Melbourne Broad Gauge Freight Trains

Below is a listing of trains sighted taking the viaduct between Southern Cross Station and Flinders Street Station. Trains, as they pass through this area, will (where possible) be recorded in the table below. The times indicate when they pass through, not when they arrive. Sometimes the trains sit in this area waiting for a path in either direction!

Service	Frequency	Description
9343/9348 QUBE Apex Gravel Service	Tue - Fri	Runs from Kilmore East Quarry to Westall Cement Plant. Usually around midnight on the down and then a 10am up through South Yarra/Richmond/Flinders St. Note that if the morning time is around 4am then it's actually the 9350 service... but I've put them both in the same column.
9571/9572 QUBE Cement Service	Mon & Thu/Fri	Runs from Tottenham(?) to Dandenong. New Service. Very random runner... sometimes mondays instead of tuesdays and sometimes fridays instead of thursdays.
9475/9476 QUBE Maryvale Paper Train	Daily	Runs from Appleton Dock to the Maryvale Paper Plant. Takes paper to be recycled out to plant and returns empty? Heads out at 8pm at night and returns around 2pm the next day. Every so often you'll find the train heading out at around 4am in the morning. This is actually the 9473 service, but I've put it in the same column as the evening down. Note that it means it actually ran the next morning!
955* PacNat Long Island Steel Train	Daily (excl Friday)	Runs from the northernmost road of South Dynon to the Long Island Steel Plant in Frankston. The midday runner 9553 usually DOES NOT run on Fridays unless there's a weekend shutdown and they need to shift more steel beforehand. 9557 (1pm) and 9559 (7pm) are also only as-required! The actual service pairing is as follows: 9555-9552, 9553-9556, 9557-9558, 9559-9550
708, 9*2 Possible Metro Train Transfer	Totally Ad-Hoc	Currently serviced by SSR, this might be the HCMT Metro Train Transfer path from Newport to Pakenham. It's totally random and the train running this path may not actually be a transfer! Please note that I've merged services 7080, 7082, 7084, 7086 and 7088, 9502, 9902 into once cell. Spoil trains and driver training runs will also fall into this path.

Please note that this is an automated service based on sightings from another location. It wont be 100% foolproof but, with careful consideration of the numbers and days, one should be able to get a good idea as to what is visible and when. Also note that services might show up out-of-order. For example, the Apex gravel ran in a much later slot on 30/31st January 2020.

