Belgrave line
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![]() Belgrave station, the terminus of the Belgrave line, which provides an interchange with heritage railway Puffing Billy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Service type | Commuter rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
System | Melbourne railway network | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Operational | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locale | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First service | 4 December 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current operator(s) | Metro Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Website | Official website ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Termini | Flinders Street Belgrave | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stops | 31 (including City Loop stations) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance travelled | 41.386 km (25.716 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average journey time | 1 hour 7 minutes (not via City Loop) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rolling stock | X'Trapolis 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track gauge | 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrification | 1500 V DC overhead | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track owner(s) | VicTrack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Belgrave line is a commuter railway line on the Melbourne metropolitan railway network serving the city of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.[1] Operated by Metro Trains Melbourne, the line is coloured dark blue and is one of the four lines that constitute the Burnley group. It is the city's fourth-longest metropolitan railway line at 41.8 kilometres (26.0 mi). The line runs from Flinders Street station in central Melbourne to Belgrave station in the cities east, serving 31 stations via Burnley, Box Hill, Ringwood, and Upper Ferntree Gully.[2] Beyond Belgrave, the narrow-gauge line has been restored as the Puffing Billy Railway, which runs tourist services to the original terminus of Gembrook.
The line operates for approximately 19 hours a day (from approximately 5:00 am to around 12:00 am) with 24 hour service available on Friday and Saturday nights. During peak hours, headways of up to 15 minutes are operated, with services every 20–30 minutes during off-peak hours.[3] Trains on the Belgrave line run in a two three-car formations of X'Trapolis 100 trainsets.[4]
Sections of the Belgrave line opened as early as 1889, with the line fully extended and re-gauged to Belgrave by 1962. The line was built to connect Melbourne and Ringwood with the rural towns of Bayswater, Boronia, Upper Ferntree Gully, and Belgrave, among others.
Since the 2010s, due to the heavily utilised infrastructure of the Belgrave line, significant improvements and upgrades have been made. Different packages of work have upgraded the corridor to replace sleepers, upgraded signalling technology, introduced new rolling stock, and removed seven of the nine remaining level crossings.[5]
History
[edit]19th century
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Puffing_billy_in_action_2003.jpg/220px-Puffing_billy_in_action_2003.jpg)
A rail branch was constructed from Ringwood to Upper Ferntree Gully in December 1889. A narrow-gauge 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) line was opened from Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook station in December 1900, the second of four experimental narrow-gauge lines built by the Victorian Railways.[6] These two lines would become joined and standardised to form the Belgrave railway line in the 20th century.
20th century
[edit]In 1921, the narrow-gauge section from Upper Ferntree Gully to Belgrave was converted to automatic signalling, the first such instance on single track in the Southern Hemisphere.[7] This section was then reverted to Staff and Ticket safeworking in 1930. Electrification of the railway to Upper Ferntree Gully was implemented in November 1925.
Following a landslide in 1953, the narrow-gauge line was formally closed in April 1954, although services resumed as far as Belgrave for some "farewell specials", and then for the Puffing Billy Preservation Society until services ceased again in February 1958.[8]
The line was partly duplicated between Bayswater and Lower Ferntree Gully (now Ferntree Gully) in February 1957.[8]
The closing of the narrow-gauge line to Gembrook enabled the first stage of its planned rebuilding to Emerald as part of the suburban electrified system to proceed. This first stage, as far as Belgrave, of the new, broad-gauge, electrified extension opened in February 1962.[8] It initially operated on the Staff and Ticket system but was converted to automatic signalling in March 1964, with the section from Ferntree Gully to Upper Ferntree Gully being converted the following day. Ringwood to Bayswater was converted to automatic signalling in June 1974, as was Bayswater to Ferntree Gully in July 1977. In December 1982, Ringwood -Bayswater was duplicated.[9]
The Comeng trains were introduced to the Melbourne railway system in 1981, alongside the opening of the City Loop. Initially, along with the Belgrave line, they were only allowed to operate on the Alamein, Dandenong, Glen Waverley and Lilydale lines due to the trains 3.05-metre width.[10]
21st century
[edit]![An old train that is red at a station](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Preserved_Victorian_Railways_Tait_train_at_Belgrave_Station_on_March_8%2C_2022.jpg/220px-Preserved_Victorian_Railways_Tait_train_at_Belgrave_Station_on_March_8%2C_2022.jpg)
A 2007 restructure of train ticketing in Melbourne involved the removal of Zone 3, with these stations being re-classified to Zone 2.[11] This brought the cost of train fares down, improving system accessibility for the public.
