Benefits for your train line

Untangling the City Loop means more trains, more often. It will make travel easier for you with more frequent trains carrying more people to destinations across Melbourne.

Some of Melbourne’s busiest metropolitan train lines – Sunbury, Cranbourne and Pakenham – will run exclusively through the new tunnel. By taking these lines out of the City Loop, other lines will be able to run more services.

As a result, 39,000 more suburban passengers from day one will be able to use the rail network during each peak period.

Better access

The Metro Tunnel will benefit all Victorians by making it easier to move around the city and visit important destinations.

The new Town Hall and State Library stations in the CBD will revitalise key areas of the city and will transform the way people use our train network.

These two new stations will be directly connected to the City Loop at Melbourne Central and Flinders Street stations, allowing passengers to conveniently interchange between services, just like other metro style train networks.

A new train-tram interchange as part of Anzac Station will take pressure off the busy St Kilda Road – Swanston Street tram corridor.

For the first time, passengers across all lines will be able to access key destinations such as the St Kilda Road employment precinct, the Shrine of Remembrance, University of Melbourne and world-leading research and medical facilities at Parkville via train.

Craigieburn line

The Metro Tunnel will create 27 per cent more capacity on the Craigieburn line during peak periods, meaning more trains, less crowding and a more comfortable journey.

Craigieburn line passengers will be able to access Metro Tunnel services by interchanging at Melbourne Central station and Flinders Street Station.

Cranbourne / Pakenham line

The Metro Tunnel, along with other network improvements along the lines, will create 45 per cent more capacity on the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines during peak periods. This means more trains, less crowding and a more comfortable journey.

The Metro Tunnel will connect the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines to the Sunbury line with five new underground stations.

The new Metro Tunnel stations will have longer platforms for longer trains. High Capacity Signalling will be installed between Watergardens and Dandenong to further increase the number of trains that can run each hour reliably and safely on the line.

Cranbourne and Pakenham line passengers will be able to access City Loop services by interchanging at the new CBD stations which connect directly to Melbourne Central station and Flinders Street Station.

Frankston line

The Metro Tunnel will create 15 per cent more capacity on the Frankston line during peak periods. This means more trains, less crowding and a more comfortable journey.

If Frankston line passengers interchange at Caulfield Station, they can access citybound Metro Tunnel express services to the new Anzac Station and beyond. Alternatively, they can interchange at Melbourne Central Station or Flinders Street Station.

Sandringham line

The Metro Tunnel will create 48 per cent more capacity on the Sandringham line during peak periods. This means more trains, less crowding and a more comfortable journey.

Sunbury line

The Metro Tunnel will create 60 per cent more capacity on the Sunbury line during peak periods. This means more trains, less crowding and a more comfortable journey.

The Metro Tunnel and its high capacity signalling will connect the Sunbury line to the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines with five new underground stations. Sunbury line passengers will be able to access City Loop services by interchanging at the new CBD stations which connect directly to Melbourne Central  station and Flinders Street Station.

Upfield line

The Metro Tunnel will create 71 per cent more capacity on the Upfield line during peak periods. This means more trains, less crowding and a more comfortable journey.

Upfield line passengers will be able to access Metro Tunnel services by interchanging at Melbourne Central station and Flinders Street Station.

Werribee / Williamstown line

The Metro Tunnel will create 24 per cent more capacity on the Werribee and Williamstown lines during peak periods. This means more trains, less crowding and a more comfortable journey.