The initial timetable will have 30 off-peak services each weekday, with a full timetable not starting until February 1.
During the summer soft launch, trains will run every 20 minutes between 10am and 3pm on weekdays from Westall and West Footscray stations.
Premier Jacinta Allan at Town Hall station last month.Credit: Luis Enrique Ascui
All trips during this period will be in addition to existing Sunbury and Pakenham/Cranbourne timetabled services, which will continue to operate through the City Loop until February, when they are switched over to run exclusively through the Metro Tunnel.
The full timetable has not been released, but the government said that from February, trains would run at least every 10 minutes from 6am to 10pm between Watergardens and Dandenong, with services every three to four minutes in peak hours.
The Metro Tunnel project comprises a nine-kilometre rail tunnel between Kensington and South Yarra, with five new underground stations: Anzac (opposite the Shrine of Remembrance), Town Hall, State Library, Parkville and Arden (in North Melbourne).
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