Is the Melbourne Metro Tunnel a Metro?

Melbourne and Sydney both have major underground railways opening under their CBDs in 2024 and 2025, both featuring the word 'metro' in their name - but one of these metros, is metroier than the other. Want to help support the channel, get early access to new content and exclusive behind the scenes videos? Join me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Taitset All photographs and video footage used in this video are by Martin Bennet (me), unless credited otherwise on screen. Additional footage for this video was provided by @Rheilffordd and @BuildingBeautifully The historic picture of GM36 in the City Loop is by the late Weston Langford: https://www.westonlangford.com/ My voiceover in this video was recorded with the assistance of my brother Cian, who happens to be a sound recordist and musician - and he also did the music in this video. Check out his stuff here: https://hyperfollow.com/cianbennetmusic Chapters: 00:00 - A tale of two Metros 01:08 - Metro or suburban railway? 04:20 - Automation 05:18 - Two big suburban networks 05:44 - The Metro that isn't 07:07 - The point of the video: Sydney 08:22 - The point of the video: Melbourne 12:38 - Some metros are metroier than others #trains #melbourne #sydney #transport