Boosted by trainees, work is underway on all Metro Tunnel stations
14 February 2019Australia – Large-scale excavation is now underway across all five Metro Tunnel station sites in Melbourne. The project has provided political capital for local leaders, with Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Transport Infrastructure Jacinta Allan visiting the future Anzac Station site on 31 January. The site involves excavation of a 300m-long, 30m-wide, 22m-deep station box.
Around 2.5Mt of rock, sands, clays and silt will be excavated to construct the five Metro Tunnel stations, with the same amount will be removed during works to dig the twin 9km, 7m od tunnels.
The project has also made use of 12 ‘engineering cadets’, many of which were trained at the MetroHub, sited near one of the stations. Engineering cadets have already worked more than 135,000 hours on the Metro Tunnel, while almost 100 extra tertiary students studying a range of disciplines have worked on the project as part of industry-based learning opportunities.
