Metro Tunnel
- Exclusive
- Victorian Parliament
From ‘no extra cost’ to record debt: The 12-year transformation of Victorian Labor
Eight hundred pages of confidential state cabinet documents reveal how a disciplined new Labor government in 2014 evolved into a “crash through” administration – until it struck the unexpected.
- Royce Millar
Latest
Hotel owner demands millions in extra compensation from Metro Tunnel
The Westin Hotel’s owner wants 10 times the compensation it was offered for the loss of easements in City Square.
- Lachlan Abbott
How the Metro Tunnel fared on its first Monday morning peak
The launch of a full timetable through the Metro Tunnel has changed travel patterns that have been baked in for decades. Among the commuters there are winners and losers.
- Adam Carey
- Exclusive
- Public transport
The Metro Tunnel is open. But the City Loop still needs ‘untangling’, infrastructure boss says
Victoria’s infrastructure advisory agency is pushing for a major overhaul of the City Loop, worth up to $6 billion, to boost services to Melbourne’s rapidly growing northern suburbs.
- Patrick Hatch
- Opinion
- Opinion
Everyone loves the Metro Tunnel. As an economist, it’s up to me to burst your Munnel bubble
Even under the most forgiving economic settings, the Melbourne Metro Tunnel now hangs by a thread of economic viability. Why? Because we don’t take trains so much any more.
- Isaac Gross
- Analysis
- For subscribers
The Metro Tunnel didn’t open early. It’s right on time – but at what cost?
Victorians may never know just how much it cost the state for Labor MPs to maintain the illusion that the huge project is ahead of schedule.
- Patrick Hatch
Carrier pigeons and a nod to Michelangelo: Inside the Metro Tunnel art
It’s a brave artist who takes on a public art commission, and I imagine a particularly daunting task making public art for a train station.
- Gabriella Coslovich
‘Out of the station and into a paddock’: Arden station is open, so where’s the suburb?
Arden is meant to be the latest attempt to turn a patch of gritty industrial land into a thriving suburb. But the precinct faces flood risks and a 30-year build-out.
- Rachael Dexter
- Analysis
- Public transport
What works – and what doesn’t – in the new Metro Tunnel
Melbourne’s new underground rail line has now been open for five days. Here’s what’s good, what’s bad and what could be improved about the Metro Tunnel.
- Patrick Hatch
- Tony Wright’s Column
- City life
An ode to the joy of Melbourne. Could Pauline possibly understand?
It would take more than Pauline Hanson to bring down the mood in Melbourne on a weekend like that.
- Tony Wright