The first of 4 TBMs that will build the Melbourne Metro Tunnel is on its way to its launch site in North Melbourne. The TBMs are being engineered in Germany and built in China, before they are progressively shipped to the North Melbourne and Anzac station sites throughout 2019.

The first two TBMs to arrive will be trucked to the site of the future North Melbourne Station (on Arden Street), before being re-assembled, lowered into a shaft, and launched underground towards the western tunnel entrance in Kensington. There, they will be disassembled and trucked back to North Melbourne and relaunched towards the CBD and the future State Library Station for the last leg of their journey.

The remaining two TBMs will depart from the site of the future Anzac Station at Domain in late 2019, where they will be launched towards the eastern tunnel entrance in South Yarra, before being trucked back to Domain and relaunched towards the CBD and the future Town Hall Station.

Click here and au/32 for tunnelbuilder archive. For further information click here and visit metrotunnel.vic.gov.au . 03/19