A High Capacity Metro Train (HCMT) leaves Flinders Street station, platform 7, on a service to Cranbourne! Follow Kayden's Transport for more train and public transport content! #kaydenstransport #hcmt #trainvideography #melbournetrains #flindersstreetstation | Kayden's Transport | Facebook

42K views · 241 reactions | Are you into Virtual Reality? Sit in the driver's cab of Melbourne's new High Capacity Metro Train and journey through Melbourne and beyond! Come down to Birrarung Marr - just a short walk from Flinders Street Station - from Friday 9 February until Saturday 17 February. Daily opening hours and more info: transport.vic.gov.au/biggertrains | Metro Tunnel | Facebook

6.3K views · 138 reactions | Meet Kevin, one of our first train drivers to run test trains using our next generation High-Capacity Signalling system  His run from Hawksburn to Footscray marks the Metro Tunnel’s permanent connection with the surface train network, and Kevin has the best seat in the house. | Metro Trains Melbourne | Facebook

With twin nine-kilometre tunnels, five deep-level stations, advanced signalling and a high-capacity communications-based train control system, the Melbourne Metro tunnel is a $15 billion piece of infrastructure set to reshape how commuters move through the heart of the city. Four tunnel boring machines excavated simultaneously from both western and eastern portals. The machines operated at pressures up to three bar to maintain face stability through complex Coode Island Silt and Melbourne mudsto