Suburban Rail Loop

6 new underground stations from Cheltenham to Box Hill are now under construction.

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@railmaps It's in the works! We're aiming to share a tracker early next year, once we have our first 4 TBMs fully assembled and on their way.

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Our first section of tunnel.

Tunnel boring machines Alice, Hacia and Aayushi are digging the Suburban Rail Loop.

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We’ve launched 2 more tunnelling machines.

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It means 3 machines are now building the SRL East twin tunnels, after TBM Alice launched in September.

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2 more massive machines have started tunnelling.

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TBM Aayushi is moving north from our Clarinda site, while TBM Hacia is heading south from Burwood.

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@ma261065 That's right!

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A close-up of the circular piles that line your new station in Glen Waverley. There are 268 of them.

Each concrete column extends deep into the ground, providing essential ground support and eventually acting as the walls of the completed station.

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Behind the scenes in Burwood.

Crews are digging out your future station, right across the road from Deakin Uni.

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The latest look at your future SRL station in Clayton.

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In Clarinda, crews recently moved the cutterhead down into the launch shaft, attaching it to TBM Belinda.

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It’s been about a month since we kicked off excavation in Clayton.

Safe to say - we’ve been busy.

We’re about 20% of the way already, with the final station set to be around 20m deep and 200m long.

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Touchdown.

The first major components of tunnel boring machine Belinda have been lowered into place.

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How’s the station next to Monash Uni coming along?

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Your new train station next to Monash University is on the way.

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Going, going, gone!

TBM Alice is on her way from Burwood to Glen Waverley, building the first section of Suburban Rail Loop tunnel.

TBM Hacia isn’t far behind, with crews now making the final preparations for launch.

Stay tuned for more tunnelling progress.

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Glen Waverley, the first stage of station construction is now complete.

Crews recently finished installing 268 piles, they’re the circular ground supports that outline the station space.

Now, we’re ready for full-scale excavation.

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It’ll carry all of the soil from TBMs Aayushi and Belinda, which are launching soon.

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As you’d expect, tunnelling machines dig up a lot of dirt.

Moving that dirt to the surface and then off site is a fair effort.

That’s why we’re building this massive conveyor belt.

It’s about 90 metres long, running through most of our Clarinda site.

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Flying over your future train connection to Monash University.

We’ve been installing ground supports along the perimeter of the new station, setting up for full-scale excavation.