Date	9550	9348	9552	9571	9343	9553	9557	9476	9572	9559	9556	9475	9558	9555	7088
July 2020
Tue 14th		0129 G512		0404 G532	1021 G512			1439 VL360				1946 VL356
Mon 13th								1427 VL360				1952 VL356			2029 P18
Sun 12th	No trains recorded
Sat 11th	No trains recorded
Fri 10th		0018 G532			1021 G532			1428 VL360				1947 VL356
Thu 9th								1422 VL360				1937 VL356
Wed 8th								1439 VL356				2023 VL356
Tue 7th		0436 G532		1137 T373	1013 G532				1136 T376
Mon 6th								1509 VL356				1940 X31
Date	9550	9348	9552	9571	9343	9553	9557	9476	9572	9559	9556	9475	9558	9555	7088
Sun 5th	No trains recorded
Sat 4th	No trains recorded
Fri 3rd					1017 G532			1431 VL356				1944 X31
Thu 2nd		1518 G532		0348 T376	1019 G532				1128 T377
Wed 1st		1502 G532						1527 VL356				1944 X31			2058 T386
June 2020
Tue 30th		1036 G515		0354 X31	1042 G515				1126 T373
Mon 29th								1435 VL356				1940 VL360
Sun 28th	No trains recorded
Sat 27th	No trains recorded
Fri 26th		2239 G515			1009 G515			1428 VL356				1953 VL360			2206 P16
Date	9550	9348	9552	9571	9343	9553	9557	9476	9572	9559	9556	9475	9558	9555	7088
Thu 25th		0406 G515		0357 T376	1019 G515				1134 T377
Wed 24th								1450 VL356				1941 X31
Tue 23rd		2050 G515		0443 T376	1028 G515				1409 X31						2032 T363
Mon 22nd								1436 VL356				1941 G532
Sun 21st	No trains recorded
Sat 20th				0445 P16				1501 G532				1943 VL356 G532
Fri 19th		0019 G515			1040 G515			1431 G532				2002 VL356
Thu 18th		0021 G515		0401 T376	1013 G515				1130 X31			1923 VL356			1452 T363
Wed 17th								1436 VL356
Tue 16th		0018 G515		0425 T373	1012 G515			1427 VL356	1202 T377			1939 B80
Date	9550	9348	9552	9571	9343	9553	9557	9476	9572	9559	9556	9475	9558	9555	7088
Mon 15th								1429 VL360				1927 B80
Sun 14th	No trains recorded
Sat 13th								1451 VL360				1853 B80
Fri 12th		0017 G515			1025 G515			1436 VL360				1950 VL360
Thu 11th		0025 G515		0404 T376	1022 G515			1459 VL360	1119 T377			1959 VL356
Wed 10th								1429 G512				1948 VL356
Tue 9th				0409 T376				1431 VL360	1136 T377			1945 B76
Mon 8th	No trains recorded
Sun 7th								1449 VL360				1939 G512
Sat 6th								1448 VL360				1948 G512
Date	9550	9348	9552	9571	9343	9553	9557	9476	9572	9559	9556	9475	9558	9555	7088
Fri 5th								1450 VL360				1951 B76
Thu 4th		0534 G512		0428 T376 T377 T373 T369	1021 G512			1435 VL360	1129 T377 T376 T373 T369			1948 VL360
Wed 3rd				0939 G532				1431 VL360	1441 G532 B74 G515			2021 VL360 B76
Tue 2nd		0534 G512		1029 G515 B74	1034 G512			2154 B76				0358 B76
Mon 1st								1433 VL360				1941 VL356
May 2020
Sun 31st	No trains recorded
Sat 30th	No trains recorded
Fri 29th								1426 VL360				1939 VL356
Thu 28th		0012 G515		0953 VL360 G532	1353 B80				1548 VL360			1938 G532
Wed 27th								1427 VL360
Date	9550	9348	9552	9571	9343	9553	9557	9476	9572	9559	9556	9475	9558	9555	7088
Tue 26th		0029 G515		1016 B76	1011 G515			1301 G532	1533 B80			1916 G532
Mon 25th								1501 VL360				1944 G532
Sun 24th												1628 VL356
Sat 23rd			0510 G531			1202 G531 G536		2120 VL360			1754 G531				2013 P16
Fri 22nd								1427 VL360				0345 VL356		0002 G531
Thu 21st	0025 G541	0028 G515	0513 G525	1002 B76	1021 G515	1129 G525 G531		1430 VL360	1454 B74		1911 G525	1930 VL356
Wed 20th			0557 G525	0957 B76		1150 G525 G531		1430 VL360	1444 B74	1840 G536	1911 G525	0341 G532		2348 G525 G531	2149 P14
Tue 19th	0048 G527 G525	0029 G515	0436 G541	1121 B76	1028 G515	1146 G536		1431 VL360	1602 B74		1911 G536	1933 G532		2332 G525 G531	1336 T385
Mon 18th			0551 G541			1107 G536		1432 VL360		1858 G525	1932 G541 G536	1939 G532		0016 G536	1355 T385
Sun 17th			0415 G541			1152 G536					1715 G541			2323 G536
Date	9550	9348	9552	9571	9343	9553	9557	9476	9572	9559	9556	9475	9558	9555	7088
Sat 16th			0404 G541			1141 G536					1754 G541			2313 G536
Fri 15th		0017 G515	0513 G541		1021 G515			1440 VL360				1918 G532		2318 G536
Thu 14th		0019 G515	0533 G541	1031 T376	1020 G515	1149 G536		1431 G532	1544 T377		1924 G536 G541	1938 G532		2326 G536
Wed 13th			0504 G541			1145 G536		1432 B80				1940 B76		2347 G536
Tue 12th			0513 G541 G536	0958 B74		1129 G536		1430 VL360	1556 B80		1911 G541	1940 G532		2320 G536
Mon 11th			0515 G541			1130 G536		1433 VL360			1917 G536 G541	1943 G532		2338 G536
Sun 10th			0458 G541 G536			1208 G536		1421 VL360			1819 G541	1935 G532		2325 G536
Sat 9th			0533 G527			1141 G536		1434 G532			1928 G541 G536	2002 G532		0003 G536
Fri 8th	0027 G541		0517 G527					1527 G532				1941 G532		2325 G525
