29/09/2026
🛤 Work has commenced on the final and most significant set of works in the Loop Line Upgrade Project.
🚧 From now until mid-November, track resurfacing will take place along the entire length of the Loop Line, from Picton to Colo Vale. Specialised tamping and ballast regulator machines have begun operating along the corridor.
🚉 From mid-October, a series of ballast trains will then deliver more than 15,000 tonnes of fresh ballast. The ballast will then be regulated to give the track a smooth, neat and stable finish.
🔊 If you're around the Loop Line, you may notice some noise from track machinery and ballast trains, as well as some dust as ballast is placed. We are working to keep these impacts to a minimum, and we thank the community for its patience while this work takes place.
⚠️ Please remember to stay safe. The Loop Line is an active railway corridor, and you must obey all level crossing stop signs, stay out of the rail corridor, and expect movement at any time. If you would like to see the machines at work, please do so from public areas outside the corridor, well back from the track.
