METRO Trains Melbourne has successfully tested a High-Capacity Signalling system (HCS) in the new 9km Melbourne Metro Tunnel. The project is due to open in 2025, a year ahead of schedule.
The CBTC system installed by the Rail Systems Alliance, a consortium of CPB Contractors, Alstom and Metro Trains Melbourne, will allow trains to run through the new tunnel at frequencies of up to every three minutes.
Metro Trains ran 18 trains an hour between West Footscray and Hawksburn during tests, with some trains operating at intervals of two minutes. The HCS was successfully retrofitted on the existing Cranbourne and Pakenham suburban lines last autumn.
New high-capacity metro trains (HCMT), built by the Evolution consortium of Downer, CRRC and Partners Group in Victoria, were used to test the signalling.
For details of projects across the globe, subscribe to IRJ Pro.
