Comeng train scrapping
Sunday 21 May 2023
In January 2022 the scrapping of the first Comeng trains commenced at Newport Workshops, with the cut up trains transferred to a scrap yard at Dandenong South for further component separation and recycling. Further trains have been stripped at the McConnell Dowell yard at McIntyre then trucked complete Infrabuild Recycling yard at Laverton North, and the SSR North Bendigo Workshops.
Volgren Dandenong
Friday 11 November 2022
Volgren builds bus bodies on imported chassis at Dandenong South, Victoria.
Quince's Coaches
Friday 28 April 2023
Quince's Coaches is a school and charter coach operator in Melbourne.
Western Coach Services
Sunday 19 February 2012
Western Coach Services was the charter coach brand for Kefford Group.
Sita 'Avalon Airport Transfers'
Tuesday 3 January 2017
Sita Group operated the 'Avalon Airport Transfers' service between Melbourne and Avalon Airport between 2004 and February 2017, when the service was sold to SkyBus.
V Bus Coaches
Tuesday 5 November 2019
V Bus Coaches was a tour and charter coahc operator in Melbourne.
Seymour Coaches
Tuesday 4 July 2023
Seymour Coaches operates school bus and charter coach services out of Seymour, Victoria.
Latrobe Valley Bus Lines
Monday 11 February 2019
Part of the Dineen Group, Latrobe Valley Bus Lines operates route buses in the Latrobe Valley, as well as charter coach services from their base in Morwell.
Cole's Coaches
Tuesday 29 October 2019
Cole's Coaches is a school and charter coach operator that operates out of Geelong, Colac and Warrnambool.
Mitchell Transit
Tuesday 4 July 2023
Seymour Coaches operates town bus services in Seymour, Kilmore East and Wallan under the 'Mitchell Transit' brand.
Coach Tours of Australia
Tuesday 11 October 2022
Coach Tours of Australia is a school and charter coach brand of Donric Group with depots in Sunbury, Kyneton, Woodend, Romsey, Gisborne and Bendigo
GLV Coaches
GLV Coaches is a Melbourne tourist coach and day tour operator.
Jacobson Coach Tours
Friday 15 November 2019
Jacobson Coach Tours operates school and charter coach services out of Mooroopna.
Murrays Coaches
Murrays Coaches is an Australian express and charter coach company.
Trotters Coaches
Monday 16 December 2019
Trotters Coaches operates school and charter coach services from their base in Ballarat.
Simcocks' Bus Services
Simcocks' Bus Services operates bus and coach services in Melbourne’s outer South Eastern suburbs.
SuitJet
Wednesday 29 October 2014
SuitJet was an express coach service transporting commuters from Point Cook, Eltham, Doreen, Mernda and Templestowe to Spring Street, Melbourne Town Hall, and Docklands at a cost of $30 return. Run using Dysons Group buses, the service was launched in October 2014, but was shut down a few weeks later.
Cobb & Co Coaches
Friday 16 December 2022
Cobb & Co Coaches is a charter coach brand of Dysons Group.
Gray Line Melbourne
Sunday 18 September 2022
Gray Line day tour and sightseeing tours in Victoria are operated under licence by Driver Group.
Skylight Buslines
Tuesday 14 November 2023
Skylight Buslines operates school and charter coach services in Melbourne.
Melbourne tram and train passenger counting
Wednesday 14 September 2022
Various technologies have been used to count passengers on trains and trams - old fashioned counting, and hi-tech Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and CCTV based system.
Metro Tunnel intake substation
Monday 30 October 2023
The Metro Tunnel intake substation at North Melbourne will convert 66kV and 22kV high voltage power to lower voltages for transmission to services inside the tunnel.
Failing tram infrastructure of Melbourne
Melbourne's tram network is held together with bubblegum and duct tape - here are examples of the way that it is falling apart.
Comeng scrapping transfer, January 2022
Friday 28 January 2022
On 28 January 2022 retired Comeng sets 325M-1013T-326M and 479M-1090T-480M were transferred by T385 and T386 from their storage location at North Shore in Geelong to Newport Workshops for supposed scrapping.
Rebranding to Transdev Melbourne
Tuesday 26 August 2014
Transdev commenced their Melbourne operations in August 2013, and was required to rebrand the buses passed over from previous operatoes Melbourne Bus Link, Ventura and and National Bus Company.
Crown Coaches
Wednesday 16 August 2023
Crown Coaches operates school and charter coach services in Melbourne.
Greyhound Australia
Sunday 2 October 2022
Greyhound Australia operates intercity coach services around Australia.
Gotta Go Charters
Saturday 8 January 2022
Gotta Go Charters is a bus hire copmpany based on the Geelong suburb of Corio.
