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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.

2022 NOTE: QUBE has taken over the PacNat Steel Services.. the numbers have changed. They've been piped into the PacNat slots and are showing below. Once they've stabilised, I'll explain them further.

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.

Date955093489552957193439553955794769572955995569475955895557088
May 2025
Tue
6th
0604
VL353
Mon
5th
1153
VL356
1358
G515
2016
VL353
2109
VL360
2344
VL356
Sun
4th
No trains recorded
Sat
3rd
1340
G515
2024
VL360
Fri
2nd
2005
G532
0605
VL357
1040
G532
1140
VL356
1349
G515
2002
VL357
2105
VL360
Thu
1st
0922
G532
0600
VL357
1441
G532
1126
VL356
1358
G515
2003
VL357
2046
VL360
2344
VL356
April 2025
Wed
30th
0026
G532
0550
VL357
1039
G532
1133
VL356
2005
VL357
2019
VL360
2332
VL356
Tue
29th
0020
G532
0550
VL357
1119
G532
1200
VL356
1347
G515
2005
VL357
2313
VL356
Mon
28th
0601
VL357
1110
VL351
1412
G512
2006
VL357
2036
VL360
2329
VL351
Date955093489552957193439553955794769572955995569475955895557088
Sun
27th
0602
VL357
1210
VL360
1927
VL357
2347
VL351
Sat
26th
0624
VL357
1155
VL351
1928
VL357
2342
VL351
Fri
25th
0620
VL357
1131
VL351
1509
G515
1920
VL357
1941
VL356
2343
VL351
Thu
24th
0600
VL357
1129
VL351
1949
VL357
2331
VL351
Wed
23rd
1036
G512
1347
G515
0340
VL360
2319
VL351
Tue
22nd
0602
VL357
1424
G515
0407
VL360
Mon
21st
1923
VL357
2337
VL351
Sun
20th
No trains recorded
Sat
19th
No trains recorded
Fri
18th
0550
VL360
Date955093489552957193439553955794769572955995569475955895557088
Thu
17th
1304
VL351
2111
VL357
Wed
16th
1156
VL351
1350
G515
2005
VL357
Tue
15th
1310
VL351
2005
VL357
Mon
14th
0559
VL357
1135
VL351
2000
VL357
Sun
13th
0615
VL357
1148
VL351
1932
VL357
2350
VL351
Sat
12th
2335
VL351
Fri
11th
0601
VL353
1127
VL351
1351
G515
2000
VL353
2031
VL360
Thu
10th
0559
VL353
1111
VL351
1401
G515
2004
VL353
2105
VL360
2325
VL351
Wed
9th
0559
VL353
1340
VL351
0410
VL360
2121
VL353
2343
VL351
Tue
8th
0551
VL353
1108
VL351
1347
G515
2014
VL353
2031
VL360
2323
VL351
Date955093489552957193439553955794769572955995569475955895557088
Mon
7th
0509
VL353
1423
G515
2003
VL353
2032
VL360
2319
VL351
Sun
6th
2315
VL351
Sat
5th
No trains recorded
Fri
4th
1041
G512
0527
VL357
1117
VL351
1349
G515
2051
VL357
2120
VL360
Thu
3rd
1022
G512
0553
VL357
1106
VL351
2004
VL357
2325
VL351
Wed
2nd
0019
G512
0554
G515
1039
G512
1155
VL351
2121
VL357
2143
VL360
2341
VL351
Tue
1st
0552
VL357
1207
VL351
1347
G515
2000
VL357
2331
VL360
March 2025
Mon
31st
0602
VL357
1216
VL351
1347
G515
2005
VL357
2032
VL360
2334
VL351
Sun
30th
0410
VL357
1140
VL351
1843
VL357
0332
VL360
2255
VL351
Sat
29th
0444
VL357
1127
VL351
1929
VL357
2310
VL351
Date955093489552957193439553955794769572955995569475955895557088
Fri
28th
0024
G532
0601
VL357
1107
G532
2112
VL357
2329
VL351
Thu
27th
0600
VL353
1037
G532
1121
VL351
2001
VL357
2320
VL351
Wed
26th
0600
VL353
1518
G532
1125
VL351
2006
VL353
2319
VL351
Tue
25th
0600
VL353
1038
G532
1153
VL351
2002
VL353
2318
VL351
Mon
24th
1126
VL351
2002
VL353
2328
VL351
Sun
23rd
No trains recorded
Sat
22nd
No trains recorded
Fri
21st
1331
VL360
2004
VL353
Thu
20th
1400
VL357
2121
VL353
Wed
19th
1332
VL360
2112
VL353
Date955093489552957193439553955794769572955995569475955895557088
Tue
18th
1032
G532
1342
VL360
1410
VL357
0425
G515
2110
VL353
Mon
17th
1327
VL360
2112
VL353
Sun
16th
0452
VL353
0424
G512
Sat
15th
0453
VL353
1203
VL360
1925
VL353
2310
VL360
Fri
14th
2052
G532
1036
G532
1348
VL357
2241
VL360
Thu
13th
0601
VL353
1136
VL351
1348
VL357
1958
VL353
2025
VL356
Wed
12th
1353
VL357
2022
VL356
2240
VL351
Tue
11th
0551
VL353
1154
VL351
1345
VL356
1959
VL353
2021
VL356
Mon
10th
0409
VL353
1134
VL351
1932
VL353
2252
VL351
Sun
9th
0416
VL353
1207
VL351
1927
VL353
2240
VL351
Date955093489552957193439553955794769572955995569475955895557088
Sat
8th
0511
VL353
1138
VL351
1938
VL353
2300
VL351
Fri
7th
0043
G532
0600
VL353
1208
G532
1128
VL351
1347
VL356
1959
VL353
2018
VL357
2344
VL351
Thu
6th
0559
VL353
1118
VL351
2000
VL353
2019
VL357
2321
VL351
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  1. Great Work Steven. Would it be possible to include the HCMT transfers as well?

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

  3. Great site and record of freight trains, i live near Richmond Station and you have demystified the freight train movements i hear at various times during the day. Cheers


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