A 42-day construction blitz at the Kananook Train Stabling Yard ended earlier this month, with works to upgrade the facility powering ahead.
This project will more than double the facility's train storage capacity while also adding a and new maintenance and washing facilities in the yard.
During this construction blitz, more than 250 people worked 24 hours a day to construct 12 new 200 metre lengths of track where trains can park when they’re not in use, laid more than 16,000 tons of ballast (the rocks that form the foundation of the rail tracks), commissioned a new substation to power all the extra rail infrastructure, and put the roof on the new train maintenance building.
Works to upgrade the stabling yard will continue this year with the project expected to be complete in 2025.
This project is part of the works to make the Frankston Line will be level crossing-free by 2029 with all 27 dangerous and congested crossings gone for good.
