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Melbourne railway traction substations

Scattered around Melbourne's suburban railway network, 68 traction substations convert 22,000V AC power supplied by electricity companies to the 1500V DC used by trains. The extension of suburban trains to South Morang and Sunbury will add four more. (a different source put the number in 2008 at 67 substations and 23 tie stations)

Mentone substation, modernised transformer and switchgear in the yard

Saturday 4 January 2014 12:14 PM
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Mentone substation, traction feeders 424/1, 428/1, 425/1 and 429/1

Saturday 4 January 2014 12:14 PM
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Mentone substation, 22 kV feeders terminate in the up and down directions

Saturday 4 January 2014 12:13 PM
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Mentone substation, one of two 22 kV feeders from the up direction terminates

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Saturday 4 January 2014 12:13 PM
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Mentone substation, 22 kV switchgear controls the feeds to other Frankston line substations

Saturday 4 January 2014 12:13 PM
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Mentone substation, commissioned in 1956 with 1,500 kW capacity

Saturday 4 January 2014 12:13 PM
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Mentone substation, original 1920s building converted into apartments

Originally fed by electricity at 25 Hz, operating three 1,500 kW capacity rotary converters

Saturday 4 January 2014 12:12 PM
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Highett substation, located in the railway station car park beside houses

Saturday 4 January 2014 11:54 AM
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Highett substation, the original transformers contain polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Saturday 4 January 2014 11:53 AM
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Highett substation, the original transformers contain asbestos

Saturday 4 January 2014 11:53 AM
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Highett substation, commissioned in 1956 with 1,500 kW capacity

Saturday 4 January 2014 11:51 AM
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Highett substation, traction feeders to the main line

Saturday 4 January 2014 11:50 AM
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Highett substation, brick walls around the transformer yard

Saturday 4 January 2014 11:50 AM
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Highett substation, with partially modernised switchgear and transformers

Saturday 4 January 2014 11:50 AM
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Bentleigh substation, modernised auxiliary and signal power transformers

Saturday 4 January 2014 11:33 AM
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Bentleigh substation, modernised switchgear and main transformer

Saturday 4 January 2014 11:32 AM
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Bentleigh substation, commissioned in 1957 with 1,500 kW capacity

Saturday 4 January 2014 11:32 AM
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Bentleigh substation, traction feeders to the mainline

Saturday 4 January 2014 11:30 AM
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Spencer Street tie station, at the north end of platform 13 and 14

Unlike most other substations, it has separate isolators for the earth connections

Monday 23 December 2013 8:39 AM
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Traction substation at Dandenong East, commissioned with the Gippsland line electrification

Saturday 14 September 2013 3:44 PM
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Auxiliary transformer and two signal transforms at the Dandenong East traction substation

Saturday 14 September 2013 3:43 PM
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Asbestos warning at the Dandenong East substation

Saturday 14 September 2013 3:43 PM
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Feeder cables to the Pakenham line at Dandenong East substation

Saturday 14 September 2013 3:42 PM
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Tractions substation at Dandenong East, expanded with the 1995 electrification to Cranbourne

Saturday 14 September 2013 3:42 PM
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