Posts Tagged ‘railway signalling’

Photos from ten years ago: August 2013

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is August 2013. Regional Rail Link Work on the Regional Rail Link project was continuing, with the new track connections to the North Melbourne flyover taking shape to separate V/Line and suburban trains. The launching truss was also in place at […]

So what are “Major delays due to equipment faults” anyway

It seems like every second day Metro Trains Melbourne is warning passenger of “major delays due to an equipment fault”. So what does it mean – well, the other week I saw it for myself. It was little after 2.45pm on a Friday afternoon, and I found a Sunbury line train waiting just short of […]

V/Line versus Metro at Southern Cross platform 8

You might assume that a railway station platform is just a place for passengers to board a train, and the type of train doesn’t matter. But at Southern Cross Station platform 8 this is not the case – there is a convoluted process applied every time that usual use V/Line hands it over to Metro […]

Stupid train tricks at North Melbourne station

Each morning at North Melbourne station passengers headed for the City Loop have a question – which train will be first to depart, and which one will be stuck in the platform? Trains for the City Loop depart from platform 1 and 3. But there is only one track towards Flagstaff station. So trains have […]

Testing High Capacity Signalling at Epping

A few months ago I headed out to Epping to see something a little different – a new High Capacity Metro Train testing out the even newer High Capacity Signalling system. So what is High Capacity Signalling anyway? ‘High Capacity Signalling‘ is a new technology that is about to be rolled out to Melbourne’s rail […]