Trains at Pakenham; Grade Separation Update March 2024 - Melbourne Transport

[@JackStavris]

As a Gippsland line commuter every day I always check the progress of East Pakenham on my morning commute. It’s coming together nicely, platforms are basically finished with some track works still to go. Glad the bypass tracks are being built, we’ve needed them for years and there’s a reason we’re called the slow boat.

[@hazptmedia]

6:20 I know that Seddon, Riversdale, East Richmond, Moonee Ponds, and Macleod have these PIDs too.

[@kclassproductions]

So does Croydon! Well not anymore I guess.

[@JTRAIN]

These pids are ugly. They don’t show the stations that the train are stopping and not stopping. And it also doesn’t show the next trains arriving

[@levonandonian7613]

The new one is too busy, the old one is nice simple!

[@hazptmedia]

@@JTRAIN Well, it’s a bit of nostalgia, I guess.

[@hazptmedia]

@@kclassproductions yep sadly

[@ComengProductions]

Great video mate! I'm exited for the next one.

[@pierreinthavong181]

Very nice video!😁

[@thex-wing]

Yeah did some filming up their a while ago as well as the new East Pakenham Station

[@SpotterCrazyperson]

Nice video

[@ianmontgomery7534]

I expect that they will open the stations before they are 100% finished like they did with Noble Park and others.

[@kclassproductions]

I can’t wait for East Pakenham to open, I’m assuming that you will make a video covering it! Are you planning on doing one of these videos for Ringwood East as well? Great video mate.

[@ThebusofdoomFSX]

Thanks! I do intend to visit the new stations once they open.

[@knight.Skye.04]

They even changed the LCD screen time table colour to white around Noble Park, to Clayton station

[@EOL76552]

wow very nice

[@VO5-Vida]

A skyrail and a bottom rails is Pakenham East also Pakenham

[@southeastaviation.]

Interesting to see how it ends up. I'm basically In Pakenham so I can check what's going on a lot of the time. Its a massive project and with the line being shut soon (I know for v/line unsure about metro) it'll a interesting time without it why they finish it.

[@JackStavris]

Yeah the V/Line shutdown is for about a month. I believe they’re also finally finishing the duplication works at Longwarry & Bunyip during this time too.

[@southeastaviation.]

@@JackStavris Yea Most Likely. Do you know if the coach timetable is the same as the trains. I mean like do they come every hour?

[@JackStavris]

@@southeastaviation. it should be similar to the train timetable. I’ve checked the times I need to get the train and there’s ab equivalent bus.

[@southeastaviation.]

@@JackStavris yeah cheers for that. Wonder what bus lines will run it

[@ianmontgomery7534]

@@southeastaviation.I have noticed a couple of buses around Dandenong that are painted in the V/line purple colours but I don't know who is running them.

[@Adam-yz5xd]

Since when were passengers from Melbourne allowed to use Vline to get to Pakenham?

[@Comeng_]

Nice

[@VO5-Vida]

I visit to Pakenham station lol

[@biscuitinthesea]

This is what they should of done on the Armadale Line in Perth instead of shutting it down for 18 months.

[@robertbruce2182]

The problem is that areas Like vic park don’t allow for much space to construct next to existing stations, though it does seem smart

[@JTRAIN]

East Pakenham station will be a ground leveled station.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

I think I might go and jump on a train to Pak and have a squiz as i have nothing better on the cards this afternoon and it doesn't cost me anything!

[@ianmontgomery7534]

Just got back from my trip. The station certainly is taking shape and I think they will open it before they do cladding that they presently can't do because of the existing service. Not much was happening in Pakenham shopping centre though. It appears that the buses might be Dysons judging by what the guys controlling the stops were wearing.

[@OfficialRyanx]

Unrelated note - why do the HCMTs run with 4 pantographs in service?

[@ianmontgomery7534]

I would expect that each carriage with a pantograph has a motor that needs power/

[@OfficialRyanx]

@@ianmontgomery7534 But we manage to power a 9 car high speed train with a single paragraph…

[@ianmontgomery7534]

@@OfficialRyanxmaybe it is the motor layout that dictates it.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

Just got back from my trip. The station certainly is taking shape and I think they will open it before they do cladding that they presntly can't do because of the existing service. Not much was happening in Pakenham shopping centre though.

[@JTRAIN]

Vlocities proceed through this station to Traralgon and Bairnsdale, and back to Melbourne.

[@JTRAIN]

6:21 I hate these pids. It doesn’t show the next 3 trains.

[@brisbanepublictransportvlogs18]

They need a cafe car for these long distance trains.

[@matthewnorman9803]

I hope the old station gets heritage listed

[@TamasKiss-bv9hz]

👍👍👍❤🤍💚

[@andysmetrotrainvlogs8163]

I Know What Comes Next if You’re Confident Construction The New 🆕 train Station

[@peterfromgw4615]

When will the level crossings be removed on the Glen Waverley line? It has one of two tram squares left in metro Melbourne but our tax $ are continue to be wasted on works “out the back of nowhere” like Pakenham. Absolute disgrace with the crooked Labour government being run by “Teflon Dan” Andrews’s useless understudy while pandering to the dross who vote for them.