*NEW* Metro Tunnel Construction Update Winter 2024 (Melbourne Railway Vlog 223)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ค. 2024
- Lots of progress has been made on the Metro Tunnel since the last construction update video that I made. In this video, I visit the 7 main construction sites - the 5 stations, and the 2 portals. Of course, most of the video is focussed on above-ground progress, particularly at the incomplete stations; the tunnel itself is essentially finished, with test trains able to travel the whole way through.
This video has a combination of factual information and speculation. The government are very conservative with the information they release, but there is enough evidence to speculate on some matters. Of course, that means that some of my speculations will be wrong.
For those interested, the video was filmed and edited in the last week of June in 2024.
Please let me know if the are any details that I have missed, or if there are any corrections to be made. Otherwise, I hope you enjoy the video!
0:00 South Yarra
3:06 Anzac
5:09 Town Hall
7:34 State Library
9:20 Parkville
15:09 Arden
16:38 South Kensington
17:42 Conclusion
Outro music: On & On - Cartoon (feat. Daniel Levi) [NCS release]
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The staff member you overheard was probably refering to an internal goal of final acceptance being Sep 2025, but trains are planned to be running before all of the construction is 100% done. Also the Fed Square entrance will be the final piece of the whole project to be finished.
Yeah, that seems like what he was talking about.
Thanks Premier Allan
Great video. The pink pillars are just moulds/form work for the concrete to be poured into and will be peeled off at some point leaving bare concrete.
Ahhhh right. That makes sense!
Beautiful video . I love all the silver elements and silvery tones all around, it gives the air and lightness and shine, very pleasant. I agree with you about Dockland, however I think it is neat, clean, organised and functional, and does have a potential for a new makeup with a lot of greenery and silvery furniture and walkways . It just takes someone in positions to envisage possibilities and go for it.
Yeah, I agree. It's always tempting to take the functional, easy way out with designs, but it would be a lot nicer if they didn't do that as often!
Fantastic video, thanks so much for getting on the ground and capturing so much footage! I feel like when the tunnel opens I’m going to spend like a week just exploring all the stations and their surroundings.
Thanks. Yeah, I can't wait to do the same when it opens!
Thanks for the informative video! It amazes me there’s been no announcement on Domain Road tram services; you’d think keeping RBG, Melbourne Grammar, Merton Hall, Domain Road retailers and locals informed would be a simple thing.
Yeah, I agree. I think the public (or the media, or both) tends to overreact to 'delays' - I wish they'd just give us timelines, and regularly change them, so regularly that there there can't be a massive backlash when they happen.
It's great to see more modern public transit being built around the world. The stations look cool. Congrats!
I live in Los Angeles and our rail transit network continues to be expanded. Our D subway line has also been behind schedule, but the first section will open in 2025. The bigger project is the connection from the LAX airport to the LA Metro network. That is also opening in 2025.
How exciting! I wasn't even aware that LA had a subway system. That's so cool! I'd love to check it out one day!
You know what’s funny I was literally here today doing the same thing 😂😂
Hahaha. I'm sure you'll capture a lot of progress too. There's always so much happening!
Looking forward to using these stations! I just wish the new station on St Kilda road had maintained the Domain name, as the junction was called for over a century. The public vote was a sham too, with around 10 to 1 votes in favour of Domain. But, the government went against the public's wishes and named the station Anzac. Such a shame. Just like Spencer St being renamed to Southern Cross for no logical reason.
ANZAC
Thanks heaps for the update. It's getting there!
Yeah, slowly but surely!
As a member of the cranbourne and Pakenham line, some stations on the line are being upgraded for more acsessabilities. But this cuts trains at westall most of the times, due to the works on the stations further up the lines.
(Further up = towards cranbourne and pakenham).
ohhh this is amazing thanks for making! I CAN NOT wait🎉
No worries. I'm just as excited as you are mate!
Great video, thank you!
Very informative update. Thanks 👍
Thanks mate
Great clip, very informative indeed! 😊
Thanks mate :)
Thanks for your very detailed video about all the new stations. I think I will make going to South Yarra an opportunity of going to the new park and doing some ‘train spotting’. Well done and Cheers Steve (I travel on the Glen Waverley line)
Yeah, I highly recommend checking it out! Thanks for your kind words :)
I can't see the retail spaces at Arden being a priority for anyone. Metro, business owners or customers. Cool looking station though
Yeah, good point actually. There won't be many people using it when it opens, so they might well just sit empty!
If Southern Cross with millions of passengers sits empty, no way Arden is will have any success
I can imagine that has to do with 'competitive pricing' of rent 🙃
Can't wait for the Winter 2054 update when it's all finished!
