Tunnel Boring Machines Individual Segments Will Be Used
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Tunnel Boring Machines Existing Existing Cranbourne/ Sunbury Line Pakenham Line City Loop Moonee Kensington Tunnels South Ponds Yarra Yarra Creek CBD River 27 METRES DEEP 15 16 METRES METRES 37 28 METRES METRES DEEP Depths measured DEEP from rail level to DEEP DEEP average ground level Which way to the surface? The Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) will be lowered into the excavated station box at the Arden and Anzac 7.28m station sites, assembled and then launched. They will head away from the CBD on the first leg of their journey. Our magnificent machines The TBMs are Not so boring Silver lining then retrieved in Four TBMs are needed The TBM not only digs the Kensington and to dig the Metro Tunnel. tunnels but it also seals them. South Yarra. At 120m in length, each TBM Concrete segments are delivered and its support structures is as to the TBM and installed to line long as trams end-to-end. the tunnel walls. A total of 3 E-Class 56,000 They are dismantled individual segments will be used. and trucked Making headway back to their starting points. At the front of the TBM is the Rock and roll ‘cutterhead’, which acts as a TBMs bore through a variety of drill that can tunnel through rock ground conditions, from hard rock six times harder than concrete. to sand, travelling around 10m a day. Finally, the TBMs are The face measures 7.28m in diameter. The amount of excavated material relaunched towards removed would fill the MCG 1.2 times! the CBD for the last leg of their journeys. Heave-ho Home sweet home A crew of up to 10 people, including a TBM operator, will work Each TBM is manned and on the TBM at any one time. monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is fully equipped with facilities for sta, including an oce, kitchen and toilets. Introducing our TBM names #1 #2 TBM TBM JOAN MEG Joan Kirner Meg Lanning Victoria’s first female Premier Australian cricket captain Joan Kirner was the first female Premier of Victoria Meg Lanning captains the Australian women’s national (serving from 1990 to 1992) as a member of the team and the Victorian Spirit. She holds the record for Labor Party. She was MP for Williamstown, and while the most centuries in women’s one-day internationals Education Minister her reforms included pioneering and was the youngest Australian (male or female) the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE). to score an international 100, when she was 18. #3 #4 TBM TBM MILLIE ALICE Millie Peacock Alice Appleford Victoria’s first female MP Wartime medical hero Millie Peacock was married to three-time Premier of Alice Appleford was an Australian civilian and military Victoria Sir Alexander Peacock. After his death in 1933, nurse who took part in both World Wars. During the she won the by-election to succeed him and became First World War she served in hospitals in Egypt and the first woman elected to the Parliament of Victoria. France and was one of only seven Australian nurses decorated with the Military Medal for Gallantry. More information To find out more about the Metro Tunnel Project and register for future email updates: W metrotunnel.vic.gov.au facebook.com/metrotunnel 1800 105 105 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) Subscribe to eNews or construction notification Press 2 and follow the prompts emails: metrotunnel.vic.gov.au/subscribe It should be noted that this information is current at the time of Interpreter Service (03) 9209 0147 printing, however due to unforeseen circumstances, changes may occur. Please visit metrotunnel.vic.gov.au for the latest updates. CYP-BR00039.