Four giant Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) are needed to dig the Metro Tunnel.
Lowered into the ground at North Melbourne and St Kilda Road in pieces and then assembled, they operate as moving factories travelling deep under Melbourne.
TBMs perform two main tasks:
Track their journey
Our first TBM is making its way across the sea to Melbourne, track its progress on our tracker.
For more information please visit https://metrotunnel.vic.gov.au/ .02/19
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