Metro Tunnel HQ Excursion

Year 11 VM students from Gisborne Secondary College recently visited the city to learn more about the Metro Tunnel, Victoria’s biggest ever public transport project. The Education Program at Metro Tunnel HQ, the project’s visitor centre, is designed to show students what the project means to them, targeting careers learning and skills in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths (STEAM).

The audio-visual and augmented reality installations at the visitor centre helped bring the project to life. Students learned about the challenges of creating rail infrastructure to support our expanding population and experienced the world of tunnel boring machines through virtual reality goggles. Their session with the program’s facilitators included a walking tour to view the Town Hall Station construction site. A careers discovery session explored the wide range of jobs available in large infrastructure projects and how they align with individual students’ skills and interests. 

Metro Tunnel HQ is open to the public 7 days a week.https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/projects/metro-tunnel/community/education