Ferntree Gully substation: 1,500 kW capacity commissioned in 1957
Originally opened in 1924 with 25 Hz equipment, being the first on the system to be fed by mercury arc rectifiers
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Ferntree Gully substation, 'V.R. Substation No. 29' on the facade
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Ferntree Gully substation, traction feeds 142/1, 144/1 and 143/1
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Ferntree Gully substation, apparently the only one of this design, located at the up end of the station
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Upper Ferntree Gully tie station, located at the down end of the station
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Upper Ferntree Gully tie station, traction feeds 146/1 and 144/1
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Upper Ferntree Gully tie station
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Upwey substation at the down end of the station, commissioned in 1962 with 3000 kW capacity
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Upwey substation, traction feeds 148/1 and 146/1
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Upwey substation, view of switchyard
Thursday 26 January 2012 6:38 PMViewed 1217 times
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Hawthorn substation, view of the modern transformers and breakers in the switchyard
Thursday 26 January 2012 4:33 PMViewed 1385 times
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Hawthorn substation, halfway to Glenferrie station
Thursday 26 January 2012 4:32 PMViewed 1348 times
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Burnley substation, traction feeds on the railway side, commissioned in 1961 with 3000 kW capacity
Thursday 26 January 2012 4:15 PMViewed 1221 times
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Burnley substation, mostly enclosed, only a few transformers in the switchyard
Thursday 26 January 2012 4:10 PMViewed 2177 times
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Galvin tie station, commissioned in 2011 to replace the original one across the mainline
Saturday 10 December 2011 4:07 PMViewed 1221 times
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Termination point of the railway's 22 kV traction power feed at South Yarra
Friday 11 November 2011 6:32 PMViewed 1310 times
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St Albans substation, colorbond clad shed holding transformers and switchgear
Saturday 29 October 2011 9:42 AMViewed 1029 times
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St Albans substation, just south of Keilor Plains station, opened with Sydenham electrification in 2002
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St Albans substation, feeder cables to the overhead, the cables into the substation are underground
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Tottenham substation, down side of the station, 1500 kW capacity commissioned in 1960
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Yarraville substation, at Francis Street, 1500 kW capacity commissioned in 1967
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Thomastown substation, at the up end of station, 1500 kW capacity commissioned in 1960
Replaced by a new substation across the tracks as part of the South Morang Rail Extension Project
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Officer substation, commissioned with Gippsland electrification in 1954
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Officer substation, traction power feed, looking up the line
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