Patrick Hatch
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Pratima Karki can be left stranded for more than 30 minutes at Craigieburn station because of its infrequent off-peak services.

Train timetables are stuck in ‘the 1990s’ for Melbourne’s north and west

New analysis shows Melbourne’s north and west have far fewer hours of frequent train services each week compared the city’s south-east, or similar rail lines in Sydney and Perth.

  • Lachlan Abbott
Premier Jacinta Allan at the Metro Tunnel site on Thursday inspecting the project.

‘No place for this’: New CFMEU boss slams Metro Tunnel ‘ghost shift’ scandal

The new boss of Victoria’s embattled construction union has lashed out at those allegedly responsible for corrupting the Allan government’s giant project.

  • Nick McKenzie and Sarah Danckert
Premier Jacinta Allan at one of the new Metro Tunnel stations earlier this month.

Cost of Victoria’s major projects jumps $11.6 billion in a year

The auditor-general has found that 53 of 113 major state projects would cost a combined $14.9 billion more than first budgeted.

  • Rachel Eddie

Quiet cuts to Metro Tunnel scope raise questions over what services will actually be delivered

Commuters could miss out on the full benefits of the $15 billion project because related network upgrades have been cut to rein in the ballooning budget.

  • Patrick Hatch

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