Explained - Unusually Long Stops For Melbourne Bound Trains At Bacchus Marsh Station

Описание: Here's a video I made that explains the reason for the unusually long stops that Melbourne bound trains have at Bacchus Marsh Station.

Recently, the Ballarat Line was upgraded with a second track along the majority of its length but some sections are still single track. One of these single track sections is located between Bacchus Marsh and Melton.
This section starts just outside of Melton where the line crosses a viaduct over the Melton Reservoir before entering a Passing Loop at Parwan and then going back to single track between Parwan and Bacchus Marsh.

In order to avoid a head on collision and to allow for safe operation, the timetable and trackside signals work together to ensure that only one train is allowed between the Parwan Passing Loop and Bacchus Marsh Station at any time.

In this video, the train heading to Melbourne arrives first and stops at the station as per normal but will not depart until the train heading to Ballarat arrives and comes to a stop. During this time, a Red signal for Danger is displayed to the driver of the Melbourne train.

Once the train to Ballarat has arrived at the station and come to a complete stop, the Danger signal for the Melbourne train will change to Green to indicate that the line ahead is clear and the train to Melbourne is allowed to depart. Depending on how busy the line is, the Passing Loop at Parwan may be used if required.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:17 - Melbourne Train Waits At Station
1:06 - Ballarat Train Arrives
2:40 - Melbourne Train Departs
2:53 - Ballarat Train Departs
3:42 - Recap
4:55 - Outro


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