Victoria's Big Build declares 2024 as the 'Biggest year yet' for the SRL tunnelling project.

2024 has been our biggest year yet, with construction of Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East powering ahead. We’ve had boots on the ground at all 6 station sites and the train stabling facility, with more than 1500 people working on the project.

Our first major tunnelling contractors are now on site, kicking off major construction in Clayton soon after a blitz of works to move underground services and prepare the site earlier this year.

The second major tunnelling contract has been awarded and we have shortlisted 3 world-leading bidders to build the 6 underground SRL East stations.

The TBM launch site at Burwood is now more than 9m deep and getting deeper, as workers prepare for the start of tunnelling in 2026.

The first 4 TBMs for SRL East have been ordered and will start arriving on site next year.

Almost 870 women applied to be part of SRL’s world first all-women TBM crew, with the assessment process now underway.

We started building a temporary bridging structure along Whitehorse Road in Box Hill that will keep local traffic moving during construction of the station underneath.

As Australia’s largest housing project, SRL East will help deliver 70,000 additional homes in the areas around the 6 new underground stations.

Source: Victoria's Big Build media release.