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Alstom Ballarat Workshops

Thursday 28 December 2023

Currently operated by United Group they carry out work for Metro Trains Melbourne, Great Southern Rail and a number of other operators

Bombardier Ballarat East

Thursday 28 December 2023

In 2011 Bombardier opened a new VLocity train maintenance facility at Ballarat East.

V/Line - Bacchus Marsh yards

Friday 17 November 2023

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.

Bayswater Workshops

Saturday 12 August 2023

Bayswater Workshops is the only maintenance facility on the Burnley Group, and serves the fleet of X'Trapolis trains deployed to that corridor.

Seymour Railway Heritage Centre depot

Tuesday 4 July 2023

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

Bendigo Rail Workshops

Saturday 24 June 2023

The Bendigo Rail Workshops at North Bendigo are used by Southern Shorthaul Railroad to maintain broad gauge rolling stock for Pacific National, V/Line, Metro Trains Melbourne and CFCLA.

Metro Trains Melbourne Community Day

Saturday 1 April 2023

On 1 April 2023 Metro Trains Melbourne held a community open day at the Metro Academy training centre in Kensington.

Stored trams at Newport Workshops

Sunday 19 March 2023

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 await a final home.

High Capacity Metro Trains at Newport Workshops

Sunday 19 March 2023

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.

Epping Workshops

Thursday 9 March 2023

Epping Workshops is the only maintenance facility on the Clifton Hill Group, and serves the fleet of X'Trapolis trains deployed to that corridor.

Southbank Depot

Friday 24 February 2023

Southbank Tram Depot located on the Port Melbourne light rail line supplies trams to route 12, 30, 35 and 96.

Craigieburn Train Maintenance Facility

Friday 23 December 2022

Located past Craigieburn station, Craigieburn Train Maintenance Facility serves the fleet of Comeng trains deployed to the Northern Group.

Preston Workshops and New Preston Depot

Tuesday 29 November 2022

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 'New Preston Depot' - a running depot for the new E class fleet, replacing East Preston depot to supply trams for route 11 and 86.

Junee Railway Workshops

Wednesday 12 October 2022

The former Junee Locomotive Depot at Junee on the Main South railway on New South Wales is now the home of the privately operated Junee Railway Workshops.

Junee Roundhouse Railway Museum

Wednesday 12 October 2022

The former Junee Locomotive Depot at Junee on the Main South railway on New South Wales is now the home of the Junee Roundhouse Railway Museum and the privately operated Junee Railway Workshops.

Goulburn Railway Workshops

Friday 7 October 2022

Located in the city of Goulburn on the Main South line, the workshops are used by CFCLA to maintain their fleet of locomotives and wagons

Port Kembla locomotive depot

Tuesday 4 October 2022

Progress Rail operates a locomotive depot at Port Kembla, servicing the Pacific National fleet.

XPT Service Centre

Sunday 2 October 2022

The XPT Service Centre is located in the middle of the Meeks Road triangle in suburban Sydney, and is the maintance facility for the NSW Trainlink fleet of XPT trains, and the Endeavour and Xplorer railcars.

Sydney Trains maintenance centres

Sunday 2 October 2022

Sydney Trains operates maintenance centres and storage yards at Auburn, Eveleigh, Flemington, Hornsby, Kangy Angy, Macdonaldtown and Mortdale.

Newport Workshops: Downer Group and Siemens Rail

Saturday 3 September 2022

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.

V/Line - standard gauge transfers to Ettamogah

Tuesday 2 August 2022

Following their replacement by the new standard gauge VLocity trains in 2022, V/Line's fleet of standard gauge carriages used on the Albury line were transferred to the SRHC depot in Seymour for storage. On 2 August 2022 six of the stored carriages, along with three recently retired carriages, were transferred by V/Line from Melbourne to Seymour and on to Albury, where they are being put into storage at Ettamogah on behalf of the rail heritage groups they are being handed over to. From north end the consist was ACN45, BN22, BN10, BN7, BRN34, ACN24 (all stripped of livery) then PTV liveried BN5, BRN43 and ACN48.

Steamrail Open Day 2022

Sunday 13 March 2022

On the Labor Day long weekend in March 2022 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.

Westall Train Maintenance Facility

Tuesday 15 February 2022

The Westall Train Maintenance Facility is located on the Caulfield Group, and serves the fleet of Comeng trains deployed to that corridor.

Newport Workshops: Steamrail and 707 Operations

Wednesday 9 February 2022

Steamrail Victoria and 707 Operations have a large rolling stock fleet based at the West Block of Newport Workshops in Melbourne

Malvern Depot

Sunday 14 November 2021

Malvern Depot off Glenferrie Road in Armadale supplies trams to routes 5, 6, 16, 58 and 72.

Brunswick Depot

Tuesday 2 November 2021

Brunswick Depot off Sydney Road in Brunswick supplies trams to route 1, 6 and 19

Kew Depot

Wednesday 23 June 2021

Kew Depot on at the corner of Barkers Road and High Street, Kew supplies trams to route 48, 78 and 109.

UGL Spotswood Maintenance Centre

Friday 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

Sunday 17 January 2021

North Fitzroy Depot on Nicholson Street, North Fitzroy closed in 1993, but reopened in 2008-2012 to stable W class trams used on the City Circle while Southbank depot was undergoing refurbishment.

Essendon Depot

Wednesday 21 October 2020

Essendon Depot on Mount Alexander Road, Travancore supplies trams to routes 57‎, ‎58‎, ‎59‎, ‎82.

Steamrail Open Day 2020

Monday 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.

East Preston Depot

Saturday 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.

Camberwell Depot

Saturday 13 July 2019

Camberwell Depot in Hawthorn East supplies trams to route 70 and 75.

Siemens train braking issues

Monday 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.

Lithgow Railway Workshops

Friday 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

South Melbourne Depot

Wednesday 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

Sunday 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

Friday 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

Thursday 20 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

Thursday 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'

Friday 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.

Calder Park Sidings

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.

V/Line workshops, yards and shunting

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.

Bombardier Dandenong

The Bombardier plant at Dandenong, Victoria was opened by Commonwealth Engineering in the 1950s, and is still operation today, building VLocity trains for V/Line and E class trams for Yarra Trams.

V/Line - Wyndham Vale yards

Wyndham Vale is a busy V/Line destination, with a large yard north of the station used to stabling trains for weekday commuter trains. Opened in 2020, this replaced services terminating in the turnback siding at Wyndham Vale South.

V/Line - Geelong carriage yards

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