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Summary of Train stabling community feedback

Suburban Rail Loop is a city and State-shaping infrastructure project that will transform Victoria’s public transport system, connecting our suburbs and making travel easier and more convenient.

Connecting every major train line from the Frankston Line to the Werribee line via Melbourne Airport, the new rail link will improve access to housing, jobs, schools, universities and hospitals in Melbourne’s middle suburbs.

Train stabling is a critical part of the new Suburban Rail Loop network. It would not be possible to provide high frequency turn-up-and-go train services without it. Train stabling is required near the start of the rail line to allow Suburban Rail Loop’s fleet of new high-tech trains to begin services from Cheltenham at the start of each day.

It was challenging to find parcels of land for stabling near the start of the rail line due to the limited availability of suitable land between Cheltenham and Clayton.

In December 2020, the Victorian Government announced the site at Old Dandenong Road, Heatherton, as the most suitable site. The site avoids impacts to agricultural and industrial land, requires the acquisition of fewer properties than other options, and protects against local job losses.