Remaining Mechanical Bells On The Metro Rail Network In Melbourne
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 8:18 pm
Here's a list of the remaining mechanical bells on the Metro Rail network in Melbourne. The list includes crossings which had them from January 2016
COLOR KEYS
Crossings in red indicates crossing has been grade separated.
Crossings in orange indicates crossing has been closed off and removed
Crossings in blue indicates bell has been replaced with an E-Bell.
Crossings in magenta indicates that one of the bells have been replaced with an ebell.
Crossings in green indicates that I'm unsure if it's still there.
Sandringham Line
•Union Street, Windsor (Westinghouse Hybrid & Safetran Mechanical bell, replaced August 2016)
•Glen Eira Road, Ripponlea (Westinghouse Hybrid & Safetran Mechanical bell, replaced August 2016)
•Hampton Street, Hampton (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced August 2016)
Sadly, the last remaining mechanical bells on the line were replaced by August 2016.
Frankston Line
•North Road, Ormond (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated June-July 2016)
•Centre Road, Bentleigh (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated June-July 2016)
•Eel Race Road, Carrum (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced July 2018. Hybrids sounded flat because the crossing was right next to the ocean, road closed and crossing removed February 2020)
•Armstrongs Road, Seaford (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced January 2016)
•Seaford Road, Seaford (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced January 2016, grade separated September 2018)
•Skye/Overton Road, Frankston (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated June 2018)
With the replacement of the Westinghouse hybrid bells at Eel Race Road the Frankston line is now 100% ebells
Stony Point Line
•Moorooduc Highway, Frankston (Westinghouse Hybrid x2)
•Hillcrest Road, Frankston (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced early 2019)
•Robinsons Road, Langwarrin (Westinghouse Hybrid x2)
•Golf Links Road, Langwarrin South (Westinghouse Hybrid x2)
•Frankston - Flinders Road, Baxter (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced late 2018)
•Eramosa Road West, Somerville (Westinghouse Hybrid x2)
•Frankston - Flinders Road, Tyabb/Hastings (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced mid or late 2019)
Long Island Branch Line
•Frankston-Flinders Road, Tyabb/Hastings (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced early 2021)
Dandenong Corridor
•Grange Road, Carnegie (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated June 2018)
•Clayton Road, Clayton (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated April 2018)
•Centre Road, Clayton (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated April 2018)
•Corrigan Road, Noble Park (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, stupidly replaced April 2017, grade separated February 2018. There was also a disused teardrop bell)
•Chandler Road, Noble Park (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated January-February 2018)
All level crossings on this section of the line have being removed, which means there are no more crossings on the Dandenong Corridor.
Pakenham Line
•South Gippsland Highway, Dandenong South (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated August 2021)
•Progress Street, Dandenong South (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, slated for removal, replaced by June 2016)
•Hallam Road, Hallam (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, stupidly replaced early 2019, grade separated early April 2022)
•Brunt Road, Beaconsfield (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, slated for removal, replaced January 2021. The hybrid bell on the south western gated signal had died in late 2020.)
•Station Street, Officer (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, slated for removal)
•Cardinia Road, Pakenham (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced June 2016, road duplicated shortly after. Grade separated November 2020.)
•Main Street, Pakenham (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, slated for removal, replaced December 2017)
•Racecourse Road, Pakenham (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, slated for removal, one of the hybrid bells replaced mid 2021.)
Cranbourne Line
•Greens Road, Dandenong South (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, stupidly replaced September 2020. Crossing grade separated February 2022)
•Abbotts Road, Dandenong South (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated September 2018)
•Thompsons Road, Cranbourne North (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated June 2018)
•Camms Road, Cranbourne (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, slated for removal. Crossing upgraded with a second track and new signals with General Signals electronic bells in February 2022.)
Werribee and Willamstown Lines (Between Footscray and Newport)
•Hudsons Road, Spotswood (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced mid 2020)
Pakenham and Cranbourne lines
•Webster Street, Dandenong (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, slated for removal)
Werribee Line
•Aviation Road, Laverton (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated September 2019, crossing infrastructure removed October 2019)
•Old Geelong Road, Hoppers Crossing (Westinghouse Hybrid x2. Grade separated December 2021. Signals removed February 2022.)
•Cherry Street, Werribee (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade seperated March 2021, crossing infrastructure removed May 1st and 2nd 2021)
Since the removal of Old Geelong Road, the Werribee line is now 100% electronic bells.
Werribee Line (Altona Loop)
Kororoit Creek Road, Williamstown North (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated June 2018)
•Maidstone Street, Altona (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced March 2017)
Since the grade separation of Kororoit Creek Road the Altona Loop line is now 100% electronic bells.
