Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel has made the “Big Switch”, with its full timetable now running – delivering more than 1000 extra weekly services on the Sunbury, Cranbourne and Pakenham lines.   

At peak times, trains will arrive at each of the five new metro stations (Arden, Parkville, State Library, Town Hall, and Anzac) up to every three minutes, with trains running at least every 10 minutes between Watergardens and Dandenong stations in both directions from 6am to 9pm every day.  

As of February 1, services on the Sunbury, Cranbourne and Pakenham lines have switched to run exclusively through the Metro Tunnel.  

The Big Switch also marks Frankston line services coming back to the City Loop for the first time in five years, improving access to the CBD for thousands of passengers on one of Melbourne’s busiest lines. Trains run anticlockwise around the loop and no longer run cross-city to Werribee or Williamstown. 

Meanwhile regional passengers will benefit from extra services including 18 additional services on the Traralgon Line, 10 new services on the Seymour Line and four new services on the Echuca Line. 

The Werribee and Williamstown lines are temporarily running directly to Flinders Street. These lines will connect with the Sandringham line later in 2026 to form a new cross-city service.  

More than 800,000 passengers have visited the new stations since the tunnel opened on November 30, 2025, with trains travelling more than 64,000 kilometres through the tunnel so far.