Outback Spirit Tours
Saturday 8 January 2022
Outback Spirit Tours is a tour company wholy owned by Journey Beyond; who operates the Indian Pacifc, The Ghan, The Overland and Great Southern rail services.
Victoria University shuttle bus
Wednesday 25 October 2023
Transit Systems Victoria operates a shuttle bus service for Victoria University between Footscray Station, their Footscray Park Campus and the Riverbank car park at Flemington Racecourse.
Sunshine Tours
Sunday 21 May 2023
Sunshine Tours operates charter coach services in Melbourne, alongside V/Line and Metro Trains rail replacement services.
Gull Airport Service
Gull Airport Service runs a shuttle services between Geelong and Melbourne Airport.
Carbridge
Friday 1 December 2023
Carbridge operates airside and landside bus services at Melbourne Airport.
P&O Trans Australia wagon transfer
Saturday 25 June 2011
In June 2011 P&O Trans Australia transferred a number of AFGF wagons from Adelaide atop standard gauge AQPY wagons along with a set of broad gauge for use in the upcoming Deniquillin rice train.
SCT Logistics - steel transfers
Monday 11 March 2024
In 2021 SCT Logistics commenced transporting BlueScope Steel products on the East-West corridor, after winning a 10 year joint contract with Qube Logistics from Pacific National in 2020.
Qube Logistics Long Island steel train
In January 2022 Qube Logistics commenced transporting BlueScope Steel products to the BlueScope Steel mill at Hastings, south of Frankston, after winning a 10 year joint contract from Pacific National in 2020. The steel is transferred from broad to standard gauge trains at the Melbourne Freight Terminal at South Dynon.
Evergreen Coaches
Saturday 1 January 2022
Evergreen Coaches operates a fleet of charter coaches around Melbourne.
Steamrail - 2021 members special to Bendigo
Sunday 19 December 2021
On 19 December 2021 A66 lead Steamrail Victoria's members special train to Bendigo. The tran was made up of PCP 292, Moorabool, 269 BZ, 14 BRS, 17 BE, 25 BE, 46 BE, 68 BW, 1BCE,
18 CE.
Comeng retirement transfer, 17 December 2021
Friday 17 December 2021
On 17 December 2021 retired Comeng sets 341M-1021T-463M and 376M-1038T-362M were transferred by T381 and B75 from Newport Workshops to Tottenham Yard via Brooklyn for long term storage.
Pacific National wagon scrapping at Dynon
Thursday 5 October 2023
In December 2021 Pacific National commenced the scrapping redundant grain hoppers and Sadleirs louvred van at North Dynon.
Kinetic Melbourne
Wednesday 13 March 2024
Kinetic Melbourne took over the Melbourne Bus Franchise from Transdev Melbourne in 31 January 2022.
Metro Tunnel early works at South Kensington
Wednesday 27 June 2018
To make room for the western Metro Tunnel portal beside the Sunbury line at South Kensington, freight sidings at North Dynon were relocated to the south, which made room for the relocation of 220 kV high voltage transmission lines from the future rail corridor.
Hallam level crossing removal project
Tuesday 7 December 2021
The level crossing on the Dandenong line at Hallam Road in Hallam will be removed by raising the railway on a bridge, with a new station to be built at Hallam.
South Gippsland Highway level crossing removal project
Friday 25 February 2022
The South Gippsland Highway level crossing on the Dandenong line at Dandenong South has been removed by raising the road on a bridge.
North McKinnon Centre level crossing removal replacement buses
Monday 8 August 2016
During 2016 buses have replaced trains while three level level crossings on the Frankston line were removed - North Road, McKinnon Road, and Centre Road with Ormond, McKinnon and Bentleigh stations also being rebuilt.
Qube Logistics wagon transfers
Friday 31 December 2021
Qube Logistics occasionally operates empty container transfers from NSW into Melbourne.
Comeng retirement transfer, 30 November 2021
Saturday 4 December 2021
On 30 November 2021 Alstom Comeng set 538M-1119T-537M transferred stripped Comeng set 362M-1038T-376M from Westall to Newport Workshops. T385 and P17 then transferred sets 537M-1119T-538M and 359M-1030T-360M to Tottenham Yard on 3 December, with 537M-1119T-538M being transferred onwards to the SSR workshops at North Bendigo on 4 December.
Steamrail - Sandringham suburban shuttles 2021
Sunday 28 November 2021
On 10 and 11 November 2021 K183 and K153 ran suburban shuttles from Flinders Street Station to Sandringham. The train was made up with carriages 17BE, 46BE, 7ABE, 25BE and 1 BCE.