Thu 7th	0018 G541	0027 G515	0537 G527	1026 B76	1011 G515	1146 G527 G531		2200 VL360	1602 B80	1854 G536	1915 G531	0310 G532		2354 G525
Date	9550	9348	9552	9571	9343	9553	9557	9476	9572	9559	9556	9475	9558	9555	7088
Wed 6th			0538 G525			1157 G531 G527		1430 B80		1859 G536	1922 G527	1942 G532		2358 G543
Tue 5th	0032 G541		0618 G527	0953 B80		1157 G525		1427 G521	1546 B76		1911 G527 G525	1953 B76 VL360		2343 G525
Mon 4th			0432 G541			1208 G527		1435 G532		1850 G536	1929 G525	1958 VL360		2349 G525
Sun 3rd	No trains recorded
Sat 2nd	No trains recorded
Fri 1st		0012 G515			1021 G515			1436 G532				1944 VL360
April 2020
Thu 30th		0006 G515	0503 G541	1008 G521	1020 G515	1142 G536		1433 G532	1552 G521			1931 G532
Wed 29th			0511 G543			1153 G541 G536		1431 G512			1914 G541	1937 G532		2333 G536
Tue 28th		0006 G515	0417 G541 G536		1021 G515	1142 G536		1430 G512		1917 BL29	1922 G541	1929 VL360
Mon 27th			0442 G536			1142 G525		1422 VL356			1911 G536	0402 VL360		2322 G541	1037 T386
Date	9550	9348	9552	9571	9343	9553	9557	9476	9572	9559	9556	9475	9558	9555	7088
Sun 26th			0704 G525 G536			1157 G525					1817 G536			2319 G525
Sat 25th			0545 G531			1221 G525		1458 VL356			1939 G536	1939 B80		2200 G525
Fri 24th		1007 G515	0542 G531		1442 G515			1429 G512				1951 G512		2352 G531 G541
Thu 23rd		0024 G515	0502 G531	0952 B80	1014 G515	1140 G531 G541		1422 VL356 G512	1535 B76		1932 G531	2012 G512 VL356		2343 G541	2204 T385
Wed 22nd			0528 G536			1146 G525		1437 VL356 G512			1937 G536	2039 VL356 G512		2322 G531 G541	1418 T386
Tue 21st	0024 G536	0027 G532	0524 G531 G541		1015 G532	1146 G541		1427 G512		1829 G525	1918 G531	1947 G512
Mon 20th			0426 G531	1006 X31		1140 G541		1433 G512	1521 X31	1912 G525	2000 G531	1957 G512		2344 G541
Sun 19th			0428 G531			1149 G541		1450 G512			1921 G531	1944 G512		2312 G531 G541
Sat 18th			0525 G531			1109 G541 G531		1442 G512			1928 G531	1847 G512		2300 G531 G541
Fri 17th		0344 G532	0528 G531		1023 G532			1438 G521 G512				1945 G512		2347 G531 G541
Date	9550	9348	9552	9571	9343	9553	9557	9476	9572	9559	9556	9475	9558	9555	7088
Thu 16th	0029 G531	0520 G532	0502 G536	1032 T373	1057 G532	1158 G527		1442 G512	1602 X31		1912 G536 G527	1949 B80		0020 G531 G541
Wed 15th			0509 G536			1130 G527		1431 VL356		1914 G531 G525	1934 G536	0412 B80		2348 G527
Tue 14th	0025 BL29		0604 G531			1402 G525		1434 VL356			2038 G531 G525	0331 G512		2358 G536 G527
Mon 13th			0450 G531			1114 G531 G525		1437 VL356		1756 G527		1937 VL360	1918 G531	2323 G525
Sun 12th			0407 G531			1153 G525					1822 G531			2329 G525
Sat 11th			0543 BL29			1158 G525					1937 G531			2258 G525
Fri 10th								1443 VL356				1924 VL360		0005 G525
Thu 9th		0527 T377	0509 G531	1014 B80	1014 T373	1118 G525		1434 VL356	1520 G532	1858 BL29 G527	1917 G531 G525	1955 VL360
Wed 8th			0448 BL29			1207 BL29 G541		1428 VL356		1901 G525	2048 BL29	2001 VL360
Tue 7th		1019 T377	0506 BL29 G543		1017 T376	1109 G525				2014 G541	2136 G531 G525	1935 VL360
Date	9550	9348	9552	9571	9343	9553	9557	9476	9572	9559	9556	9475	9558	9555	7088
Mon 6th						1132 G543		1430 VL356			1910 G525
Sun 5th			0543 G525			1239 G525 G536					1940 G525	1930 G512		0019 G541
Sat 4th			0716 G527			1149 G525						1947 VL360	1931 G527	2304 G525
Fri 3rd			0628 G527					1427 B80				1935 G521		0017 G525
Thu 2nd		0024 G532	1011 G541 G531 G525 G527	1020 G521	1102 G532			1443 G515	1532 T377			2117 B76		2347 G527 G536
Wed 1st			0522 G525 G541			1156 G541 G525		1430 B80		1858 G531 G527	1912 G541 G525	1946 B80		0108 G525 G541	2207 S312 P18
March 2020
Tue 31st	0020 G541 G525	0031 G532	0521 G527 G531		1020 G532	1155 G527		2135 B80			1911 G527 G531	0311 B76 VL360		2347 G541 G525
Mon 30th			0513 G531	1008 G512		1148 G531 G527		1520 G515	1533 VL356	1900 G525	1912 G527	1943 VL360		2349 G527
Sun 29th			0506 G531			1151 G531 G527					1918 G531			2328 G527
Sat 28th			0542 G527			1201 G527		1432 X31			1930 G531	1937 X31		2326 G527
Date	9550	9348	9552	9571	9343	9553	9557	9476	9572	9559	9556	9475	9558	9555	7088
Fri 27th								1435 G532				1958 G515		0015 G527
Thu 26th				0956 B80				1516 G515 G532	1612 X31			1950 G515			2047 P18
Wed 25th								1438 G515				1947 G532
Tue 24th								1431 G515				1947 G532
Mon 23rd				1015 G512				1433 G515	1548 VL356			1941 G532
Sun 22nd	No trains recorded
Sat 21st								1502 G515				1928 G532
Fri 20th			0505 G531					1433 G515				1942 G532
Thu 19th			0504 G531	0951 B80		1147 G527		1432 G515	1531 X31		1921 G531 G527	1957 G532		2355 G527
Wed 18th			0427 G536 G541			1358 G536		1435 G515		1913 G527	2038 G541	1945 B76
Date	9550	9348	9552	9571	9343	9553	9557	9476	9572	9559	9556	9475	9558	9555	7088
