Pakenham
Last Updated: Sunday, 4th March 2007
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UP Direction Cardinia Road |
DOWN Direction East Pakenham |
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Pakenham
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Related Pages:
- Pakenham Signalbox
- Dandenong Signal Control Centre Signalbox
- Pakenham Interlocking
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Track and Signalling Diagram (PDF File)
History
| Mon, 8 Oct 1877 | Opened |
| Mon, 8 Mar 1897 | By this date, up and down distant signals abolished, up and down home signals moved further out. (WN35/1897) |
| Mon, 10 Jan 1910 | By this date, provide plunger lock. (WN02/1910) |
| Wed, 21 Mar 1928 | Up home signal moved 290 yards further out. (WN13/1928) |
| Wed, 28 Mar 1928 | Down home signal moved 110 yards further out. (WN14/1928) |
| Wed, 18 Apr 1928 | No.2 road extended, now holds 60 vehicles. (WN22/1928) |
| Thu, 3 Oct 1929 | Provide double-wire interlocking. (WN43/1929) |
| Wed, 27 Nov 1929 | Provide white discs in lieu of green on switchstands. (WN47/1929) |
| Thu, 8 Aug 1935 | Provide miniature electric staff in lieu of large electric staff to Officer and Nar Nar Goon. (WN36/1935) |
| Fri, 13 Sep 1935 | Provide automatic electric staff exchange apparatus. (WN39/11935) |
| Thu, 13 Jan 1938 | Down home signal replaced by bracket post, 185 yards further in. (WN05/1938) |
| Wed, 19 Jan 1938 | Up home signal replaced by bracket post, 174 yards further in. (WN05/1938) |
| Thu, 17 Mar 1938 | Provide up and down distant signals, additional arrival home signals and new interlocking on platform. (WN14/1938) |
| Tue, 20 Dec 1938 | Provide flashing lights at Main Street (35M 23C). Provide new post 3, 2 arms and 2 discs. (WN01/1939) |
| Tue, 15 Jul 1952 | By this date, No.2 road shortened by 120 feet; double-wire points at down end moved in by same amount. (WN29/1952) |
| Tue, 17 Mar 1953 | Provide works siding on down side of line at down end, secured by Annett lock. Provide new post 3B, down home signal. (WN12/1953) |
| Sun, 13 Sep 1953 | Works siding and mainline between Pakenham and Nar Nar Goon transposed. (WN38/1953) |
| Sun, 27 Jun 1954 | Down home signal post 2 moved 137 yards further out. (WN27/1954) |
| Tue, 10 Aug 1954 | By this date, telegraph instrument removed. (WN32/1954) |
| Wed, 25 Aug 1954 | Provide works siding on down side of line at up end, secured by Annett lock. (WN35/1954) |
| Thu, 16 Sep 1954 | Works siding at down end and post 3B abolished. (WN38/1954) |
| Sun, 10 Oct 1954 | Duplication to Nar Nar Goon with 3 position signals in service. Electric staff to Nar Nar Goon abolished. Posts 4 and 5 abolished, provide 3 position signals posts 28, U28, 32 and U32. Provide control panel to work junction at down end. (WN42/1954) |
| Sun, 19 Dec 1954 | Mainline deviated to down side between Officer and Pakenham. Posts 1, 2 and 3 abolished, provide 3 position signals 6, 12 and 4 and automatic signal D1799. Mechanical interlocking abolished. (WN01/1955) |
| Sun, 27 Feb 1955 | Duplication from Officer with 3 position signals in service, electric staff from Officer abolished. Provide catch points at down end of No.2 road. (WN10/1955) |
| Wed, 17 Sep 1958 | 8 and 30 dwarf signals previously motor operated, now light signals. (RA531 Rev.2) |
| Sun, 5 Apr 1959 | Duplication provided through Pakenham; provide island platform. Provide switching facility and illuminated letter A on posts 6, 14, 28 and 32. (WN15/1959) |
| Wed, 2 Feb 1972 | Proposal assembled to provide a siding for Hutmill at the down end, by converting turnout and catch 27 to a crossover, then extending No.3 road over Racecourse Road, with a loop of approximately 400 feet clear length, then a headshunt of approximately 250 feet clear length. (465/71) |
| Fri, 25 Jan 1974 | Track layout and grading of proposed Hutmill siding amended to allow for weighbridge between Racecourse Road and the loop. (465/71 Rev.A) |
| Thu, 11 Apr 1974 | Proposal for Hutmill Siding amended with shunters path provided and rail weight altered. (465/71 Rev.B) |
| Thu, 24 Oct 1974 | Layout altered to allow terminating of suburban trains from Dandenong. Stage 1 works - No.2 road made bidirectional. Signal D1918 (lever 34) medium speed aspect made approach operated. Signal 24 provided. Signals 6 and 8 provided with aspects to No.2 road. These permit suburban trains to arrive in and terminate at the south-side platform. Stage 2 works - No.1 road made bidirectional. Crossover 11 and signal 16 provided. Dwarf 30 provided with route to No.1 Road towards signal 16. Lever control on signal D1799 (lever 4) added to provide overlap clear of crossover 11. (465/71 Rev.C) |
| Wed, 11 Dec 1974 | Provide flashing lights at McGregor's Road (55.839km). (WN02/1975) |
| Thu, 12 Dec 1974 | Panel 2 of Track diagram in signal box redrawn to show crossover 11; patches provided over panels 1 and 3 to amend signals and road numbers. (RH402 Rev.A) |
| Sun, 13 Apr 1975 | Panel 1 of track diagram in signal box amended with additional block and signal D1721 added; one track section removed from down line on Panel 2. (RH402 Rev.C) |
