Comments on: What does $2.1 billion for the Sunbury line get?

By: First public HCMT services on the Sunbury line - Waking up in Geelong

First public HCMT services on the Sunbury line - Waking up in Geelong — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 09:04:14 +0000

[…] on the Sunbury Line Upgrade project also ramped up at this time, the most visible change being platform extensions for the longer […]

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Wider Network Enhancements and the Metro Tunnel project - Waking up in Geelong — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 20:32:18 +0000

[…] Signalling improvement works on the Sunshine – Dandenong Line are well underway, with the High Capacity Signalling rollout well underway. […]

By: Footscray in the Middle – Daniel Bowen

Footscray in the Middle – Daniel Bowen — Sat, 14 May 2022 09:57:34 +0000

[…] visible are the power and signalling upgrades to cope with more and longer trains – in fact half the Sunbury line is closing for much of […]

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 05:18:06 +0000

In reply to Aussierail. The original turnback sidings at Oakleigh were between the main lines, as is the much newer sidings at Watergardens:

By: Aussierail

Aussierail — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:11:10 +0000

It’s best practice to have the turn backs in the middle of the line to not disrupt the other trains. This is what they have been doing in Perth for years.

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 06:57:44 +0000

In reply to Tom the first and best. I wonder if they'll do a track slew at Oakleigh to put the standby siding in the middle of the mainline, or whether they'll just add it to the side, and live with the conflicts if the train has to head out the 'other' way.

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 06:56:38 +0000

In reply to mich. It was bound for Sunbury until you turned it back early. :-P

By: mich

mich — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 08:33:13 +0000

If you want to turn back “Sunbury-bound” trains at Footscray, then it isn’t actually a Sunbury-bound train.

By: Tom the first and best

Tom the first and best — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 07:15:51 +0000

In reply to Marcus Wong.

Hot standby at Oakleigh does not fit very well with the removal of the sidings and their associated crossover to the now platform 2 (formerly platform 3).

The main problem with the old layout of points was that up express trains (i.e. V-Line) using the track through the then platform 2 (now platform 1) faced 40km/h points, making up overtaking (at which Westall is near useless) inefficient.

The new layout has too few crossovers for peak service levels, making dealing with a disruption harder, mainly to avoid facing crossovers.

A Blackburn style lift from the subway (with separate Myki readers) could have been installed, possibly requiring the kiosk to be moved.

By: Tom the first and best

Tom the first and best — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 06:17:04 +0000

In reply to Marcus Wong. The Princes Highway has no level crossings on the Pakenham line, whereas the level crossing in Digger Rest was on the Calder Highway (actually at the station, meaning stopping suburban services would have had a particular impact) before it was bypassed in the 1990s. The Princes Highway does have a (due to be abolished as part of the governments programme of abolitions) level crossing on the South Gippsland Highway but that was bypassed with the short South Gippsland Freeway.