2026
Finalist
Victoria

Metro Trains Melbourne operates Melbourne’s metropolitan rail network—one of Australia’s busiest passenger rail networks.  

Moving more than 165 million passengers every year, Metro Trains plays a critical role in connecting communities, supporting economic activity and enabling sustainable transport across a rapidly growing city.  

As a RTO, Metro Trains designs and delivers nationally recognised training to support a large and diverse workforce of over 7,000 employees.  

Practical, accessible and high-quality training programs are developed by subject matter experts and instructional designers to support Metro Trains’ safety-critical and operational roles.  

Preparing for the Metro Tunnel opening required one of the largest workforce transformations in the organisation’s history, with extensive driver training and accreditation required for new routes, signalling systems and underground operations.  

With capability development embedded within its business planning processes, Metro Trains is building a skilled, safe and future-ready workforce to meet current service demands and adapt to future network changes.