Willamstown Line
Only one level crossing on this line (Giffard Street, Williamstown which has Barker Technics electronic bells)
Sunbury Line
•Main Road, St Albans (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated October 2016)
Since the grade separation of Main Road, St Albans the Sunbury line is now 100% electronic bells)
Cragieburn Line
•Buckley Street, Essendon (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated September 2018)
•Glenroy Road, Glenroy (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated early May 2022)
Flemington Racecourse Line
This special events & stabling line only has one level crossing (Ascot Vale Road, Flemington) and it has General Signals Type 2 electronic bells.
Upfield Line
•Arden Street, North Melbourne (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, hybrid bell on the eastern side replaced September 2019, other hybrid bell replaced mid 2020)
•Macaulay Road, North Melbourne (Westinghouse Hybrid x2)
•Poplar Road, Parkville (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced early 2019)
•Bell Street, Coburg (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, stupidly replaced in late 2017. Grade separated November 2020.)
•Boundary Road, Hadfield (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced early 2019)
•Camp Road, Campbellfield (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated November-December 2017)
CLIFTON HILL GROUP
Mernda and Hurstbridge Lines (Between Jolimont and Clitfton Hill)
Only one level crossing on this line (Ramsden Street, Clifton Hill) and it has Barker Technics electronic bells.
Mernda Line
•Oakover Road, Preston (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated late May 2022)
•Murray Road, Preston (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, the hybrid which sounded till the gates rose died in early 2019 because of an accident there and the hybrid bell died after constant activation, dead hybrid replaced with a Safetran Type 3 in July-August 2019 and working hybrid and Safetran Type 3 replaced August-September 2019. Level crossing grade separated in late May 2022)
•High Street, Reservoir (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, stupidly replaced between April & July 2017, grade separated December 2019)
•Keon Parade, Reservoir (Westinghouse Hybrid x3, the middle one didn’t sound, slated for removal, replaced July 2021. The other one in the middle which didn’t work was oddly replaced in mid 2019 with a General Signals ebell which also didn’t work. The signal the hybrid bell was on was knocked over after a truck crashed into it after getting hit by a train)
Since the grade separation of Oakover Road, Preston the Mernda line is now 100% electronic bells.
Hurstbridge Line
•Marshall Street, Ivanhoe (Westinghouse Hybrid & McK&H Teardrop bell, sadly replaced in February 2017)
•Allendale Road, Eltham (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced late July 2020)
•Main Hurstbridge Road, Diamond Creek (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced mid April 2022)
Since the replacement of the Westinghouse hybrid bells at Main Hurstbridge Road, Diamond Creek the Hurstbridge line is now 100% electronic bells.
Belgrave and Lilydale Lines (Between Camberwell and Ringwood)
Both crossings have electronic bells. Union Road, Surrey Hills has General Signals ones, also slated for removal, and Mont Albert Road, Mont Albert Barker Technics, also slated for removal.)
Belgrave Line
•Bedford Road, Ringwood (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, slated for removal)
•Mountain Highway, Bayswater (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated November-December 2016)
•Hilltop Road, Upper Ferntree Gully (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced late 2017)
Lilydale Line
100% electronic bells
Glen Waverley Line
•Glenferrie Road, Kooyong (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, tramsquare. My favourite Metro crossing also.)
•Toorak Road, Kooyong (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated April 2020. Hybrid's sounded flat.)
•Burke Road, Glen Iris (Westinghouse Hybrid x3, tramsquare, grade separated January 2016)
Alamein Line
Both level crossings have electronic bells. Prospect Hill Road, Camberwell uses General Signals' ones, while Riversdale Road, Camberwell uses Barker Technics ones. The latter is also a tramsquare.
Total amount of crossings with M-Bells: 10
Total Unconfirmed: 0
Total at the start of 2016: 63
Total Grade Separated (2016): 5
Total Replaced (2016): 7
Total at the start of 2017: 51
Total Grade Separated (2017): 1
Total Replaced (2017): 7
Total at the start of 2018: 43
Total Grade Separated (2018): 9
Total Replaced (2018): 2
Total at the start of 2019: 35
Total Grade Separated (2019): 1
Total Replaced (2019): 6
Total one of the bells replaced (2019): 2
Total at the start of 2020: 26
Total Grade Separated (2020): 1
Total Replaced (2020): 5
Total at the start of 2021: 20
Total grade separated (2021): 2
Total replaced (2021): 3
Total one of the bells replaced (2021): 1
Total at the start of 2022: 15
Total grade separated (2022): 3
Total replaced (2022): 2
Total one of the bells replaced (2022): 0
COLOR KEYS
Crossings in red indicates crossing has been grade separated.
