Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project Explained - Part 2 | State Library, Parkville, Arden Stations & more!

This is the second part of my Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project Explained video series. If you've not seen Part 1, then click the icon below to watch this first.

Metro Tunnel Explained - Part 1 -    • Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project Explai...  

In this video, I start by covering the new State Library Station in detail, including the underground connection to Melbourne Central Station.

Although State Library Station only has 3 entrances, it's quite complex with many underground passageways and another trinocular cavern.

Its then on to Parkville Station which has 4 entrances, and will provide a rail service to Melbourne University, The Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre for the very first time.

I then cover Arden's Station with its amazing archway concourse, and explain how this Metro Tunnel station will regenerate the surrounding area.

I finish with the Western Tunnel Portal that runs alongside South Kensington Station. You'll see the decline structure and tracks as they ascend to the surface.

Chapters *
0:00 Introduction and quick recap
0:57 State Library station overview
1:27 South station concourse
3:19 Melbourne Central station overview (and connection to State Library station)
6:11 Underground passageways to the platforms
8:02 North station concourse
09:54 State Library to Parkville
11:17 Parkville Station
18:05 Parkville to Arden
18:45 Arden Station
24:19 Inside the Tunnel!
25:04 Arden to South Kensington
25:57 Western Tunnel Portal

Mentioned in this Video *
Melbourne Metro Tunnel Part 1 -    • Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project Explai...  
Guide to navigating the City Loop by Public Transport Users Association (Victoria, Australia)- https://www.ptua.org.au/tips/loop/
Exploring State Library Station's trinocular design - Rail Projects Victoria -    • Exploring State Library Station's tri...  
'Emotional' moment as Arden Station takes shape - Rail Projects Victoria -    • 'Emotional' moment as Arden Station t...  
Phillip Mallis Arden Station Metro Tunnel Tour - March 2022 -    • Arden Station Metro Tunnel Tour - Mar...  
Phillip Mallis Website - https://philipmallis.com.
Phillip Mallis YouTube Channel -    / @philipmallis  
Breaking Ground: TBMs break through in Kensington - Rail Projects Victoria -    • Breaking Ground: TBMs break through i...  

Attribution *
Everything listed in "mentioned in this video" above, along with the following...
Metro Tunnel Map
Gracchus250, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons - Gracchus250, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
Image URL - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Development Plans, Architectural Drawings and Landscape Plans for State Library Station, Parkville Station and Arden Station came from this web page:
https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/projects/...

All other maps. diagrams, artist impression images and construction photos are from the Victoria's Big Build website
https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/projects/...

Google Streetview Images - © 2023 Google Australia -https://about.google/brand-resource-c...

Open Streetmap - Map Data © OpenStreetMap contributors: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright

Elephant in the Room by Bit Boy - Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Link to original photo - https://www.flickr.com/photos/bitboy/...

Melton Community Hall by Mattinbgn, CC BY-SA 3.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... - via Wikimedia Commons
Photo link - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Promotional poster for Museum Station (now Melbourne Central) by Victorian Railways, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Link to Image - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Metro 2 Map - Friends of the Earth - https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net...

Spring Street Tram Display by Gary Houston, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Link to image - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

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Disclaimers *
I do my best to make this video as accurate as possible. Do check the comments, as other viewers will often pick up on things I've missed or any mistakes made.

All construction site footage is from a public vantage point, but sometimes using a Zoom lens or through a hole in the fencing.

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