Private company
Metro Trains Melbourne
Logo: Franco Express, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4
Public transport operator in Melbourne, Australia
Metro Trains Melbourne, often known simply as Metro, is the operator and brand name of train services on the electrified metropolitan rail network serving the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the largest urban rail network in Australia, with 17 lines and 227 stations across 405 km (252 mi) of railways, and the second busiest network in Australia, with a patronage of 182.5 million as of 2023–2024.2 It is headquartered in Spring Street.1 It is part of MTR Corporation Limited.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 20, 2026.
Overview
- Industrypublic transport1
- HeadquartersSpring Street1
- Websitewww.metrotrains.com.au
- Legal formLimited Proprietary Company3
- LEI254900VKM1EFSP01NQ553
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
- Registered addressLevel 16, 700 Collins Street, 3008 Melbourne, Australia3
- Registered withThe Australian Securities and Investment Commission, 136 429 9483
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Metro Trains Melbourne, often known simply as Metro, is the operator and brand name of train services on the electrified metropolitan rail network serving the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the largest urban rail network in Australia, with 17 lines and 227 stations across 405 km (252 mi) of railways, and the second busiest network in Australia, with a patronage of 182.5 million as of 2023–2024.2
Corporate structure
Metro Trains Melbourne is part of a group headed by MTR Corporation Limited. 15 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- MTR Corporation Limited Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Metro Trains Melbourne 60% · Melbourne, Australia
- Octopus Holdings Limited Subsidiary · 64% · Hong Kong
- Octopus Cards Limited Subsidiary · Hong Kong
- Beijing MTR Corporation Subsidiary · 49% · Majiapu Subdistrict
- London Overground Rail Operations Limited Subsidiary · Swiss Cottage
- Metro Trains Sydney Subsidiary
- MTR Company (Macau) Subsidiary
- MTR Corporation (Shenzhen) Limited Subsidiary · Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
- MTR Elizabeth line Subsidiary · London Borough of Islington
- MTR Nordic Subsidiary · Stockholm
- VR Snabbtåg Sverige Subsidiary · Stockholm
- Ngong Ping 360 Limited Subsidiary · Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
- South Western Trains Stake · 30%
- MTR CORPORATION (C.I.) LIMITED Subsidiary · Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- Nov 30, 2009Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.metrotrains.com.au1
- X (Twitter)x.com/metrotrains1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/metromelbourne1
- WikipediaMetro Trains Melbourne
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ10931299
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
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- 2WikipediaMetro Trains Melbourne on Wikipedia
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- 4Wikimedia CommonsMetro Trains Melbourne logo by Franco Express, CC BY-SA 4.0
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