Metro Tunnel milestone as Victorian-first platform doors installed

The Metro Tunnel Project has reached another milestone as workers begin installing platform screen doors in the five underground stations.

Platform screen doors are a hallmark of world-class metro rail systems, such as those in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Paris. The Metro Tunnel doors will be the first in Victoria’s rail network.

Installation is underway at Parkville, Arden, and Anzac stations, and is set to begin shortly at State Library and Town Hall stations.

The toughened glass sliding doors will open and close in tandem with the fleet of Melbourne’s new High-Capacity Metro Trains – creating a barrier between the track and platforms to improve passengers’ safety by preventing people and objects from falling into the path of oncoming trains, and stopping trespassers entering the tunnels.

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The new technology has been tested in a series of rigorous trials over several years, both in virtual development and at a test platform at the Pakenham East train depot.

There will be 60 doors installed at each station, making 300 in total – enough to stretch from Flinders Street Station to the MCG.

The Metro Tunnel’s stations are also quickly taking shape, with the fit-out of lifts, escalators, security systems, CCTV, passenger information displays and emergency phones underway, as well as tracks being laid along the nine-kilometre twin tunnels.

For more information, visit: www.bigbuild.vic.gov.au