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It’s pretty normal at the start of a big project to roll out to bulldozers to clear the way for what you are about to build. But the Metro Tunnel project has been busy doing something different – demolishing infrastructure they only just finished building a few years ago, because a change in project scope rendered it redundant.


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Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is February 2016.

Building things

We start the month at the


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A few years ago I wrote about the brand new Deer Park station and the platforms too short to fit a nine car train, which then got a run in the media August 2024. Well fast forward to today, and the problem is almost solved – they’ve made the platforms longer.


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With the Metro Tunnel now open to passengers, the project team has busy demobilising the work sites and carting surplus materials to storage yards around Melbourne – among which I spotted some familiar sights.

Pedestrian wayfinding signage sitting atop concrete blocks?


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This is the story is a simple sign at Sunshine railway station, and the months of effort required to install it.

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The saga started on 4 September 2025, when I found a scissor lift parked benea...


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