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Glenroy ‘big dig’ nears completion

Image courtesy of Victorian Government.
Super T beam craned into place. Image courtesy of Victorian Government.
Super T beam craned into place. Image courtesy of Victorian Government.

Works to remove the Glenroy road level crossing on Melbourne’s Craigieburn line is approaching the finish line, with more than 40 per cent of the ‘big dig’ complete on Glenroy’s rail trench.

The rail trench will remove the level crossing by lowering the Craigieburn line underneath Glenroy Road.

The construction is set to reduce waiting times for the 19,000 vehicles passing through the level crossing every day.

Two construction teams have so far removed 25,000 cubic metres of rock and soil along the rail line.

The project will deliver the new Glenroy Station and station precinct, with dedicated shared paths by the end of 2022.

In the past month, several massive beams each weighing up to 37 tonnes have been trucked into site as work on the foundations for the new Glenroy Station building ramp up, all while 150 Metro and V/Line trains run per day on the busy rail line right next to the works.

Victoria’s Acting Minister for Transport Infrastructure Ben Carroll said the project would help improve commuting times as well as reduce congestion for motorists.

“In six years, 46 level crossings are gone for good, and we’ve built 28 new stations – and we’re not slowing down there is plenty more to do,” Carroll said.

“These projects are more important than ever before – they don’t only deliver better journeys; they support thousands of jobs at a time we need them most.”

An investment of $20 billion will improve commuting and travel times, with projects such as the Northeast Link, Suburban Rail Loop and the Hurstbridge Line Duplication.

When the station concourse and building are completed next year, the project will connect two sides of Glenroy, previously separated by the rail line. Pedestrians will be able to walk from Dowd Place on the western side of the rail line across to Hartington Street in the east, without being held up by boom gates or traffic lights.

The Glenroy Road level crossing will be gone for good, and the new station open by the end of 2022.


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