The City Loop is a piece of underground metropolitan rail infrastructure in the city centre of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Platform at Melbourne Central station in the City Loop, February 2026
Construction of Museum station in July 1974, showing cut and cover excavation of La Trobe Street, with the State Library of Victoria in the background.
Construction of Museum station in July 1974 looking towards Coop's Shot Tower.
When it opened in 1985, Parliament station had the longest escalators in Australia.
The Metro Tunnel is an underground heavy rail tunnel forming part of the metropolitan rail network in Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria and second largest city in Australia. The tunnel consists
City Loop
…in 1981 with the opening of Museum station, now Melbourne Central. The loop was fully complete in 1985 with the opening of Flagstaff station. The Metro Tunnel, a new rail tunnel under the CBD built to relieve pressure on the City Loop, began operating following a soft-open on 30 November 2025. From 1 February…
A plan for a cut-and-cover tunnel was replaced with a deeper mined tunnel in order to avoid disruptions to Swanston Street, Melbourne's main civic spine and busiest tram corridor.
Melbourne's City Square, which has been demolished for construction of Town Hall station
Acoustic shed at Anzac station in the domain precinct. Acoustic sheds were installed at Metro Tunnel station precincts to reduce noise and dust.
Parkville Station construction progress at the University of Melbourne in February 2018, showing the excavation of Grattan St for the station box