Brenna is smiling and proudly holding her completed passport and sticker sheet

A photo of the passport open to the Anzac Station page in front of the place where you stamp the passport

The sticker sheet you get for collecting all five station stamps, featuring stickers of each station and stickers with a bus, tram and train

Had a blast today collecting all five station stamps in the Metro Tunnel Passport. If you collect all five you get a sticker sheet. Such a great initiative, very clever and so much fun! #MetroTunnel

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One new issue with State Library / Melbourne Central that I have noticed since the Metro Tunnel opened has to do with interchanging.

When coming out of State Library Station there are no screens to tell you the next train departures from platforms at Melbourne Central. The only bank of screens […]

Cranbourne and Pakenham services start and end at South Yarra. 7.15pm to last service each night, Monday 2 March to Thursday 5 March

Just when you thought the Cranbourne/Pakenham lines would never stop at South Yarra ever again!
#Melbourne #MetroTunnel www.metrotrains.com....

Caulfield Station: Temporary platform access changes from Sunday 22 February to Thursday 12 March 2026 Find all your Victorian travel information in one place – public transport, roads, cycling, and walking.

Meanwhile at Caulfield they're going to remove the Myki gates, replacing them with standalone readers. Makes sense - the gates take up a lot of valuable platform space, and there are a lot more people changing trains here since the #Melbourne #MetroTunnel opened. transport.vic.gov.au/disruptions/...

Comparison of escalator signage in Town Hall Station, previously pointing to escalators running in the opposite direction, now blanked out.

Good to see them continuing to improve the signage in the #Melbourne #MetroTunnel - this signage previously pointed you down towards to escalators that are always running up. They've now blanked it out (well almost). Good wayfinding is important.

Today was the second day I got to travel using the metro tunnel and I absolutely, fucking love it #MetroTunnel

Flinders Street station clocks showing train times for Pakenham/Cranbourne, Frankston, Sandringham

Unless I’m much mistaken the Cranbourne/Pakenham clock at Flinders Street is still showing train times even though they’ve moved to Town Hall Station, down the street. (Correct TH platform number too.) #Melbourne #MetroTunnel

Sign in a station pointing to platform 1, Sunbury via Metro Tunnel, To City, Change at Town Hall or State Library for the City Loop

I didn't notice this signage last week, so I'm guessing it's new.
Personally I think I'd swap "City" with "Sunbury" here.
But good to see they're trying different things. #Melbourne #MetroTunnel

Cranbourne/Pakenham lines: Major delays. Sunbury line: Suspended.

Fair to say things did not go to plan tonight ☹️
Metro Tunnel disrupted, and flow-on effects to other lines.
Hopefully smoother sailing tomorrow.
#Melbourne #MetroTunnel

Sunbury line: Buses replace trains between West Footscray and Footscray due to An overhead power fault.

Delays up to 60 minutes due to an overhead power fault in the Armadale area.

For #Melbourne #MetroTunnel watchers... trouble in paradise. Power faults - not clear if the same one causing issues on both sides of the city, or two separate ones.
Suspending the Sunbury line supposedly just between Footscray and West Footscray makes me think it's the former.

Photo of a crowded platform at Richmond Station looking across tracks

Photo of passenger queue down the entrance ramp to Frankston Line platform at Richmond Station

This is the scene at platforms 3/4 at Richmond Station for passengers waiting for a train to Frankston. Never seen it like this before.

Day 2 of the #MetroTunnel so teething problems are to be expected as people get used to the new network. I suspect many of […]

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How Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel Revolutionises Public Transport in Australia One of the most exciting features of this milestone is the arrival of trains at Metro Tunnel stations every three minutes during peak periods. The post How Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel Revolutionises Public Transport in Australia first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

How Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel Revolutionises Public Transport in Australia #BreakingNews #MetroTunnel #RailNews #Melbourne #victoria

Daniel talking to Brett Mcleod on Channel 9 about the Metro Tunnel and train timetables (2/2/2026)

Great to have people talking not just about the #MetroTunnel infrastructure, but also about the timetables.
Need to keep pushing for timetable improvements, especially for other PT routes around #Melbourne and Victoria.
(This aired on yesterday's 4pm Ch9 news, but was recorded earlier at lunchtime)

Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel and Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao’s view on housing - Monocle We explore the Melbourne Metro Tunnel, which has recently opened in the Victorian capital. Plus: Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao joins...

