Suburban Rail Loop East Tunnelling Works Package C

Ghella has officially started the initial phase of excavations for the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East project in Melbourne, Australia, to construct a 16-kilometre section of the project’s 26-kilometre twin tunnels, including tunnelling between Cheltenham and Glen Waverley, two new underground station boxes and construction works at the Southern Stabling Yard. This milestone holds great significance for Ghella as it marks its inaugural venture into the state of Victoria, whilst also bringing a profound and positive impact to the residents of Melbourne by transforming and enhancing the city's public transportation grid. Without a doubt, SRL is more than a transport project - it will help reshape how Melbourne grows in the decades ahead, offering solutions to longstanding transportation challenges by seamlessly reducing travel times and congestion, connecting millions of Victorians to key employment, health and education destinations in the city's East and Southeast. Trains will be running by 2035 with an endto-end trip taking as little as 22 minutes. Furthermore, the areas surrounding the new stations will evolve into vibrant, bustling and inclusive communities for people to live, work, study and play – offering a diverse mix of housing options, local services and jobs closer to where people want to live and all within a short distance from a train station.

Benefits

1. Stimulus for residential and economic development in station vicinities
2. Reduced travel times
3. Reduction in traffic congestion
4. Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions