Works are up, up and away at Dublin Road, Ringwood East, with 2 of the new station’s 4 lift shafts now positioned into place.
The lift shafts, each measuring 14m tall and weighing 13 tonnes, were delivered to site in January to enable crews to complete lift car and cladding insulation ahead of their installation.
The lift-in has been timed with station building arrivals, with the third of the new station’s 4 modular buildings recently delivered to site.
The station’s prefabricated modular design enables the buildings to be built off site and then delivered and lifted into place at different stages of construction to lower the rail line into a trench under.
The remaining station building and lift shafts will be craned into place in the coming weeks, as 24/7 works get underway to remove the dangerous and congested Dublin Road level crossing.
The construction blitz kicks off on Friday, 24 May, with Dublin Road closing to traffic until mid June, and buses replacing trains on sections of the Lilydale Line until early July, when the new Ringwood East Station opens, a year ahead of schedule.