Tue 17th						1153 G527		1451 G515		1859 G541 G525	1912 G531	1947 B76
Mon 16th			0441 G527 G531					1427 G515		1859 G527		2017 G515
Sun 15th	No trains recorded
Sat 14th			0533 G531			1221 G527		1510 G532				2016 VL360
Fri 13th			0536 G531 G527	1031 G512				1622 G515	1558 VL356			2119 VL360		2347 G527
Thu 12th	0034 G541		0531 G531			1152 G527		1542 B76			1913 G531 G527	1959 G515		0007 G527
Wed 11th			0508 G541			1146 G527		1430 B76		1858 G525	1933 G531 G527	1956 B80		2357 G527
Tue 10th	0027 G541 G536		0543 G527	0956 B76		1144 G531		1430 G515	1521 B80		1913 G531 G527	2003 B80		2347 G541 G536
Mon 9th			0553 G527			1304 G531				1840 G536	1924 G527			0002 G531
Sun 8th			0502 G527					1344 VL356				1946 VL360		0010 G527 G531
Date	9550	9348	9552	9571	9343	9553	9557	9476	9572	9559	9556	9475	9558	9555	7088
Sat 7th						1316 G527 G531		1526 VL356			1933 G527	2000 G512		2306 G527 G531
Fri 6th	2351 G541 G536		0559 G527					1428 VL356				2001 G512		0033 G531
Thu 5th			0403 G541	1009 B80		1202 G527 G531		1437 G512	1532 X31		1912 G527	2016 G512		0015 G527 G531
Wed 4th		0422 G532	0524 G527		1024 G532	1146 G527 G531		1511 G512		1849 G536	1953 G527	2021 B76
Tue 3rd		0108 G532	0457 G541	1124 B80	1041 G532	1153 G536		1435 G512	1548 B80	1927 G527 G531	1934 G536	2030 B76
Mon 2nd			0413 G541 G536			1200 G541 G536		1450 G512				2023 B76
Sun 1st												0348 G515
February 2020
Sat 29th	No trains recorded
Fri 28th						1127 G536		1432 G515
Thu 27th			0534 G541			1153 G541 G536		1446 G515			2038 G541 G536	1949 G515
Date	9550	9348	9552	9571	9343	9553	9557	9476	9572	9559	9556	9475	9558	9555	7088
Wed 26th			0341 G541 G536	1033 G515		1126 G536		1430 G512	1540 G515		1912 G541	1943 G515		2342 G536
Tue 25th						1202 G541 G536		1432 G515			1911 G541	1944 G512		2325 G536
Mon 24th			0550 G525			1129 G525 G527		1447 VL356			1912 G525	1941 G512		0015 G536
Sun 23rd			0205 G525											2308 G525 G527
Sat 22nd			0412 G525			1151 G527
Fri 21st			0510 G541					1434 VL356				1931 VL360		2359 G525 G527
Thu 20th			0548 G525	0953 G512		1153 G525 G527		1431 VL356	1527 B80		2039 G525	1933 VL360		0002 G531
Wed 19th			0440 G541			1141 G531		1351 VL356		1825 G527	1916 G541 G531	2029 VL360
Tue 18th		0414 G515	0507 G525		1032 G515	1232 G525 G527		1427 VL356		1918 G531	2015 G525	1956 VL360
Mon 17th				0957 B80		1128 G531		1433 VL356	1530 B80	1850 G525 G527	1915 G541	1946 VL360
Date	9550	9348	9552	9571	9343	9553	9557	9476	9572	9559	9556	9475	9558	9555	7088
Sun 16th															0138 T386
Sat 15th								1438 VL356				1847 VL360
Fri 14th		0439 G515			1021 G515			1425 VL356				1954 VL360
Thu 13th		0512 G515		1025 G521	1020 G515			1434 VL356	1605 G521			1946 VL360
Wed 12th								1434 VL356				0403 VL360
Tue 11th		1031 G512			1512 G512			1429 VL356				2040 VL360
Mon 10th								1431 VL360				1951 VL360
Sun 9th								1454 G512				1955 G512
Sat 8th												1903 G512
Fri 7th		0028 G521			1102 G521			1510 VL356
Date	9550	9348	9552	9571	9343	9553	9557	9476	9572	9559	9556	9475	9558	9555	7088
Thu 6th		0022 G521		1038 T373	1036 G521			1424 G512	1540 B80			2104 G512			0127 T386
Wed 5th								1450 VL356				2001 G512
Tue 4th								1434 G532				2130 G512
Mon 3rd								1445 B80				1942 G532
Sun 2nd								1442 G532				1939 G532
Sat 1st								1716 G532				2027 B80
January 2020
Fri 31st		1020 G512			1443 G512	1116 G531		1609 G532			2323 G541 G531	2046 G532
Thu 30th		1038 G512		0949 G532	2112 G512	1200 G525		1500 B80	1551 G521		2137 G536 G525	1949 G532
Wed 29th		0600 G512			1121 G512	1141 G536 G525		1436 VL356			1909 G536	1937 B80
Tue 28th						1109 G525		1547 B80			1934 G536	2034 B80 VL356
Date	9550	9348	9552	9571	9343	9553	9557	9476	9572	9559	9556	9475	9558	9555	7088
Mon 27th						1152 G525		1449 G521			1930 G525 G536	2014 B80
Sun 26th												0334 G521
Sat 25th	No trains recorded
Fri 24th	No trains recorded
Thu 23rd	No trains recorded
Wed 22nd	No trains recorded
Tue 21st	No trains recorded
Mon 20th	No trains recorded
Sun 19th	No trains recorded
Sat 18th	No trains recorded
Fri 17th	No trains recorded
Thu 16th	No trains recorded
Wed 15th	No trains recorded
Tue 14th	No trains recorded
Mon 13th	No trains recorded
Sun 12th	No trains recorded
Sat 11th	No trains recorded
Fri 10th	No trains recorded
Thu 9th	No trains recorded
Wed 8th	No trains recorded
Tue 7th	No trains recorded
Mon 6th	No trains recorded
Sun 5th	No trains recorded
Sat 4th	No trains recorded
Fri 3rd	No trains recorded
Thu 2nd	No trains recorded
Wed 1st			0835 G536 G527					1451 VL356