Crossings in orange indicates crossing has been closed off and removed
Crossings in blue indicates bell has been replaced with an E-Bell.
Crossings in magenta indicates that one of the bells have been replaced with an ebell.
Crossings in green indicates that I'm unsure if it's still there.
Sandringham Line
•Union Street, Windsor (Westinghouse Hybrid & Safetran Mechanical bell, replaced August 2016)
•Glen Eira Road, Ripponlea (Westinghouse Hybrid & Safetran Mechanical bell, replaced August 2016)
•Hampton Street, Hampton (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced August 2016)
Sadly, the last remaining mechanical bells on the line were replaced by August 2016.
Frankston Line
•North Road, Ormond (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated June-July 2016)
•Centre Road, Bentleigh (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated June-July 2016)
•Eel Race Road, Carrum (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced July 2018. Hybrids sounded flat because the crossing was right next to the ocean, road closed and crossing removed February 2020)
•Armstrongs Road, Seaford (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced January 2016)
•Seaford Road, Seaford (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced January 2016, grade separated September 2018)
•Skye/Overton Road, Frankston (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated June 2018)
With the replacement of the Westinghouse hybrid bells at Eel Race Road the Frankston line is now 100% ebells
Stony Point Line
•Moorooduc Highway, Frankston (Westinghouse Hybrid x2)
•Hillcrest Road, Frankston (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced early 2019)
•Robinsons Road, Langwarrin (Westinghouse Hybrid x2)
•Golf Links Road, Langwarrin South (Westinghouse Hybrid x2)
•Frankston - Flinders Road, Baxter (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced late 2018)
•Eramosa Road West, Somerville (Westinghouse Hybrid x2)
•Frankston - Flinders Road, Tyabb/Hastings (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced mid or late 2019)
Long Island Branch Line
•Frankston-Flinders Road, Tyabb/Hastings (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced early 2021)
Dandenong Corridor
•Grange Road, Carnegie (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated June 2018)
•Clayton Road, Clayton (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated April 2018)
•Centre Road, Clayton (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated April 2018)
•Corrigan Road, Noble Park (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, stupidly replaced April 2017, grade separated February 2018. There was also a disused teardrop bell)
•Chandler Road, Noble Park (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated January-February 2018)
All level crossings on this section of the line have being removed, which means there are no more crossings on the Dandenong Corridor.
Pakenham Line
•South Gippsland Highway, Dandenong South (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated August 2021)
•Progress Street, Dandenong South (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, slated for removal, replaced by June 2016)
•Hallam Road, Hallam (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, stupidly replaced early 2019, grade separated early April 2022)
•Brunt Road, Beaconsfield (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, slated for removal, replaced January 2021. The hybrid bell on the south western gated signal had died in late 2020.)
•Station Street, Officer (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, slated for removal)
•Cardinia Road, Pakenham (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced June 2016, road duplicated shortly after. Grade separated November 2020.)
•Main Street, Pakenham (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, slated for removal, replaced December 2017)
•Racecourse Road, Pakenham (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, slated for removal, one of the hybrid bells replaced mid 2021.)
Cranbourne Line
•Greens Road, Dandenong South (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, stupidly replaced September 2020. Crossing grade separated February 2022)
•Abbotts Road, Dandenong South (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated September 2018)
•Thompsons Road, Cranbourne North (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated June 2018)
•Camms Road, Cranbourne (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, slated for removal. Crossing upgraded with a second track and new signals with General Signals electronic bells in February 2022.)
Werribee and Willamstown Lines (Between Footscray and Newport)
•Hudsons Road, Spotswood (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced mid 2020)
Pakenham and Cranbourne lines
•Webster Street, Dandenong (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, slated for removal)
Werribee Line
•Aviation Road, Laverton (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated September 2019, crossing infrastructure removed October 2019)
•Old Geelong Road, Hoppers Crossing (Westinghouse Hybrid x2. Grade separated December 2021. Signals removed February 2022.)
•Cherry Street, Werribee (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade seperated March 2021, crossing infrastructure removed May 1st and 2nd 2021)
Since the removal of Old Geelong Road, the Werribee line is now 100% electronic bells.
Werribee Line (Altona Loop)
Kororoit Creek Road, Williamstown North (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated June 2018)
•Maidstone Street, Altona (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced March 2017)
Since the grade separation of Kororoit Creek Road the Altona Loop line is now 100% electronic bells.
