A green and gold livery was adopted for vehicles, with a yellow trefoil logo and "Metropolitan Transit" tagline (later changed to "The Met").

A single Harris train was painted in a trial all-over green and gold livery (similar to the previous Victorian Railways blue and gold livery) however the train reverted to blue prior to re-entering service, with subsequent Comeng, Hitachi and refurbished Harris trains receiving only green and yellow adhesive stickers between the windows rather than being painted.

The MetRail division was established as part of MTA, and worked closely with the State Transport Authority (STA) to provide suburban rail services.

The MTA provided funds to the STA to operate some train services on its behalf and for capital projects relating to MetRail.

The management of the MTA was restructured into three vertically integrated directorates concerning operations, project development and resources.