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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)

New double storey prefabricated substation under construction at Viaduct Junction

Monday 24 June 2019 12:24 PM
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New double storey prefabricated substation under construction at Viaduct Junction

Saturday 1 June 2019 12:24 PM
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New double storey prefabricated substation under construction at Viaduct Junction

Saturday 1 June 2019 11:49 AM
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Underground traction power feeders to the Hampton Park tie station

Sunday 24 March 2019 5:07 PM
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Hampton Park tie station, provided with the 1995 electrification to Cranbourne

Sunday 24 March 2019 5:06 PM
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New double storey prefabricated substation under construction at Viaduct Junction

Sunday 10 February 2019 1:42 PM
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New traction substation taking shape at the up end of Eaglemont station

Sunday 20 January 2019 1:28 PM
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Upgrade works at the Rosanna substation

Sunday 20 January 2019 1:24 PM
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Upgrade works at the Rosanna substation

Sunday 20 January 2019 1:24 PM
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New traction substation taking shape at the up end of Eaglemont station

Sunday 20 January 2019 12:18 PM
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Timber platform beside the overhead sectioning switches at Alphington

Sunday 20 January 2019 12:15 PM
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Traction power substation recently completed on the former Outer Circle reservation at Fairfield

Built alongside a tie station completed a few years earlier

Sunday 20 January 2019 12:13 PM
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Croxton substation, commissioned in 1962 with 1,500 kW capacity

Sunday 20 January 2019 11:53 AM
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New traction substation taking shape beside the existing tie station at Bell

Sunday 20 January 2019 11:49 AM
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New traction substation taking shape beside the existing tie station at Bell

Sunday 20 January 2019 11:49 AM
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Hawkstowe substation, at the down end of the station

Sunday 20 January 2019 11:16 AM
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Keon Park tie station

Sunday 20 January 2019 9:58 AM
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Reservoir substation: 1,500 kW capacity commissioned in 1963

Originally opened on electrification, fed by a 25 Hz supply with a pair of rotary converters providing 1,500 kW capacity

Sunday 20 January 2019 9:55 AM
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Clifton Hill tie station

Sunday 20 January 2019 9:44 AM
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Clifton Hill tie station

Sunday 20 January 2019 9:44 AM
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Traction power feeders at the Laverton tie station

Sunday 20 January 2019 8:00 AM
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Circuit breakers and auxiliary transformers at the Altona Junction substation

Sunday 20 January 2019 7:45 AM
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Traction power feeders on the Mernda line at Clifton Hill

Friday 28 December 2018 11:33 AM
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22 kV aerial feeders head underground at the up end of Alphington

Friday 28 December 2018 9:11 AM
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