Willamstown Line
Only one level crossing on this line (Giffard Street, Williamstown which has Barker Technics electronic bells)
Sunbury Line
•Main Road, St Albans (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated October 2016)
Since the grade separation of Main Road, St Albans the Sunbury line is now 100% electronic bells)
Cragieburn Line
•Buckley Street, Essendon (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated September 2018)
•Glenroy Road, Glenroy (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated early May 2022)
Flemington Racecourse Line
This special events & stabling line only has one level crossing (Ascot Vale Road, Flemington) and it has General Signals Type 2 electronic bells.
Upfield Line
•Arden Street, North Melbourne (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, hybrid bell on the eastern side replaced September 2019, other hybrid bell replaced mid 2020)
•Macaulay Road, North Melbourne (Westinghouse Hybrid x2)
•Poplar Road, Parkville (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced early 2019)
•Bell Street, Coburg (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, stupidly replaced in late 2017. Grade separated November 2020.)
•Boundary Road, Hadfield (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced early 2019)
•Camp Road, Campbellfield (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated November-December 2017)
CLIFTON HILL GROUP
Mernda and Hurstbridge Lines (Between Jolimont and Clitfton Hill)
Only one level crossing on this line (Ramsden Street, Clifton Hill) and it has Barker Technics electronic bells.
Mernda Line
•Oakover Road, Preston (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated late May 2022)
•Murray Road, Preston (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, the hybrid which sounded till the gates rose died in early 2019 because of an accident there and the hybrid bell died after constant activation, dead hybrid replaced with a Safetran Type 3 in July-August 2019 and working hybrid and Safetran Type 3 replaced August-September 2019. Level crossing grade separated in late May 2022)
•High Street, Reservoir (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, stupidly replaced between April & July 2017, grade separated December 2019)
•Keon Parade, Reservoir (Westinghouse Hybrid x3, the middle one didn’t sound, slated for removal, replaced July 2021. The other one in the middle which didn’t work was oddly replaced in mid 2019 with a General Signals ebell which also didn’t work. The signal the hybrid bell was on was knocked over after a truck crashed into it after getting hit by a train)
Since the grade separation of Oakover Road, Preston the Mernda line is now 100% electronic bells.
Hurstbridge Line
•Marshall Street, Ivanhoe (Westinghouse Hybrid & McK&H Teardrop bell, sadly replaced in February 2017)
•Allendale Road, Eltham (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced late July 2020)
•Main Hurstbridge Road, Diamond Creek (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced mid April 2022)
Since the replacement of the Westinghouse hybrid bells at Main Hurstbridge Road, Diamond Creek the Hurstbridge line is now 100% electronic bells.
Belgrave and Lilydale Lines (Between Camberwell and Ringwood)
Both crossings have electronic bells. Union Road, Surrey Hills has General Signals ones, also slated for removal, and Mont Albert Road, Mont Albert Barker Technics, also slated for removal.)
Belgrave Line
•Bedford Road, Ringwood (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, slated for removal)
•Mountain Highway, Bayswater (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated November-December 2016)
•Hilltop Road, Upper Ferntree Gully (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, replaced late 2017)
Lilydale Line
100% electronic bells
Glen Waverley Line
•Glenferrie Road, Kooyong (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, tramsquare. My favourite Metro crossing also.)
•Toorak Road, Kooyong (Westinghouse Hybrid x2, grade separated April 2020. Hybrid's sounded flat.)
•Burke Road, Glen Iris (Westinghouse Hybrid x3, tramsquare, grade separated January 2016)
Alamein Line
Both level crossings have electronic bells. Prospect Hill Road, Camberwell uses General Signals' ones, while Riversdale Road, Camberwell uses Barker Technics ones. The latter is also a tramsquare.
Total amount of crossings with M-Bells: 10
Total Unconfirmed: 0
Total at the start of 2016: 63
Total Grade Separated (2016): 5
Total Replaced (2016): 7
Total at the start of 2017: 51
Total Grade Separated (2017): 1
Total Replaced (2017): 7
Total at the start of 2018: 43
Total Grade Separated (2018): 9
Total Replaced (2018): 2
Total at the start of 2019: 35
Total Grade Separated (2019): 1
Total Replaced (2019): 6
Total one of the bells replaced (2019): 2
Total at the start of 2020: 26
Total Grade Separated (2020): 1
Total Replaced (2020): 5
Total at the start of 2021: 20
Total grade separated (2021): 2
Total replaced (2021): 3
Total one of the bells replaced (2021): 1
Total at the start of 2022: 15
Total grade separated (2022): 3
Total replaced (2022): 2
Total one of the bells replaced (2022): 0