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On Sunday, Daniel Andrews announced that it will be compulsory to have your face covered when leaving home as of 11:59pm Wednesday July 22nd. The only reason to not wear a mask or face covering is if you have a medical condition, kids under 12, if you have a professional reason, or it is not practical (like whilst running). Hence, Read more…

Mentone Station up and running We’re removing 18 level crossings and building 12 new stations as part of a $3 billion upgrade of the Frankston line that will improve safety, reduce congestion and allow more trains to run more often. Your new Mentone Station opened on Monday 20 July. It features seamless connections to the new Mentone Renaissance area and Read more…

COVID-19 UPDATE  09 Jul 2020 Dear St Bedes/Mentone Tigers Community, To say that 2020 has been a difficult and challenging year so far would be an understatement. As we see lockdown conditions resume for all of greater Melbourne, I am thankful for the limited number of COVID-19 cases in our local area. It is crucial that we follow the advice Read more…

  Mentone Station will open two weeks ahead of schedule on Monday 20 July, with Cheltenham Station still on track to open on Sunday 16 August. Frankston line trains will make their first journey through the new rail trenches one week ahead of schedule, stopping at the new Mentone Station from the early hours of Monday 20 July. Driver training and other finishing works continue as workers prepare to open Mentone Station, in time for the first service Read more…

The heritage bridge in Mentone is progressing quickly, with the concrete to form the new deck now poured 🙌 We’re preserving Mentone’s rich rail history by creating 540 square metres of community space. The beloved heritage station buildings will be reinstated in late July. Thanks for bearing with us, Mentone – we can’t wait to unveil your new look soon Read more…

We are officially halfway through our 64-day construction blitz in Cheltenham and Mentone. We re-opened Balcombe Road in the early hours of Tuesday 23 June and travelling through the area is now safer and easier for the local community. Works are continuing around the clock in the trenches, as traffic flows uninterrupted above. Find out more about the construction blitz. Everything Read more…

You can’t miss the new brightly coloured artwork adorning the Balcombe Road site fence in Mentone The masterpiece was created by students at St Patrick’s Parish Primary in Mentone – a team effort by those learning from home and those attending school during the lockdown period. The impressive piece depicts Mordialloc to Cheltenham, with the middle panels highlighting Mentone scenery Read more…

Mentone, your new heritage bridge is taking shape This week, we’ve poured the deck and finished installing the planks for the new heritage bridge over the rail trench. By the end of July, we’ll reinstate the heritage station buildings – which are more than 100 years old. As part of the Balcombe Road level crossing removal, we’re preserving Mentone’s rich Read more…

Balcombe Road, Mentone open soon Our 64-day construction blitz has now been going for four weeks and we have re-built and re-opened Park and Charman roads. With crews now putting the finishing touches to Balcombe Road, by early next week all three roads will be open boom gate free. Last week, we finished excavating the rail trenches, with the equivalent Read more…

Check out this incredible view of our works at Cheltenham and Mentone 😮 Over the past two weeks, workers have removed more than 74 Olympic-sized swimming pools of soil – about 200,000 cubic metres – for the new lowered rail line 🚜 As excavation wraps up, workers will soon begin reinforcing the walls of the trench before beginning to lay the tracks Read more…