Trains travelling down Melbourne’s Geelong Line will soon have a new home to rest overnight, with major construction complete on the Waurn Ponds stabling facility.
New train storage at at the site means more room for trains on Victoria’s busiest regional rail line as well as improved reliability, with trains able to begin service on time each morning.
Six stabling tracks have been built at the new stabling yard, which will house VLocity trains overnight and provide storage capacity for the growing fleet of trains that will service the line following critical upgrades between South Geelong and Waurn Ponds.
The project team installed more than 1.65 kilometres of track, 2700 sleepers, 25km of signalling cabling and combined services routes and a 4km pressure sewer system.
The stabling facility will be operational later this year following commissioning, with minor works continuing in the coming months including landscaping, line marking, CCTV installation and site cleanup.
Stabling at Waurn Ponds will support planned improvements for the Geelong Line. These include the South Geelong to Waurn Ponds Duplication, Geelong Fast Rail and the completed Waurn Ponds Station upgrade. The Geelong Line is the fastest growing and busiest line on the regional rail network.
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