Thursday, 16 October 2025

 Anthony CIANFLONE (Pascoe Vale) (14:56): (1338) My constituency question is for the Minister for Public and Active Transport: how will people in my community of Pascoe Vale, Coburg and Brunswick West who utilise the Upfield and Craigieburn lines benefit from the opening of the brand new Metro rail tunnel? The new Metro Tunnel provides the biggest transformation in Melbourne’s public transport system for a generation. Officially opening from December 2025, one year ahead of schedule, the Metro Tunnel will deliver faster journeys, better connections and hundreds of new services for passengers. Just like the city loop reshaped Melbourne’s travel patterns in the 1980s, the Metro Tunnel will redefine how people move across our city and is the first essential step to unlocking new capacity for people utilising the Upfield and Craigieburn line through the city loop. From December, passengers can start travelling through the new tunnel, with services stopping at the five brand new stations – Arden station; Parkville station; State Library station, where Merri-bek residents can transition over to Melbourne Central station; the new Town Hall station, where you can transition on from Flinders station; and of course, Anzac station. These new world-class stations will provide locals with even better access to key CBD employment, university, hospital, cultural and social precincts.

Brad Rowswell: On a point of order, Speaker, I draw your attention to some overdue questions on notice. And with the racing minister sitting across from me, I will do my best race caller speed through these: 2914, 2913, 2912, 2911, 2910, 2882, 2881, 2880, 2879, 2878, 2877, 2876, 2875, 2874, 2850, 2849, 2741, 2576, 2575, 2574, 2573, 2572, 2571, 2538, 2387, 2335, 2175, 2160, 1264. I will pass that to the Clerk.