How long is the Melbourne Metro Tunnel going to be?
Metro Tunnel
Following the 2010 Victorian election, the newly elected Baillieu Government abandoned the Brumby transport plan, and announced that each of the projects would be individually reviewed, some by a newly created Public Transport Development Authority.[18] Then, in its 2012 budget, the government announced a revised version of the tunnel plan: a "Melbourne Metro" from South Kensington to South Yarra along a similar city centre route to Eddington's original proposal. [19] The revised project included five underground stations, and was submitted to Infrastructure Australia where it was deemed "ready to proceed" and listed as the highest-priority infrastructure project in Melbourne. A business case was quickly developed based on the constraints of the existing rail system, which was rapidly approaching its maximum capacity.[20] The Department of Transport commenced geotechnical drillings and route investigations.