Flipped truck under the Flinders Street Viaduct
1 February 2016
On 1 February 2016 an overheight truck attempted to pass under the Flinders Street Viaduct at Spencer Street but failed, ending up sideways.
Derailed oil tanker at Tottenham Yard
9 July 2010
In July 2010 vandals released the hand brake of an oil tank wagon stored at Tottenham Yard, causing it to roll towards the city, until it derailed as expected on the derail block at the end of the siding.
Evacuating Metrol
18 June 2015
On 18 June 2015 the Metrol train control centre was evacuated due to a false fire alarm, which resulted in every train in Melbourne having to stop for 15 minutes until train controllers could return.
William Street tram stop crash
27 January 2012
A southbound ute managed to crash into the 'safety zone' fence on William Street at Bourke Street, destroying it. Thankfully no passengers were there waiting for a tram!
Snookered trams on Swanston Street
10 April 2013
Southbound Z2.101 was trying to turn from Swanston into La Trobe Street, blocked by a northbound tram across the intersection, with more northbound trams blocked by a tram shunting through the crossover, which couldn't move because of the tram stuck behind the turning Z2.101!
South Melbourne Depot
14 March 2012
South Melbourne Depot was located on the corner of Kings Way and Dorcas Street in South Melbourne. It was replaced by Southbank Depot in 1997.
Glenhuntly Depot
5 February 2012
Glenhuntly Depot on Glen Huntly Road, Caulfield South supplies trams to routes 3, 64 and 67.
East Preston Depot
27 July 2019
East Preston Depot on Plenty Road, East Preston once supplied trams to routes 11 and 86. It was replaced by the 'New' Preston Depot in April 2016, with the site now used for refurbishing trams.
Malvern Depot
19 March 2017
Malvern Depot off Glenferrie Road in Armadale supplies trams to routes 5, 6, 16, 58 and 72.
Southbank Depot
6 March 2020
Southbank Tram Depot located on the Port Melbourne light rail line supplies trams to route 12, 30, 35 and 96.
Kew Depot
8 September 2019
Kew Depot on at the corner of Barkers Road and High Street, Kew supplies trams to route 48, 78 and 109.
Essendon Depot
23 February 2017
Essendon Depot on Mount Alexander Road, Travancore supplies trams to routes 57, 58, 59, 82.
Brunswick Depot
14 November 2015
Brunswick Depot off Sydney Road in Brunswick supplies trams to route 1, 6 and 19
Stabled trams in Royal Park
7 February 2014
In February 2014 the tram tracks through Royal Park were used as a temporary stabling location while Essendon Depot was unavailable due to trackwork on Mount Alexander Road. As a result route 55 trams were replaced by buses
Southern Shorthaul Railroad grain wagon transfer
27 October 2015
In October 2015 Southern Shorthaul Railroad overhauled a rake of BGGX/BGGY grain hoppers at their Bendigo Workshops and transported them by road to Benalla, were they were placed on standard gauge for the trip north to NSW.
Sunbury Line Upgrade
22 September 2020
In 2019 work started to upgrade signalling, overhead wiring and platforms to enable High Capacity Metro Trains to operate on the Sunbury line following the completion of the Metro Tunnel.
V/Line - Bacchus Marsh yards
4 January 2020
Bacchus Marsh is a busy V/Line destination, with a large yard at Maddingley used to stabling trains for weekday commuter trains. This replaced the previous yard at Bacchus Marsh station in 2019, which was needed for construction of a second passenger platform.
Qube Logistics broad gauge cement train
6 July 2020
In September 2019 Qube Logistics started a new containerised cement service running on broad gauge between Victoria Dock and the Kimberly Clark siding at Dandenong South
Diamond Valley Railway
1 September 2019
The Diamond Valley Railway is a 7 1⁄4 in (184 mm) ridable miniature railway that extends along a 2 km circuit through Eltham Lower Park in Melbourne, Victoria.
Yarra Trams - industrial action 2019
8 December 2019
In 2019 the Rail, Tram and Bus Union launched industrial action against Yarra Trams, following the breakdown in negotiations around their new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement. The result was a four hour stopwork between 10am and 2pm on Friday 30 August 2019, and again on Thursday 26 September 2019.
Steamrail - Hurstbridge Wattle Festival 2019
25 August 2019
On 25 August 2019 K153 and K190 headed to the Hurstbridge Wattle Festival to run shuttle services between Eltham and Hurstbridge. Carriages 38 BE, 17 BE, 7 ABE, 25 BE, 1 BCE made up the train.
SmartBus PIDS
24 December 2019
Bus stops on SmartBus routes in Melbourne are provided with real time bus arrival information screens.
V/Line corridor mapping project
23 April 2020
In August 2019 V/Line locomotive P12 was fitted with GPS, LIDAR and 360 degree camera equipment and sent all over Victoria to collect data about the rail network. In April 2020 a second survey was undertaken by locomotive P15, with ground penetrating radar equipment supplied by Zetica Rail used to measure trackbed condition, including ballast depth, fouling and roughness.