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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
December 2024
Sat
14th
0618
VL353
Fri
13th
0558
VL353
1128
VL357
1348
VL351
2001
VL353
2018
VL351
2319
VL357
Thu
12th
0018
G515
1309
G515
1100
VL357
2001
VL353
2335
VL357
Wed
11th
1119
VL357
1329
VL357
1404
VL360
2019
VL353
Tue
10th
2320
G515
1217
G515
1342
VL357
2109
VL353
Mon
9th
1111
VL357
1349
VL360
2000
VL353
2023
VL356
Sun
8th
0451
VL353
Sat
7th
0524
VL353
1130
VL357
1926
VL353
2309
VL357
Fri
6th
0550
VL353
1107
VL357
1350
VL360
2013
VL353
2107
VL356
2319
VL357
Date955093489552957193439553955794769572955995569475955895557088
Thu
5th
1039
G515
1308
VL357
2116
VL353
Wed
4th
1312
VL357
1349
VL356
2000
VL353
0332
VL356
Tue
3rd
0501
G512
1037
G512
1330
VL357
2004
VL353
Mon
2nd
0407
VL353
1126
VL357
1349
VL351
1959
VL353
0331
VL351
Sun
1st
0435
VL353
1217
VL357
1918
VL353
2307
VL357
November 2024
Sat
30th
0620
VL353
1143
VL357
1821
VL353
2302
VL357
Fri
29th
0600
VL360
1127
VL357
1349
VL351
1959
VL353
2034
VL356
2322
VL357
Thu
28th
0427
G512
0601
VL360
1039
G512
1142
VL357
1340
VL351
2002
VL360
2024
VL356
2319
VL357
Wed
27th
0602
G515
1335
VL357
2113
VL360
2324
VL357
Tue
26th
0406
G512
G532
0604
G515
1039
G512
1150
VL357
2010
G515
0336
G532
2329
VL357
Date955093489552957193439553955794769572955995569475955895557088
Mon
25th
1130
VL357
1530
VL351
2002
G515
2320
VL357
Sun
24th
0409
G512
Sat
23rd
No trains recorded
Fri
22nd
0554
G515
1209
VL357
1359
VL351
2000
G515
Thu
21st
0553
G515
2029
G532
1142
VL357
2001
G515
2242
VL357
Wed
20th
0551
G515
1114
VL357
1347
G512
2001
G515
0341
G512
2309
VL357
Tue
19th
0551
G515
1140
VL357
2005
G515
2256
VL357
Mon
18th
0419
G512
1042
G532
1132
VL351
1359
G515
2000
G512
0347
VL351
2347
VL357
Sun
17th
0542
G512
1118
VL351
1719
G512
2213
VL351
Sat
16th
0456
G512
1131
VL351
1806
G512
0006
VL351
Date955093489552957193439553955794769572955995569475955895557088
Fri
15th
0400
G532
0555
G512
1045
G532
1141
VL351
1350
VL360
2002
G512
2041
VL357
Thu
14th
1141
VL351
2006
G512
2335
VL351
Wed
13th
1351
VL351
2140
G512
0421
VL357
Tue
12th
0422
G532
1037
G532
1318
VL351
2003
G512
0357
G515
Mon
11th
1341
G515
1412
VL356
2002
VL360
Sun
10th
1132
G515
1930
VL360
Sat
9th
0559
VL360
1142
G515
1930
VL360
Fri
8th
0020
G532
0600
VL360
1030
G532
1329
G515
1400
VL351
1958
VL360
2024
VL357
2358
G515
Thu
7th
0557
VL360
1131
G515
2100
VL360
2323
G515
Wed
6th
1400
G515
1349
G512
0350
G512
2118
G515
VL353
2327
G515
Date955093489552957193439553955794769572955995569475955895557088
Tue
5th
0617
VL356
1117
VL351
1928
VL356
0350
G512
Mon
4th
0551
VL356
1127
VL351
1348
VL353
2001
VL356
2329
VL351
Sun
3rd
0555
VL356
1207
VL351
1822
VL356
0004
VL351
Sat
2nd
0618
VL356
1135
VL351
2003
VL356
0010
VL351
Fri
1st
0018
G515
0552
VL356
1138
G515
1132
VL351
1347
VL353
2003
VL356
2033
VL357
2328
VL351
October 2024
Thu
31st
0550
VL356
1120
VL351
2001
VL356
2329
VL351
Wed
30th
0419
G515
0550
VL356
1041
G515
1132
VL351
1348
VL353
2002
VL356
2036
VL357
2308
VL351
Tue
29th
0411
VL356
1115
VL351
2005
VL356
2341
VL351
Mon
28th
0426
G515
0424
VL356
1130
VL351
1354
VL353
2001
VL356
2028
VL357
2244
VL351
Sun
27th
0536
VL356
1200
VL351
1925
VL356
2301
VL351
Date955093489552957193439553955794769572955995569475955895557088
Sat
26th
1950
VL356
2336
VL351
Fri
25th
0020
G515
0553
VL360
1242
G515
1120
VL351
1349
VL353
2002
VL360
2025
VL357
Thu
24th
0551
VL356
1126
VL351
2001
VL356
2320
VL351
Wed
23rd
0610
VL356
1128
VL351
1418
VL353
2001
VL356
0444
VL357
2309
VL351
Tue
22nd
0510
VL356
1100
VL351
2017
G512
2328
VL351
Mon
21st
1038
G515
1404
VL351
1354
VL353
2032
VL357
2110
VL356
2324
VL351
Sun
20th
No trains recorded
Sat
19th
No trains recorded
Fri
18th
0600
VL356
1200
VL351
1417
VL353
2018
VL356
1951
VL357
Thu
17th
0552
VL360
1037
G515
1148
VL351
2010
VL360
2327
VL351
Date955093489552957193439553955794769572955995569475955895557088
Wed
16th
0552
VL360
1146
VL351
1347
VL353
2001
VL360
2014
VL357
2320
VL351
Tue
15th
0654
VL360
1136
VL351
2003
VL360
2312
VL351
Mon
14th
0447
VL360
1120
VL351
1348
VL353
2012
VL360
2031
VL357
2350
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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