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Fantastique news out of France this week with our very own Reservoir Station collecting an internationally renowned World Architecture and Design Award at the 2021 Prix Versailles.

High Street, Reservoir was one of Melbourne’s most notorious level crossings. We spoke to some local traders about their experience before, during and after the removal.

Our Reservoir Station project has received the Sustainability Award at the Australasian Rail Industry Awards held online on Thursday 4 November.

From a field of more than 200 projects, our new stations at Carrum and Reservoir have been shortlisted in the 2021 Victorian Architecture Awards.

Reservoir Station, completed by the Level Crossing Removal Project in July last year, has become the first train station in Australia to be awarded a 5 Star Green Star As Built rating.

Next time you visit the brand new Reservoir Station, you may notice an interesting relic that doesn’t quite match the modern façade of the station precinct.

The finishing touches have been put in place on the new Reservoir Station, with lifts installed, station buildings complete and the bus interchange up and running for passengers to use.

The 31st level crossing is now gone with Reservoir Station and the intersection at High Street now open.

It was a busy weekend in Reservoir, with plenty of track work happening to get ready for trains to run on the rail bridge from Monday 16 December.

With buses replacing trains on the Mernda line until Monday 16 December, the team have wasted no time getting rid of the old Reservoir Station platforms, tracks and ballast.

Victoria’s Big Build will ramp up over the summer months as a record amount of work is carried out on transport projects from December through to February.

Winners from the Reservoir Shop and Win competition are in! With over 10,000 entries, we thank everyone who participated and shopped local in Reservoir while works are on.

Reservoir’s dangerous and congested High Street level crossing will be gone for good and the new Reservoir Station open by Christmas.

The Reservoir project team have been busy installing the steel bridge sections across the High Street intersection over the past month.

The Reservoir project team joined forces with Darebin City Council during the recent school holidays for a fun and educational childrens’ workshop about construction.

The Reservoir level crossing is another step closer to being removed with the steel bridge sections being installed above the High Street intersection.

While we work to remove the Reservoir level crossing, we’re also working to turn local shoppers into winners!

The next major phase of works at Reservoir soon will kick off, with the High Street intersection closed to traffic at the level crossing from 9:00pm on Monday 19 August, reopening in late December.

The first of 52 hundred-tonne L-shaped beams has been lifted in to place as the new Reservoir rail bridge takes shape.

The new Reservoir Station is taking shape, with three steel sections of the new elevated platform installed over the weekend.

Work is stepping up at the Reservoir level crossing removal site with the new rail bridge taking shape.

Reservoir locals will see a splash of colour on their temporary station as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from the Preston based Narrun Yana Art Collective.

If you have passed through Reservoir Station over the past week, you would have found it hard to miss the two huge cranes that were recently delivered to site.

While construction is underway at Reservoir, we’re encouraging people to continue to shop locally and supporting businesses with a great offer.

The Reservoir team has achieved a Level Crossing Removal Project first, using the innovative ‘monopiling’ technique to lay the foundations of the new rail bridge.

Three Level Crossing Removal Project projects have received excellent sustainability rating from the Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia.

Two of the six boom gates at the dangerous and congested Reservoir level crossing have now been removed for good.

It has been a busy start to April for the Reservoir Level Crossings Removal Project.

Works are ramping up in removing the level crossing at High Street in Reservoir.

The Level Crossing Removal Project team have moved on to site at Reservoir and are getting on with the job of removing the dangerous and congested level crossing.

Major works will start this week to remove the Reservoir level crossing and build a new Reservoir station.

The Level Crossing Removal Project is establishing a Community Reference Group in Reservoir as a way to share information with the community, and answer questions on construction activities.

January in Reservoir is all about site establishment for our team. If you find yourself near Reservoir Station in the coming weeks, you will notice the installation of our temporary station buildings,

An Alliance led by John Holland, KBR and MTM will oversee the $232 million works that will deliver an elevated rail bridge over High Street, Reservoir and a new, modern Reservoir train station.