Morwell railway station is a regional railway station on the Gippsland line, part of the Victorian railway network. It serves the town of Morwell, in Victoria, Australia. Morwell station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring one side platform. It opened on 1 June 1877.
During Gippsland line upgrades a second platform was constructed but not connected to the network until recently.
As at July 2025, the down end points of the loop serving the new second platform at Morwell have been installed.
No further obstacles exist in bringing into service the second platform and with it the anticipated increase in Traralgon line V/Line services from one train every hour to one train every 40 min.
I do believe there will be a requirement for signalling of the loop which from the photo does not exist.
@railmaps contributed the photo and some of the story.
‘I do believe there will be a requirement for signalling of the loop which from the photo does not exist.’ Obviously the platform will NOT come into use until signalling is installed.
The statement then about not having anything in the way of services is a little premature. How long does it take to get signalling in place for the new track?
The signals for the new loop and second platform at Morwell are in place and operating. In my photo that you reproduced there, the signal for Melbourne bound trains is behind me – because the bridge from which I took that photo would otherwise block it from train drivers’ view.
Glad to hear the signals are in place.
I thought signalling had changed to no colour lights and was more about the digital systems.
Is there a signal system for both directions on the new morwell platform?
Yes, it is signalled bi-directionally so that trains in either direction could travel through either platform. However I think that the new timetable will normally have trains crossing one another at Morwell and Melbourne bound trains will normally use the new platform (which will become platform 1) and Traralgon/Bairnsdale bound trains will use the existing platform.
Whilst there are still lineside red/yellow/green signals, there is also a digital safety system called TPWS that will automatically apply the brakes if a train runs through a red signal or travels too fast. You can see antennae for these installed between the rails near signals – they look a bit like metal grates. (None visible in my pic there though).
Thank you I was about to ask if the platforms would be renamed in line with the rest of the network believing the first platform build was on the northern side which now becomes the down platform?