In April 2016, plans to potentially run a regular revenue Tait set service on the Belgrave line was announced. This came following La Trobe MP Jason Wood's push for the idea as part of the greater "Puffing Billy master plan". The Tait service would be aimed at tourists visiting Puffing Billy. In November 2016, $1 million was committed to restoring a Tait set currently stored at the Newport Workshops. The Tait service is expected to originate at Flinders Street station as a direct service to Belgrave bypassing the City Loop.[12]
Future
[edit]Level Crossing Removals
[edit]![A train station in the distance](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/New_Bayswater_Railway_Station_under_construction%2C_Melbourne.jpg/220px-New_Bayswater_Railway_Station_under_construction%2C_Melbourne.jpg)
The Level Crossing Removal Project has announced the removal of seven level crossings between the city and Ferntree Gully station, to be completed in stages from 2016 to 2025. In 2016, two level crossings were removed at Mountain Highway and Scoresby Road, Bayswater,through lowering the rail line under the road.[5] These two removals also included a rebuilt Bayswater station and upgraded stabling facilities.[13] A further two crossings were removed at Blackburn Road, Blackburn, and Heatherdale Road, Ringwood in January 2017.[14] Both of these removals also involved lowering the rail line under the road, with a rebuilt Heatherdale station built as part of the project.[14] Union and Mont Albert Roads were also been removed by lowering the rail line in May 2023.[15] The removals also included closing Mont Albert and Surrey Hills stations, with a new station built in-between called "Union."[16] The final crossing to be removed on the corridor was at Bedford Road in Ringwood by also lowering the rail line, completed in March 2024.[17] At the conclusion of these removals, only two crossings remain, both in the section between Ferntree Gully and Upper Ferntree Gully.
Network and operations
[edit]Services
[edit]Services on the Belgrave line operates from approximately 5:00 am to around 12:00 daily.[18] In general, during peak hours, train frequency is ~7 minutes on the Ringwood corridor (combined with the Lilydale line) and 15 minutes in the AM peak on the Belgrave Line while during non-peak hours the frequency is reduced to 20–30 minutes throughout the entire route.[19] During certain periods of the day, services operate as a shuttle to Ringwood due to lower demand. On Friday nights and weekends, services run 24 hours a day, with 60 minute frequencies available outside of normal operating hours.[20]
Train services on the Belgrave line are also subjected to maintenance and renewal works, usually on selected Fridays and Saturdays. Shuttle bus services are provided throughout the duration of works for affected commuters.[21]
Stopping patterns
[edit]Legend — Station status
- ◼ Premium Station – Station staffed from first to last train
- ◻ Host Station – Usually staffed during morning peak, however this can vary for different stations on the network.
Legend — Stopping patterns
Some services do not operate via the City Loop
- ● – All trains stop
- ◐ – Some services do not stop
- ▼ – Only outbound trains stop
- | – Trains pass and do not stop
Belgrave Services[22] | |||||||
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Station | Zone | Local | Ltd Express | Blackburn | Ringwood | Upper Ferntree Gully |
Shuttle |
◼ Flinders Street | 1 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
◼ Southern Cross | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | ● | ||
◼ Flagstaff | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | ● | ||
◼ Melbourne Central | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | ● | ||
◼ Parliament | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | ● | ||
◼ Richmond | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
East Richmond | ◐ | | | ◐ | ◐ | | | ||
◼ Burnley | ● | | | ◐ | ◐ | | | ||
Hawthorn | ● | | | ◐ | ◐ | | | ||
◼ Glenferrie | ● | ◐ | ● | ● | ▼ | ||
◻ Auburn | ● | | | ◐ | ◐ | | | ||
◼ Camberwell | ● | ◐ | ● | ● | ▼ | ||
East Camberwell | ● | ◐ | ● | ● | | | ||
Canterbury | 1/2 | ● | ◐ | ● | ● | | | |
Chatham | ● | ◐ | ● | ● | | | ||
◼ Union | ● | ◐ | ● | ● | | | ||
◼ Box Hill | 2 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
Laburnum | ● | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | ▼ | ||
