Could Melbourne be getting a second Metro Tunnel?

Its not long until the Melbourne Metro Tunnel megaproject will finally be complete - and its set to transform Melbourne's railway network.

But, the city isn't stopping there - the Victorian government already have 2 other major CBD rail infrastructure projects in its pipeline: the City Loop Reconfiguration and the Metro Tunnel 2. This video will focus on the latter, and how this new train tunnel could transform Melbourne's Metro and V/Line train networks!

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[DouglasDC.]

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[gregquan]

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[njz]

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[kerronwalker]

Honestly this needed to happen like 10 years ago this whole project. Crazy that it's taken this long to even get out of planning phase. And for real use to work in docklands and live in tarniet and it's literally so hard to get to the city cause of how congested the vline and werribe lines have become, this project would change everything and free up everything.

[eris]

I would love to see more better access to the west, while an easterner myself the complete lack of service in the west is horrendous and needs to be focused on if we actually want to build a better city.

[TheMatsushitaMan]

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[bradw]

I enjoy these videos but they leave me always shaking my head at the reactive nature of planning in Victoria. These two projects would be welcome, but should have been completed in some form or another many years past.

[tangiers]

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[thethirdman]

Building a tunnel under Fisherman's Bend and Southbank would be no mean feat. The soil there is thixotropic ni some places and very unstable. It would require very high levels of sealing. It would also require a more specialised TBM: think 'the one that dug from the French side'...

The other problem for me is that I think it should go to Doncaster.

[noelkelly]

Why is $20B eye watering? $20B/5M ppl = $4000 per capita over the life of the project. What's the life of the project? 40 years = $100/yr/capita. 80 years = $50/yr/capita. And that's not allowing any dilution for population growth. Note this is a back-of-the-envelope cost _benefit_, you count everyone who benefits. I'll leave any cost _recovery_ to business cases and intergovernmental horse trading.

[jdillon]

I hope this gets built as soon as possible. If Victoria stopped spending so much on roads (north east link is over-sized), there would be money to pay for public transport. In fact, we should probably implement congestion charging too, for the inner city. That would also help pay for public transport projects.

[CA]

You are asking the wrong question. Does Melbourne need to keep importing more customers?

[Terraboat]

when melbourne proposes literally anything its either not going to happen or will get delayed for 50+ years
we unelectrify more lines than build lines

[RcottR]

Won't be built, the consequence of prioritising the SRL. Metro 2 shows why engineers should direct infrastructure spending and not politicians.

[fcfhkmelb]

The gap between the Werribee and Sunbury/Melton lines is too big. Metro 2 should be extended to fill this gap in order to provide the west with the same level of railway coverage that the east enjoys. On the east side Metro 2 should be extended into the Doncaster area.

[therealsammyvee]

I personally believe something like this should be prioritised over SRL. Great video.

[lachlanmcgowan]

I'm of the opinion that one of the best uses for Metro Tunnel 2 would be running V-Line trains to Geelong through the tunnel and past Werribee rather than looping them up around Sunshine. That would make the construction of the tunnel more complicated, since you would need to build an "offramp" that went from the tunnel into the main station at Southern Cross for the V-Line trains to stop, and you would need at least one passing loop inside the tunnel or at one of the underground stations, but Melbourne to Geelong is one of the busiest routes on V-Line and shaving some time off the trip would be good for passenger and train capacity.

[Viatoriiii]

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[iwx]

It's flabbergasting how long this tunnel has taken and the fact there's still no airport rail