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Figure 25 Location of key regional rail export terminals

8.3 Metropolitan terminals

There are also metropolitan terminals at key locations including:

 Somerton

 Laverton, and
 Altona

With plans for additional terminals and connections at locations including:

 Lyndhurst
 Altona (2nd terminal); and

 The Western Interstate Freight Terminal (WIFT) (which may include both interstate and
Import/Export terminal areas
Figure 26 shows the location of the metropolitan intermodal locations.

Four terminal locations currently operate in the metropolitan areas, including the operation of
warehousing on each site. The Altona and Lyndhurst terminals are not currently connected to
the rail network:

 The Laverton Terminal operated by SCT (in conjunction with their interstate rail and
road logistics centre on the site) is currently operating regular shuttle trains into the West
Swanson rail sidings and DP World port terminal with exports from their Dooen terminal
and other locally based export products.
The SCT site operates as a significant interstate and local road and rail logistics business
from the site including client warehousing for clients such as Heinz food products.

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  The Somerton terminal forms part of a larger industrial precinct and has four dual gauge
rail sidings in place for loading (two adjacent to hardstand) and a longer storage siding.
The tracks can hold five MIS trains.
The Somerton Rail Port inside the 300 acre Somerton Business Park in an industrial area
with direct road access to the Hume Highway and Somerton Road, and rail connections
to the Port of Melbourne, South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.
DP World Australia and Austrak have announced plans for development at Austrak’s
business park at Somerton, north of Melbourne. The stevedore is to operate the new
inland freight hub, to be known as Somerton Rail Port, positioned 23 km north of the Port
of Melbourne and Melbourne CBD.

The new facility is expected to be fully customs bonded and is to connect Somerton
directly by rail shuttle with the Port of Melbourne. The new Somerton facility has been
quoted by DP World to have capacity for 200,000 TEU per annum, with an expected
capacity growth to 400,000 TEU over time.

Kraft / Linfox currently occupies a temperature controlled warehouse on the Inland Port
site along with a large Coles Distribution Centre.
 The Altona terminal is 40 Ha in size and has two standard gauge rail connections
(turnouts) and signalling in place, however rail connection of the last km is required into
the site. It is planned to hold two MIS style trains. Road access is via the Princes
Freeway, Kororoit Creek Road and Burns Road with planned HPFV access.

Maersk Shipping Line have a 5 Ha lease for empty containers on the site.
A new warehouse is proposed for the site, along with the development of a large FCL
Storage facility for Imports and Exports.
 The Dandenong South terminal is 185 Ha in size and has plans for a broad gauge rail
connection, which requires connection from the terminal back to the Cranbourne line at
Lyndhurst with signalling works and a possible staging siding alongside the main line.
Planned works will enable four MIS trains to be held in the terminal.

Road access is via the Westernport Highway with new high capacity road access
proposed for the site enabling HPFV vehicles.
A 45,000 sqm Bunnings Distribution Centre occupies the site and Maersk Shipping Line
along with several other International Shippers propose to lease sites adjacent to the Rail
Terminal for both empty and FCL container management.
A new 16ha “State of the Art” Distribution Centre is currently be constructed on the
Dandenong South Terminal site for major retailer Woolworths, to service their Victorian
supermarket stores.

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