◼ Blackburn | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
◼ Nunawading | ● | ◐ | ● | ● | |||
◼ Mitcham | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
◻ Heatherdale | ● | ◐ | ● | ● | |||
◼ Ringwood | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
Heathmont | ● | ◐ | ● | ● | |||
◼ Bayswater | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
◼ Boronia | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
◼ Ferntree Gully | ● | ◐ | ● | ● | |||
◼ Upper Ferntree Gully | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
Upwey | ● | ◐ | ● | ||||
Tecoma | ● | ◐ | ● | ||||
◼ Belgrave | ● | ● | ● |
Operators
[edit]The Belgrave line has had a total of 6 operators since its opening in 1889. The majority of operations throughout its history have been government run: from its first service in 1889 until the 1999 privatisation of Melbourne's rail network, four different government operators have run the line.[23] These operators, Victorian Railways, the Metropolitan Transit Authority, the Public Transport Corporation, and Hillside Trains have a combined operational length of 110 years. Hillside Trains was privatised in August 1999 and later rebranded Connex Melbourne. Metro Trains Melbourne, the current private operator, then took over the operations in 2009. Both private operators have had a combined operational period of 25 years.[24]
Operator | Assumed operations | Ceased operations | Length of operations |
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Victorian Railways | 1889 | 1983 | 94 years |
Metropolitan Transit Authority | 1983 | 1989 | 6 years |
Public Transport Corporation | 1989 | 1998 | 9 years |
Hillside Trains (government operator) | 1998 | 1999 | 1 years |
Connex Melbourne | 1999 | 2009 | 10 years |
Metro Trains Melbourne | 2009 | incumbent | 14 years (ongoing) |
Route
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Belgrave (physical track) | |
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Overview | |
Status | Operational with passenger services from Flinders Street to Belgrave |
Owner |
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Locale | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Termini | |
Continues as | Gembrook (narrow gauge) |
Connecting lines |
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Former connections | |
Stations |
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Service | |
Services | Belgrave |
History | |
Commenced | 4 December 1889 |
Opened |
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Completed | 18 February 1962 |
Reopen | Upper Ferntree Gully to Belgrave as broad gauge on 18 February 1962 |
Electrified |
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Closed | Upper Ferntree Gully to Belgrave as narrow gauge on 30 April 1954 |
Technical | |
Line length | 41.8 km (25.97 mi) |
Number of tracks |
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Track gauge | 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) |
Old gauge | Upper Ferntree Gully to Belgrave: 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) |
Electrification | 1500 V DC overhead |
Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) – Electric| |
Signalling | Automatic block signaling |
Maximum incline | 1 in 30 (3.33%) |
The Belgrave line forms a mostly curved route from the Melbourne central business district to its terminus in Belgrave. The route is 41.8 kilometres (26.0 mi) long and predominantly double-tracked, however, between Flinders Street station and Richmond, the track is widened to 12 tracks, narrowing to 4 tracks between Richmond and Burnley before narrowing to 3 tracks between Burnley and Box Hill. Finally, the line narrows to two tracks between Box Hill and Ferntree Gully before narrowing to a single track to its terminus.[25] After Ferntree Gully, passing loops and island platforms are present at Upper Ferntree Gully, Upwey, and Belgrave. After departing from its terminus at Flinders Street, the Belgrave line traverses both flat and hilly country, with some curves (more towards the end of the line) and fairly significant earthworks for parts of the line. Sections of the line have been elevated or lowered into a cutting to eliminate level crossings.[26] Despite some removals, there are a small number of level crossings still present, with no current plans to remove them.