| Panels 2, 3 and 4 of track diagram in signal box amended to show Signal 24 and flashing lights at McGregors Road and Racecourse Road. (RH402 Rev.B) |
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| Fri, 11 Jun 1976 | Panels 4 of track diagram in signal box redrawn to show lead to Hutmill Siding; patch added to Panel 5. (RH402 Rev.D) |
| Fri, 8 Oct 2004 | Dwarf signal 30 converted to LED type. |
| Sun, 15 May 2005 | Additional track circuits were installed (turnout fouling project) to ensure train, broken rail and broken bond detection on main line turnouts |
| Thu, 21 Dec 2006 | A Westrace Data update was carried out to overcome Express and Stopping Route Setting issues. Data installed in Pakenham interlocking (PKM1A). (SW.334/2006, WN01/2007) |
| Sun, 4 Feb 2007 | Home Signals 12 and 14 converted to LED (SW.020/2007, WN05/2007) |
| Sun, 11 Feb 2007 | Up Home Signal PKM16 and Up Controlled Automatic Signal PKM10 converted to LED. (SW.026/2007, WN06/2007) |
| Sun, 18 Feb 2007 | Automatic Signals D1721, D1722, D1800 and PKM4 converted to LED. (SW.030/2007, WN07/2007) |
| 2021 | Effective 0800 hours 6th April 2021 Start and End RFR signs will be progressively removed, in line with updates to Section 36 of the 1994 Book of Rules and Operating Procedures (as amended) which will be issued on a separate SW Circular. Amend diagram 73/18. (WON 13/2021, SW.0041/2021) |
| Mon, 8 Aug 2022 | No.4 and No.5 roads are abolished, along with most of No.3 road. A short portion (75m) of the latter is retained at the down end, allowing shunting to and from Siding A. Overhead wiring is removed from this portion of No.3 road, now renamed the Shunt Neck, and Siding A, along with the rest of the yard. Train stop and TPWS units will remain raised/energised for routes to/from No.3 road, to prevent entry by unauthorised trains. Home signal PKM711 is abolished, and PKM715 is relocated from the gantry to a new ground mast. Points PKM611U and PKM611D are abolished, with circuit alterations made to retain detection of PKM611U in the normal position until such time as the physically removed. (WON 31/2022, SW.812/2022) |
| Mon, 10 Oct 2022 | As at 0300 hours, the following changes are made in the lead up to grade separation: • No.3 road, baulks and buffer light are abolished • Siding "A" and the baulks are abolished • Home signal PKM728 is abolished • Dwarf signal PKM729 is abolished • Points PKM628 is abolished, but not removed. Normal detection of the points will be retained, and track circuits PKM682T and PKM728T have blocks applied in the interim. (WON 39/2022, SW.0742/2022) |
| Tue, 11 Oct 2022 | SW.249/2019 is cancelled. (WON 40/2022, SW.0479/2022) |
Line History
| Mon, 8 Oct 1877 | Line Opened | Dandenong - Pakenham |
| Wed, 21 Jul 1954 | Electrified | Dandenong - Pakenham |
| Fri, 25 Feb 1955 | Duplicated | Officer - Pakenham |
| Tue, 29 Jun 2021 | 3000mm containers no longer permitted | Melbourne Yard - Pakenham (WON 26/2021, TON 0305.2021) |
Photos of Trains at Pakenham
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G527 with #9142 loaded grain from North Geelong to Kensington at Pakenham Wednesday, 11th December 2013 Photo: Ian Green |
XRB560 waits for the BLs to runaround before conducting another test run at Pakenham Sunday, 11th December 2005 Photo: Chris Gordon |
Siemens Train 826M sits in the morning sun at Pakenham Saturday, 6th May 2006 Photo: Matt Julian |
Photos of Infrastructure at Pakenham
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80km/h points at the down end at Pakenham Saturday, 3rd July 2004 Photo: Chris Gordon |
Panel inside the signalbox at Pakenham Monday, 20th September 2004 Photo: Chris Gordon |
End of the overhead at Ryans Road near Pakenham Friday, 14th July 2006 Photo: Chris Gordon |
Home Signals PKM28 and PKM26 at Pakenham Friday, 14th July 2006 Photo: Chris Gordon |
Home Signals PKM32 and PKM30 at Pakenham Friday, 14th July 2006 Photo: Chris Gordon |
Old communications for the up direction and new touch screen VDU for down direction at Pakenham Friday, 14th July 2006 Photo: Chris Gordon |
VDU for control of down end of Pakenham and indications to Bunyip at Pakenham Friday, 14th July 2006 Photo: Chris Gordon |
VDU for control of up end and Pakenham at Pakenham Friday, 14th July 2006 Photo: Chris Gordon |
VDU screen with Alarms and Switch In/Out at Pakenham Friday, 14th July 2006 Photo: Chris Gordon |
VDUs for control and indications at Pakenham Friday, 14th July 2006 Photo: Chris Gordon |
Workstation in the signal box at Pakenham Friday, 14th July 2006 Photo: Chris Gordon |
Racecourse Road Level Crossing at Pakenham Saturday, 5th May 2007 Photo: James Hansen |
T369 leads IEV102 and T376 on #7527 down Metro infrastructure evaluation run from Flinders Street to Pakenham, Cranbourne and later Flemington Racecourse near Pakenham Tuesday, 9th April 2013 Photo: Luke Bailey |
T376 leads IEV102 and T369 on #7532 up Metro infrastructure evaluation run to Cranbourne and later Flemington Racecourse at Pakenham Tuesday, 9th April 2013 Photo: Luke Bailey |