Jolimont Rationalisation Project (JRP)

[Judy Gordon <judyg@deakin.edu.au>]

Closure of the Flinders Street Yard:

• All train stabling sidings throughout FS yard will be decommissioned by March 1997.
• New maintenance facilities at North Melbourne to be completed by the end of October.
• New siding at Burnley for 6 trains - 3 November 1997
• Additional sidings at Camberwell for 4 trains - 2 December 1997
• Maintenance facility at Westall, with stabling for 7 trains - 29 January 1998
• Maintenance facility at Bayswater, with stabling for 2 trains - 12 February 1998
• The light Repair centers (LRC) at Westall and Bayswater to be equipped like the Macaulay LRC.
• Cleaning like at North Melbourne also at Burnley.

As new sites become available closure of that part at Flinders Street.
New timetable to be implemented on 8 February 1998 to cater for the
full closure of FS yard.

Flinders Street - Richmond track Simplification and upgrade
With the removal of the sidings at FS the track will be simplified to 12 main lines each with a running speed of 80 km/h.  This will be completed by the end of 1999 in 6 stages.

1. 1    (15 - 30 Nov. 1997)   A continuous occupation of the four Burnley group lines and platform 2 & 3 at FS.  An altered timetable for this period has been developed.
2. 2    (21 Mar - 13 Apr 1998)    A continuous occupation of the four Caulfield group lines and platform 6 & 7 at FS.  An altered timetable for this period is currently being developed.
3. 3    (July, 1998)    Same with the Special lines and Plat 8 & 9 at FS.
4. 4    (Cot, 1998)    Same with the Sandringham lines and Plat 12 & 13 at FS.
5. 5    (Dec, 1998)    Same with the Clifton Hill lines and Plat 14 at FS.
6. 6    (Mar, 1998)    Same with the four Burnley lines (again).

                            Chris Gordon
                    cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au
http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~cmgord/interest/trains2.html