It arrived on an early morning convoy of trucks, and was lifted into place by a 200-tonne crane.
No, it wasn’t Sunshine’s new Man Lifting Cow sculpture, but Brimbank’s other exciting new structure – the St Albans train station building.
The revamp of the Main Road station took a giant step forward when the new building was lowered into place last week.
Built in Kilsyth, the pre-fabricated station was driven across the city early last Monday morning in segments on a convoy of six trucks.
The new station, part of Main Road’s level crossing removal and rebuild, is expected to start taking commuters by mid next year.
Just down the tracks, Ginifer station is also being remodelled, and the nearby Furlong Road level crossing has been removed.
It is also expected to be opened by the middle of 2017.
Acting Transport Minister Luke Donnellan said the St Albans construction team was completing final fit-outs and installing lifts, ramps and stairs.
“Building the stations off-site using the latest technology is quicker, safer and smarter, and it means they’ll be open sooner,” he said.
The state government says the stations’ unique construction is a way of avoiding delays because of bad weather and a lack of space at the Main Road site.
Star Weekly revealed earlier this year the revamped St Albans station would include a memorial for the 16 people who lost their lives at the level crossing.
Dianne Dejanovic, whose son Christian died in 2012 after he was struck by a train, said memorial plaques, inset into pavers at the front of the new station, would acknowledge these lives lost.
“It’s significant for me,” she said.
