Reservoir Rail Removal

We are ahead of Schedule!

My Post of October 6th, 2018 saw us settling in for 2 years of mayhem and inconvenience while the State Government removed the Level Crossing that has divided the Suburb of Reservoir since services began in 1889.

The most disappointing part was when we lost the trees. But they were Gums and Gum Trees tend to drop their branches at the most inconvenient times creating loss and damage.
I was told that they were to have their next life as beautiful Park furniture and wildlife habitats.

In April the Old Station was Demolished.

They fenced things up and brought in huge Augers (Drilling Machines) for deep foundations to support the overhead train tracks and Station.

(There are rumours that they have made provision for the planned "Rail Loop Project" which will go through Reservoir should it ever get built.)

July saw the Beams installed.

Huge Cranes lifted massive pylons and the concrete Sky Bridge into place, while it was "Business as Usual" as motorists negotiated the Detours.

By August, the 6 Boom Gates which held traffic up for hours over the course of a day were removed.
Not everybody was happy. Traders grumbled when the intersection had to be closed.


Work continued Day and Night through Winter and into Summer's Heat - while keeping the Station operational. 

October, One Year since my first Post
- The Rail Bridge is finished.
Eventually reaching "The Point of No Return". 

Buses replacing trains as The Rails are finally removed and the tracks installed up and over the Intersection.

November, the Station Canopy is built and we begin to see what the designers saw.

I drove past the work-site on Saturday morning.

  Boards, Bollards and Fences were blocking the way through - 

Monday morning the radio informed all who were awake that the Reservoir Level Crossing was Open and Ahead of time!

7:45 am DD sent me a text -

"The new Station is working,  Music and free Cupcakes at Reservoir!"

I haven't been up onto the platform but the photos I have seen are looking pretty good.

It still needs Lifts installed and of course landscaping and paving underneath.

And Today - the futuristic building that was an 'Artists Impression'

...    is now a reality.

And the future for Reservoir looks Good.

My Thanks goes to DD who sent me the Works in Progress Photos as she negotiated Bus Replacements, Delays, Workers wearing Hi-Vis and Rail employees who apparently didn't live in the area and therefore didn't know anymore about anything than the rest of us!

And next year they move 'down the line' and do it all again on the next intersection!