V/Line workshops, yards and shunting
17 May 2021
Pictures of V/Line trains and carriages at the West Melbourne Depot and Dudley Street carriage yards next to Southern Cross Station, Melbourne Yard, and South Dynon.
High Capacity Metro Trains at Newport Workshops
8 May 2021
The new High Capacity Metro Train (HCMT) fleet is being assembled by Downer at the Newport Workshops in Melbourne's west, with the body shells assembled by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles in China.
V/Line - Geelong carriage yards
4 May 2021
Geelong is one of the busiest V/Line destinations, being a major servicing and stabling operation for their trains. Facilities include a car wash, fuel point and a dedicated Y class shunter
Calder Park Sidings
10 April 2021
The train stabling yard at Calder Park is located north of Watergardens station. The first stage opened in December 2014 was a three road yard large enough to stable six 6-car trains, with a second stage adding another three sidings in 2015. As part of the High Capacity Metro Train project, a light maintenance facility is also being constructed at the site.
Stored trams at Newport Workshops
5 February 2021
With W class trams heritage listed and unable to be scrapped or exported to tram museums overseas, Newport Workshops has become a dumping ground while they wait a final home.
UGL Spotswood Maintenance Centre
5 February 2021
UGL Limited operates a locomotive maintenance centre in the Melbourne suburbs of Spotswood, which caters for the heavy maintenance of Pacific National's standard gauge fleet.
North Fitzroy Depot
17 January 2021
North Fitzroy Depot on Nicholson Street, North Fitzroy closed in 1993, but reopened in 2008/09 to stable W class trams used on the City Circle while Southbank depot was undergoing refurbishment.
Bayswater Workshops
12 January 2021
Bayswater Workshops is the only maintenance facility on the Burnley Group, and serves the fleet of X'Trapolis trains deployed to that corridor.
Kew Depot
1 January 2021
Kew Depot on at the corner of Barkers Road and High Street, Kew supplies trams to route 48, 78 and 109.
Brunswick Depot
24 October 2020
Brunswick Depot off Sydney Road in Brunswick supplies trams to route 1, 6 and 19
Essendon Depot
21 October 2020
Essendon Depot on Mount Alexander Road, Travancore supplies trams to routes 57, 58, 59, 82.
Steamrail Open Day 2020
9 March 2020
On the Labor Day long weekend in March 2020 Steamrail Victoria held their bi-annual open day at the Newport Workshops, with a variety of steam locomotives in operation alongside diesel and electric locomotives.
Newport Workshops: Downer Group and Siemens Rail
9 March 2020
Newport Workshops is the main railway heavy repair and maintenance facility in Melbourne. The eastern side is occupied by EDI Rail and Siemens, while the older buildings in West Block are occupied by heritage operators Steamrail Victoria and 707 Operations. The East Block is used as storage by VicTrack. Photos include some from a tour of the EDI section featuring the locomotive, bogie and wheel shops.
Newport Workshops: Steamrail and 707 Operations
9 March 2020
Steamrail Victoria and 707 Operations have a large rolling stock fleet based at the West Block of Newport Workshops in Melbourne
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.
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.
Preston Workshops
1 September 2019
Preston Workshops at the corner of St George's Road and Miller Street it was once the main workshops for the M&MTB, but following privatisation in the 1990s it became a dumping ground for W class trams. In 2016 it was reborn as a running depot for the new E class fleet, replacing East Preston depot to supply trams for route 11 and 86.
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.
Bombardier Ballarat East
17 February 2019
In 2011 Bombardier opened a new VLocity train maintenance facility at Ballarat East.
Epping Workshops
20 January 2019
Epping Workshops is the only maintenance facility on the Clifton Hill Group, and serves the fleet of X'Trapolis trains deployed to that corridor.
Westall Train Maintenance Facility
3 June 2018
The Westall Train Maintenance Facility is located on the Caulfield Group, and serves the fleet of Comeng trains deployed to that corridor.
Siemens train braking issues
15 January 2018
A number of Melbourne's Siemens trains were withdrawn from service in 2007 due to braking issues. The Werribee line between Newport and Laverton was used to test the affected sets. The test procedure involved spraying soapy water onto the rails to confirm the operation of the brakes. By 2010 it was decided the solution to the problem was to install sandboxes to the middle four bogies of each 3-car set.
Ballarat Workshops
25 October 2017
Currently operated by United Group they carry out work for Metro Trains Melbourne, Great Southern Rail and a number of other operators
Goulburn Railway Workshops
2 April 2017
Located in the city of Goulburn on the Main South line, the Railway Workshops are used by CFCLA to maintain their fleet of locomotives and wagons
Lithgow Railway Workshops
31 March 2017
Located in the Blue Mountains on the Main West line at Lithgow, the Lithgow Railway Workshops are used by Southern Southhaul Railroad to maintain their fleet of locomotives and rolling stock
Malvern Depot
19 March 2017
Malvern Depot off Glenferrie Road in Armadale supplies trams to routes 5, 6, 16, 58 and 72.
Seymour Railway Heritage Centre depot
27 October 2015
The Seymour Railway Heritage Centre restores and manages a fleet of heritage locomotives and rolling stock. Their depot is at Seymour station beside the locomotive depot
Craigieburn Train Maintenance Facility
12 April 2014
Located past Craigieburn station, Craigeburn Train Maintenance Facility serves the fleet of Comeng trains deployed to the Northern Group.
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.
Adelaide Metro visiting the wheel lathe
2 December 2011
Adelaide Metro send their railcars to the Downer EDI operated wheel lathe at Dry Creek motive power centre as required.
X'Trapolis test run to Craigieburn, January 2011
21 January 2011
After the last train on 19 January 2011, set 33M-34M + 35M-36M headed slowly to Craigieburn in order to clear the route for X'Trapolis trains.
B64 transfer by road to South Dynon
16 December 2010
B64 was stored for a number of years at Ballarat East for / by Steamrail Victoria. In 2008 it was purchased by El Zorro and moved to Avteq to be rebuilt and recommissioned. For an unknown reason it was moved to the old FCL shed at South Dynon by road, coincidentally this shed has a number of container-mounted gensets with the El Zorro name on them. Two new ZDXF type container flats were also moved here and placed on the ground minus bogies.
Newport Workshops 'Rotten Road'
30 October 2009
'Rotten Road' at the Newport Workshops in Melbourne is located beside the Geelong railway line, and is full of heritage rolling stock stored in the open. In 2008 Victrack has started to scrap the stuff which is falling apart.