Metro Trains Melbourne is the current franchise operator of the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Australia. Metro Trains Melbourne is a consortium led by Hong Kong based MTR Corporation (60%) together with John Holland Group (20%) and United Group Rail (20%). It was selected as the new operator by the State Government of Victoria in June 2009 and replaced the previous operator Connex Melbourne on November 30, 2009. It has an eight-year contract with the option of being extended for a further seven years. Metro Trains Melbourne operates a fleet of approximately 323 trains on 830 kilometres of track which may be separated into 16 every day train lines (and 1 special events train line). The train fleet covers more than 30 million kilometres per year and services more than 200 million customer journeys through over 12,000 weekly services, which carries about 680,000 passengers each weekday. Metro is also responsible for 211 train stations and employs a workforce of 3,500 rail professionals including train drivers, mechanical and electrical engineers, network operations specialists and customer service representatives.

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