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About the train stabling facility
We’re building a train stabling facility at Heatherton and launching TBMs from Clarinda. Construction of the train stabling facility is underway and tunnelling will start in 2026. Trains will be taking passengers in 2035.
Train stabling is a critical part of the new Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East network.
The train stabling facility for SRL East will be built at 91-185 Kingston Road in Heatherton. This is where SRL East trains will be parked when not in operation and where they will be cleaned, maintained and prepared for the next day.
A train stabling facility is required near the start of the rail line to allow SRL’s fleet of new high-tech trains to begin services efficiently each day. It would not be possible to provide high-frequency turn-up-and-go train services without it.
Find out more information on the train stabling facility features
What's happening now
Works are underway to move underground services and utilities to make way for construction of the train stabling facility. Crews are also building the eastern and western tunnel entrances as well as a network support facility to power TBMs and SRL East once operational.
TBM launch site at Clarinda
The TBMs that construct SRL East’s twin tunnels from Cheltenham to Glen Waverley will be launched from Clarinda, east of Dingley Bypass and the train stabling facility in Heatherton. Launching TBMs from Clarinda will reduce community disruption during tunnelling and better protect the South Eastern Trunk Sewer – a major asset for east and south east Melbourne.
Construction of the TBM launch site at Clarinda started in 2025 and tunnelling will begin in 2026.
Four TBMs will be launched from this location - 2 will tunnel towards Cheltenham via the train stabling facility and 2 will tunnel to Glen Waverley via Clayton and Monash.