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# VIC's Metro Tunnel is Almost Ready
- URL: https://www.carexplore.com.au/vics-metro-tunnel-is-almost-ready/
- Published: 2025-09-22T00:30:34.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-22T00:30:34.000Z
- Description: Nearly 500 drivers and 200 station staff trained for Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel, set to open in 2025—one year ahead of schedule.
- Author: Dylan Anderson
- Tags: Car News, Victoria

Nearly 500 train drivers are now trained and ready to operate services through the Allan Labor Government’s Metro Tunnel project, which is set to open later in 2025—one year ahead of schedule.

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## Driver Training Program

- Around 100 new drivers were recruited in 2022.
- Recruits completed a 44-week program including:
  - Classroom training
  - Simulator sessions
  - On-the-job training

## Technology Training

Hundreds of drivers have been trained on the Metro Tunnel’s advanced systems:

- High Capacity Metro Trains (HCMT)
- New signalling technology
- Victoria’s first platform screen doors

As part of trial operations:

- Drivers have collectively travelled more than **265,000 kilometres** during testing—over six laps of the Earth.

## Station Staff Preparation

More than 200 station staff are also undergoing training to prepare for the opening of the new stations. Staff roles include:

- Station Masters
- Senior Station Officers
- Station Officers
- Station Assistants

These staff will operate across the five new underground stations:

- Arden
- Parkville
- State Library
- Town Hall
- Anzac

## Project Overview

The Metro Tunnel is the largest change to Melbourne’s rail network in over four decades. The twin tunnels and five new underground stations will:

- Improve service frequency
- Increase capacity on the City Loop
- Support future network expansion

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