Melbourne’s rail network will feel the improvements immediately, but experience from Sydney and elsewhere shows changes in travel behaviour will take time.
With the $15 billion Metro Tunnel, the train network comprises 16 lines connecting 227 stations via 1000 kilometres of track.
The Overland train between Melbourne and Adelaide. Photo: Supplied Catching a train from platform one of Melbourne's Southern Cross Station is like boarding a flight from gate one of an international ...
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'Bloody amazing': fanfare as $15b train line opens

Crowds have flocked to new underground stations to catch the Melbourne Metro as a long-awaited and pricey rail tunnel opens ...
Maintenance and improvement works will close the Sydney to Melbourne line Works are part of a program to improve network resilience and reliability ...
It's the biggest upgrade to Melbourne's rail network in more than 40 years, and it's arrived — the long-awaited Metro Tunnel, ...