BUSES will replace trains on the Frankston line during a four day construction blitz at Mentone and Cheltenham stations.
Buses will run between Mordialloc and Frankston from 8.15pm, 30 April, to 8.15pm, 1 May. From then until the last train on 3 May, buses replace trains between Caulfield and Frankston.
Trains have been running express through Mentone and Cheltenham stations after they closed last month. They both will be replaced by new stations, which are scheduled to open in the middle of the year (“Virus won’t stop station works”, The News, 25/3/20).
Old timber buildings at the two stations are in the process of being refurbished (pictured left & right above), and will form part of the reconstructed station designs (below).
Construction activities are being modified onsite during the COVID-19 pandemic to allow for social distancing.
Pictures: Supplied
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 29 April 2020
