THE final stage of works to upgrade the Kananook Train Stabling Yard has been completed, with Frankston Line trains now able to be serviced, washed and stabled at the facility, helping to deliver more reliable services for passengers.
The upgraded yard comprises a modern new train wash, a new train maintenance facility, staff facilities and increased stabling capacity, from 8 trains to 21. An additional rail connection to the Frankston Line has also been built to enable trains to easily enter and exit the site.
It follows the first stage of upgrade works, completed in May 2020 as part of the Carrum level crossing removal works, and the addition of a new high-tech signal control centre and improved driver facilities in 2022.
Increasing capacity to stable more trains at Kananook near the start of the Frankston Line will allow train services to run more efficiently. Passengers are also set to benefit with the introduction of the new X’Trapolis 2.0 trains, currently undergoing testing across the network ahead of their phased roll out on the Frankston, Craigieburn and Upfield lines.
One of the new X’Trapolis 2.0 trains was put through its paces at the Kananook stabling yard last week, testing the new tracks and overhead wiring, finishing with a shiny glow-up in the facility’s new train wash.
The Frankston Line will be level crossing free by 2029.
First published in the Frankston Times – 7 October 2025