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Royden
November 28th, 2019 - 08:27

Great Work Steven. Would it be possible to include the HCMT transfers as well?

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- stevenh
  November 28th, 2019 - 08:43
  
  Morning,
  Very good question. Due to the infrequency, there wont be much data… but I can try keep an eye out for them.
  Steven
  
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  - Royden
    November 28th, 2019 - 08:49
    
    Ok Thanks. Would be great to know when they are coming through!!
    
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    - stevenh
      April 2nd, 2020 - 08:28
      
      I’ve added, based on the historical data, what I think are the transfers.
      I just missed one last night!
      
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      - Royden
        April 2nd, 2020 - 18:54
        
        Hello Steven
        Thank you for including this data into the table!!
        Would it be possible to change the destination on the possible metro transfers to include Pakenham as well, just to get the correct information.
        Thanks
        Royden
        
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        stevenh
        April 2nd, 2020 - 23:30
        
        Ah ha… of course. No point having incorrect information!
        
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      - Royden
        April 2nd, 2020 - 19:08
        
        Hello Steven
        Thank you for adding the HCMT transfer data into the table!!
        Royden
        
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Royden
November 28th, 2019 - 09:13

Hello Steven,
Can i ask how you receive this data for these trains?
Thanks
Royden

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- stevenh
  December 2nd, 2019 - 14:13
  
  A mixture of sightings from Facebook and other locations.
  
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