Making Tracks at Glenroy Station

Vic Department of Transport

More exciting news from Glenroy – last week the construction team started laying ballast, rail and tracks in the new rail trench at Glenroy, underneath Glenroy Road.

This continues the great work in and around the new Glenroy Station, with the lifts installed, and platforms almost completed.

Track stats

The Glenroy project team will lay 2 sets of 425m long tracks, which will be joined up to the existing Craigieburn Line in coming months. These tracks are supplied to the team as ‘rail strings’ – with 12 strings being installed as a part of these works, each measuring around 165m long.

These tracks will be supported by around 1350 sleepers sitting on 3500 tonnes of ballast, which is equivalent to the weight of 600 elephants!

The rail strings were originally 27.5m lengths which were welded together in Spotswood. The strings arrived on site last year and were stored in between the current rail tracks until the track works were ready to start.

All the track will be laid in the trench by April so it can be linked to the existing Craigieburn Line while buses replace trains on the line in April and May.

Glenroy Station opening date

When the new, improved Glenroy Station opens to passengers on Saturday 7 May, access will be from the eastern side (Hartington Street) only, as crews continue to work on the western side of the station and the new Dowd Place entrance.

The new station will feature 2 lifts and stair access to the lowered platforms, a comfortable waiting area with undercover seating, city views and better lighting.

To safely remove the level crossing and complete work on the new station, buses will replace trains on the Craigieburn and Seymour lines from Tuesday 26 April to Saturday 7 May.

Glenroy Road will be closed at the level crossing from Tuesday 26 April until Saturday 14 May.

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