The line follows the same alignment as the Alamein, Glen Waverley, and Lilydale lines, with the four services splitting onto different routes at Burnley. The Alamein, Belgrave, and Lilydale services continue till the Alamein line splits off at Camberwell, with the two services continuing together till Ringwood. After departing Ringwood station, the Belgrave line heads south, with the Lilydale line heading in an eastern direction.[27] Almost all of the rail line goes through built-up suburbs, however, the rail line becomes peri-urban towards its terminus in Belgrave.[27]
Stations
[edit]The line serves 31 stations across the 49-kilometre (30-mile)-long track. The stations are a mix of elevated, lowered, underground, and ground level designs. Underground stations are present in the City Loop and Box Hill, with the majority of elevated and lowered stations being constructed as part of level crossing removals.[28][29]
Station | Opened[32] | Closed[32] | Age | Notes[32] |
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Parliament | 22 January 1983 | 41 years | ||
Melbourne Central | 26 January 1981 | 43 years |
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Flagstaff | 27 May 1985 | 39 years | ||
Southern Cross | 17 January 1859 | 165 years |
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Flinders Street | 12 September 1854 | 169 years |
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Princes Bridge | 8 February 1859 | 1 October 1866 | 7 years | |
2 April 1879 | 30 June 1980 | 101 years | ||
Botanic Gardens | 2 March 1859 | c. April 1862 | Approx. 3 years | |
Punt Road | 8 February 1859 | 12 December 1859 | 10 months |
|
Richmond | 12 December 1859 | 164 years |
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East Richmond | 24 September 1860 | 163 years |
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Burnley | 1 May 1880 | 144 years |
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Pic Nic | 24 September 1860 | 6 October 1895 | 35 years | |
Hawthorn | 13 April 1861 | 163 years | ||
Glenferrie | 3 April 1882 | 142 years |
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Auburn | 3 April 1882 | 142 years |
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Camberwell | 3 April 1882 | 142 years | ||
East Camberwell | 14 May 1900 | 124 years | ||
Canterbury | 1 December 1882 | 141 years | ||
Chatham | 1 April 1927 | 97 years | ||
Surrey Hills | 13 August 1883 | 17 February 2023 | 139 years | |
Union | 22 May 2023 | 15 months | ||
Mont Albert | 11 August 1890 | 17 February 2023 | 132 years | |
Box Hill | 1 December 1882 | 141 years | ||
Laburnum | 13 July 1958 | 66 years | ||
Blackburn | 25 December 1882 | 141 years | ||
Nunawading | 4 June 1888 | 136 years |
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Mitcham | 25 December 1882 | 141 years | ||
Heatherdale | 7 September 1958 | 65 years | ||
Ringwood | 1 December 1882 | 141 years | ||
Heathmont | 1 May 1926 | 98 years | ||
Bayswater | 4 December 1889 | 134 years | ||
Boronia | 16 June 1920 | 104 years | ||
Ferntree Gully | 4 December 1889 | 134 years |
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Upper Ferntree Gully | 4 December 1889 | 134 years |
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18 December 1900 | 30 April 1954 | 53 years |
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Upwey | 3 June 1901 | 30 April 1954 | 52 years |
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19 February 1962 | 62 years |
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Tecoma | 1 February 1924 | 30 April 1954 | 30 years |
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19 February 1962 | 62 years |
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Belgrave | 18 December 1900 | 30 April 1954 | 53 years |
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19 February 1962 | 62 years |
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Infrastructure
[edit]Rolling stock
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The Belgrave line uses X'Trapolis 100 electric multiple unit (EMU) trains operating in a two three-car configuration, with three doors per side on each carriage, and can accommodate up to 432 seated passengers in each six car configuration.[33] The trains were originally built between 2002 and 2004 as well as between 2009 and 2020, with a total of 212 three-car sets constructed. The trains are shared with 7 other metropolitan train lines and have been in service since 2003.[33]
Alongside the passenger trains, Belgrave line tracks and equipment are maintained by a fleet of engineering trains. The four types of engineering trains are: the shunting train, designed for moving trains along non-electrified corridors and for transporting other maintenance locomotives; for track evaluation; designed for evaluating track and its condition, the overhead inspection train; designed for overhead wiring inspection, and the infrastructure evaluation carriage, designed for general infrastructure evaluation.[34] Most of these trains are repurposed locomotives previously used by V/Line, Metro Trains, and the Southern Shorthaul Railroad.[34]
Accessibility
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All stations that are new or rebuilt are fully accessible.[35] Projects improving station accessibility have included the Level Crossing Removal Project, which involves station rebuilds and upgrades, and individual station upgrade projects.[36][37] These works have made significant strides in improving network accessibility, with more than 58% of Belgrave line stations classified as fully accessible.
Signalling
[edit]The Belgrave line uses three-position signalling with automatic block signalling (ABS) and automatic and track control (ATC) safeworking systems.[38][39] Three position signalling was first introduced on the line in 1919, with the final section of the line converted to the new type of signalling by 1960.[40] Automatic and track control are used with the centre line between Burnley and Box Hill, and between Ferntree Gully and the line's terminus in Belgrave.
See also
[edit]References
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External links
[edit]- Belgrave line timetable
- Network maps
Media related to Belgrave railway line at Wikimedia Commons
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