South Morang Extension
| Timeframe: | Construction is scheduled to begin in 2010 and be completed in 2013
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| Cost: | More than $650 million | | |
What's happening
Tenders for the South Morang Rail Extension project will be called later this year with construction due to commence in 2010.
Project description
Melbourne's north, including the areas around South Morang and Plenty Valley, is booming. To serve this area, the Epping line will be extended to South Morang.
Five kilometres of track will be duplicated between Keon Park and Epping, and a second platform built at Thomastown. Thomastown and Epping stations will also receive upgrades to improve accessibility.
Three and a half kilometres of new double track will be laid beyond Epping, and a new fully staffed, premium station will be built at South Morang.
The new station will include 500 car parks, a safe drop off area, taxi rank, bus facilities and bike lockers.
A new rail bridge has been built at Clifton Hill, to overcome a bottleneck and build in more space for trains coming down from the north, paving the way for the extension to South Morang. Preliminary design work on the Keon Park – Epping duplication and South Morang extension is well advanced. A contract to deliver the project will be advertised in late 2009.
Project benefits
- Two tracks between Keon Park and Epping to improve capacity and reliability of services on the Epping line
- An extension to South Morang to allow more trains to run and cater for future growth in the north
- A new premium station at South Morang
Contact Us
You can find out more about the project by telephone freecall 1800 RAIL 00 (1800 724 500) or
by email. Information is also available on the Department of Transport's
Multilingual Information Lines.
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