Melbourne’s Metro Trains signs outdoor deals with APN Outdoor and JC Decaux

Tim Burrowes

November 8, 2010 1:30

APN Outdoor and JC Decaux have won contracts with Metro Trains Melbourne to provide advertising signage across the network.

APN will manage a total of 270 trackside and roadside advertising panels located across the MTM rail network, while JC Decaux will provide small format advertising signage in the seven year contract.

APN Melbourne trackside

APN Outdoor will retain its current concession to manage 190 existing advertising panels and will also manage an additional 40 existing panels. APN will also built a further 40 new trackside Super 6 (6m x 3m) billboards.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.