Hahaha yeah inshallah
Funny... But project is a year ahead of schedule so not exactly clever 😅
@@fatheranthony4popeis it ahead of schedule if the targeted internal date is 2024? It's almost like with all these rail projects the govt says fake days way over what's needed so people like you can comment "it's early"
I believe 401/403 could remain in another form instead of replaced by 402 and become the only bus alternative to train, like acting as a an special express service of 402(402a I guess?) which opens only if metro tunnel services got f*cked up (which is usual), as the routing of 402 is relatively indirect for uni/hospital commuters and the replacement buses can't reach to CBD easily due to the harsh traffic condition with no good tram alternatives
having this kind of unscheduled express service do helps a lot instead of punishing them for being unfortunate and take extra time on indirect routine during(look at that horrendous replacement buses' route planning) .
Replacement buses are very frustrating indeed. I'm not sure if it's justified to have a whole other service run all the time in case there are disruptions, as most of the time, the buses would be pretty empty. But I definitely think that there is a case for reallocating the resources that the 401/403 use.
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You need to get out to Keon Park, I think it is now open ! I got a flyer in letter box stating that the station is open to passengers on June 21.
Yeah, I won't be able to get out there for a couple of weeks even though it's open, but it's definitely on my radar.
@@melbournerailwayvideos Looks pretty good, the work where crossing WAS seems to be done and works well. I watched a couple of trains passing just south of the new station, Johnston St. is hard to access at the moment with detours, the traffic management diverted a truck down a street and it pulled own power lines, power was out for 6 hours so not all smooth sailing.
Looks same as every other new LXRA skyrail station tbh
it's not street art/graffiti its "tagging" aka "a dog pissing on a fence".
Haha I'm with you mate in this case!
17:13-17:24 inadequacy on display.
Rate all the Metro lines in your opinion. Don’t rate them as the group, do all lines in each group
Yeah I'm pretty tempted to make this video. I've just got to work out if there's a way to present it that I'd like.
I heard it will know open in June 2025 and has yet again gone over budget
It hasn't gone over budget, $ for $ it has increased over a decade old budgeted price that considered the project in 2014 $
The HCMT trains are all on another line so I think the opening is a long way off.
What do you mean on another line?
We don't have enough HCMTs to run both Sunbury and Crackenham lines separated. Doesn't really have an effect on opening time they'll just start running through services when it's ready and the trains will be on both lines
@@guy8968 we have tons of HCMTs in reserve with plenty already on the Dandenong line. Once through running there will be enough
@@dylanshadowstar9779 ah well there you go. Same thing I was saying just y'know... Correct information 😉
@@dylanshadowstar9779there is actually excess of 5 Units that were ordered for the never to be built airport line.
No way this will be finished by next year
I'm optimistic 🤞
Why wouldn't it?
@@melbournerailwayvideosnot saying it won't open, just like these new stations opening,it'll open and be operational but not finished. Like Pakenham not having an entrance to platform 2 other than the construction entrance for 3 months
@@dylanshadowstar9779look how unfinished it is... Not saying it won't open next year, it just won't be finished.
@@74_pelicans I'd say it could definitely open next year. That's a whole year away. Although the first few months the stations might not look as pretty as they should.
Sydney has built train lines underground ten times longer and more in way less time. Labor can’t organise a chook raffle
I think tunnelling is a lot easier in Sydney, as it doesn't have so much basalt like in Melbourne. Nevertheless, the timelines are pretty comparable for Sydney Metro and Melbourne's Metro Tunnel. It's more just about political appetite, and there wasn't a lot of it in terms of building rail lines in Victoria before Daniel Andrews (by both the Labor and Liberal parties).
I don't care about the Metro Rail Tunnel, it's been a huge budget blowout, and now they have run out of money, and now they're expecting more tax payer money, it's a joke, when it was realised it was going over budget the Metro Rail Tunnel project should have been abandoned.
It's going to be a horrible trip into the city when it does get operational, because trains that are coming in from the Cranbourne and Pakenham line will not be going through South Yarra and Richmond that's a total inconvenience for people that have to get off at those stations and there's been no consideration for those that go to work or school in those areas either, getting of a Caulfeild and changing trains into an already crowded train from Frankston is NOT good and it's not fair for the elderly and disabled.
Move on.
You are telling me to move on okay!, WTH, and what line do you live on?, . I do live on the Pakenham and Cranbourne line, and I can also see the inconvenience that the Metro Rail Tunnel is going to be, oh!, by the way we also have a regional train service running on the Pakenham line, what does that mean for passengers that have to get of at Richmond, Flinders Street and Southern Cross, there has been no thought or consideration in the "planning" of the Metro Rail Tunnel.
When the pathetic tunnel is up and running the proverbial is going to hit the fan, and there has been NO public service information regarding how the Metro Rail Tunnel is going to travel for those on Pakenham and Cranbourne line and also the Sunbury line.