Monocle's The Urbanist podcast looks at the architecture of the #Melbourne #MetroTunnel - I didn't realise the orange highlights were inspired by local sunsets. (Google "MelbHenge", you'll find some great photos).
Starts at 17 minutes in.

Map from Wikipedia showing the route of the Metro Tunnel through Melbourne's CBD. By Gracchus250 - CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Tunnel#/media/File:Melbourne_Metro_Rail_Tunnel_route_map_blue.svg

Some people seem a little unclear about the route of the #Melbourne #MetroTunnel through the CBD.
It stops at State Library (which is next to Melbourne Central) and Town Hall (next to Flinders Street).
If your destination is MC or FS there's no need to change trains; you can use the new stations.

Photo of a screen facing a large square pillar with an advertising screen

Photo of a next train information screen at Melbourne Central Station showing departures from State Library Station

First weekday of the "Big Switch" for the #MetroTunnel and it seems to have gone reasonably well, other than some teething issues that are to be expected with any project.

There are important details to fix though. These are mainly legacy problems from previous […]

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Passengers exiting a train at a Metro Tunnel station

Big Switch first weekday📅🚇
We've seen some cancellations and delays for Frankston trains and the Metro Tunnel line - and also big problems on the Hurstbridge and Seymour lines. Also some confusion for passengers whose trains have changed.
How's it been for you this morning? #Melbourne #MetroTunnel

So I get to use the Metro Tunnel tomorrow and will save approx 30/45 minutes commuting daily. Doesn’t sound like much but believe me when you spend approx 2.5 hours commuting for work every day and then having a helluva job to do, it’s a huge saving #metrotunnel

First day vibes #metrotunnel

Station entrance with new signage pointing to the different lines

Wandering around the CBD stations. Good to see Metro’s senior people out and about looking over things too. #Melbourne #MetroTunnel

Notice about the Australian Open and the full opening of the Metro Tunnel

Ok it’s good that they’re thinking about people going to big events…but it seems to be missing the vital piece of info: hop off at Town Hall Station.
Perhaps they’re trying to train people to use the journey planner, but still... #Melbourne #MetroTunnel

Frequent services help make connections quick and easy - even if you just miss a train - and make the public transport network more useful for everyone. #Melbourne #MetroTunnel

I emailed ABC News and said we don’t want any articles about dipshit Doreen who missed a decade of signs and information and is now OUTRAGED her train from Sunbury doesn’t go to Flinders St anymore.

#SpringSt #MetroTunnel #Auspol

A black and white photo of an escalator, your hit and miss photographer is peering up towards the swanston st exit of the newly built town hall station

now leaving town hall station, melbourne australia
#photography #ClassicMono
#MetroTunnel
#EastCoastKin

A blue passport "Passport: Explore Melbourne's five new stations" from Metro Tunnel is kept on the shelf

#MetroTunnel #Melbourne #photo #fotografia #PassportChallenge 🚇

They ran out of pins 🤦🏻‍♀️😭 bruv!

Sign pointing up to escalators down.

I am not convinced this wayfinding is perfect. ↖️↙️↗️↘️ #Melbourne #MetroTunnel

View of platform at State Library station from a train

Where am I? It doesn't seem like there's enough signage on the platforms for new underground stations set to be some of the busiest on the network. #Melbourne #MetroTunnel
Read more on the blog: danielbowen.com/2026...

Selfie taken by Treble of them in their partial travelling up the eastern exit escalators at Parkville Station.

Photo looking up at Arden Station coming up from the platform. The sky could be seen thru the glass roof.

Photo of entering ANZAC station from the southern entrance down onto the concourse level. The wooden roof spans overhead.

Photo of State Library's platform level, looking down from the concourse level.

Lemme start this #MetroTunnelMonday with one of my favourite few pics from this weekend of #MetroTunnel gunzelling :3

There is beauty wherever you look, you sometimes just have to look up 💜

Thanks to @mochara.cc for putting up with my shenanigans x3

#Melbourne #train #fursuit #furry

We be in the MelTun :3

At least it isn't Melton ;3

It was fun seeing everyone take photos themselves of the train or at station entrances... It's nice to see the general public excited for this too :)

#MetroTunnel

Daniel riding a train in the Metro tunnel

Hasn’t got old yet🚇

Looking forward to details of the full timetable. Frequent trains all day every day pls. #Melbourne #MetroTunnel